US President Donald Trump has landed in Saudi Arabia, for the first major diplomatic trip of his second term. The president is hoping to secure significant new investment in the US in the four-day trip to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE. Saudi Arabia was also the first country that Trump visited during his first term … Read more
An Israeli air strike on the emergency department of Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza has killed a well-known Palestinian photojournalist, medical sources and eyewitnesses say. Hassan Aslih, who was being treated for injuries from a previous Israeli strike, was targeted in what witnesses described as a drone attack on the hospital’s surgical wing. A doctor … Read more
Jonathan Head South East Asia correspondent Getty Images Vice-President Sara Duterte faces an impeachment trial in the Senate As the noise and colour of a two-month election campaign subsides, a game of thrones between the two most powerful families in the Philippines resumes. President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, and his Vice-President, Sara Duterte, are embroiled … Read more
Jeremy Bowen International editor, BBC News Watch: Jeremy Bowen questions Unrwa commissioner on food aid in Gaza How do you measure misery? For journalists the usual way is to see it, to feel it, to smell it. Beleaguered Palestinian colleagues in Gaza are doing that, still doing invaluable reporting at great risk to themselves. More … Read more
Anbarasan Ethirajan South Asia Regional Editor Reuters Donald Trump announced a ceasefire at the weekend For decades, if there’s one thing that’s been a taboo in the Indian foreign ministry, it is third-party mediation – particularly in the long-running dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir. Those in the know, then, are not surprised that US President … Read more
Russia was responsible for the downing of the Malaysia Airlines flight, MH17, over eastern Ukraine in July 2014, the United Nations aviation agency has ruled. All 298 people on board the passenger plane were killed when it was shot down by a Russian-made missile. The Kremlin has always denied any responsibility for the air disaster. … Read more
Opening statements at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex-trafficking trial in New York began with details of alleged assault and video evidence. Federal prosecutors have accused Combs on five charges, including racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and engaging in prostitution. The rapper has denied all of them. So, were the so-called “freak-off” sex parties forced or consensual? The … Read more
Navin Singh Khadka Environment correspondent, BBC World Service BBC Trekking in Nepal’s Annapurna region, where haze obscures visibility of the epic mountains even at close range I grew up in Nepal’s capital watching the Himalayas. Ever since I left, I’ve missed sweeping, panoramic views of some of the highest mountain peaks on Earth. Each time … Read more
Australia’s Liberal Party has for the first time chosen a woman as its leader, with Sussan Ley to take over from Peter Dutton after he led the party to a bruising election defeat. Ley, from the moderate faction of the party, beat Angus Taylor – who ran on a promise to restore conservative values to … Read more
Paul Glynn & Ian Youngs Culture reporter Fair Winter LLC Paul Mescal plays a budding singer who forms a friendship with Josh O’Connor’s music student in The History of Sound Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Lawrence and Tom Cruise are among the Hollywood stars who are expected to hit the red carpet at this year’s Cannes Film … Read more