When 68 million Filipinos head to the polls on Monday, Sara Duterte’s name will not be on the ballot. But the results of the election will have a large, if not direct, impact on her political future. They will affect both her role as the Philippines’ current vice-president and any hopes she might have of … Read more
A federal judge has ordered the release of a Turkish student at Tufts University who is being held in Louisiana after US immigration officials arrested her in Massachusetts, according to media reports. Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, testified virtually at a court hearing on Friday, where US District Judge William Sessions said the student had met all … Read more
Just nowWatch: Steve Rosenberg reports from Russia’s Red Square on Victory DayVladimir Putin leads commemorations as Moscow marks its annual parade.Just nowEurope
The prime suspect in Madeleine McCann’s disappearance faces a new unrelated charge, the BBC has been told. Christian Brückner is due in court next week accused of insulting a member of prison staff. The precise details of the allegation have not been made public. If found guilty, it could potentially extend his current jail term … Read more
Anbarasan Ethirajan South Asia Regional Editor AFP via Getty Images Anti-India protests took place in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, on Friday As the continuing India-Pakistan crisis takes a dangerous turn, nations around the world are urging calm. The initial thinking was that after India launched air strikes, and with Pakistan claiming to have shot down several … Read more
Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Reuters Tobias Thyberg succeed Henrik Landerholm on Thursday – but quit on Friday Sweden’s new national security adviser quit hours after taking up the role as sensitive pictures of him on the dating app Grindr were sent anonymously to the government. Tobias Thyberg, who took up the job on Thursday and … Read more
The head of Liberia’s doctors’ association has been banned from practising medicine after a regulatory body said it did not have evidence of his initial medical degree. As part of a qualifications audit, the Liberia Medical and Dental Council (LMDC) asked Peter Matthew George to provide his professional certificates. In April, the LMDC told Dr … Read more
Donald Trump has accidentally called toy firm Mattel a country while threatening further tariffs. The US president misspoke when saying tariffs are “misunderstood” in business. He cited Mattel, which is famous for making Barbie dolls, as an example of a country thinking about counter-tariffs. His comments came as the UK and US agreed a tariff … Read more
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Russia’s President Putin has been joined by China’s Xi Jinping and more than 20 international leaders as his country remembered the end of World War Two in Europe with a huge parade in Moscow. The annual Victory Day spectacle is always eye-catching, but BBC Monitoring’s Russia Editor Vitaly Shevchenko says three things in particular stood … Read more