Global stock markets have been in a frenzy after US President Donald Trump announced new widespread tariffs on 2 April, which he dubbed “Liberation Day”. The BBC’s North America business correspondent Michelle Fleury explains three warning signs to watch for as US recession fears rise.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has publicly acknowledged for the first time that his troops are active in Russia’s Belgorod region. “We continue to carry out active operations in the border areas on enemy territory, and that is absolutely just – war must return to where it came from,” he said on Monday. His comments also … Read more
The US Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to continue to use a rarely-invoked wartime powers law to carry out rapid mass deportations of alleged gang members for now. A lower court order on 15 March had temporarily blocked the administration’s summary deportations under the law meant to protect the US during wartime. Trump … Read more
Rayhan Demytrie BBC South Caucasus correspondent Azertac TV Images of Vardanyan in court in Baku appeared to show bruising on his forehead Ruben Vardanyan is one of Armenia’s richest men, but his millions are of little use now that he is facing a possible life term in jail in neighbouring Azerbaijan. The two neighbouring Caucasus … Read more
Priti Gupta Technology Reporter Getty Images India’s trainer market is attractive for overseas firms It’s likely that you have not heard of Taiwan’s Hong Fu Industrial Group, but look down on a busy street and you may well see its products. Hong Fu is the world’s second-biggest maker of trainers (sneakers) supplying shoes to Nike, … Read more
Just nowWatch: What we learned from Trump’s meeting with NetanyahuNetanyahu is the first world leader to visit the White House since the US president announced tariffs on global trading partners. Just nowMiddle East
Smoke was seen rising over Paris following a fire at a waste disposal centre. Views of the Parisian skyline showed a plume of smoke above the buildings, as the fire continued to rage. Videos on social media show a large structure engulfed by flames, as emergency workers head to the scene. According to French authorities, … Read more
Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent Getty Images The King and Queen will celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary on Wednesday King Charles and Queen Camilla have released new photographs to mark their 20th wedding anniversary later this week, with the couple smiling and looking relaxed in images taken soon after they arrived in Italy for a state … Read more
The Palestine Red Crescent Society has called for an independent international inquiry into Israel’s killing of 15 emergency workers in southern Gaza. The organisation released the full video found on the phone of one of its eight paramedics who died when troops fired at a convoy of ambulances on 23 March, which it said constituted … Read more
Body camera video captured the moment the Christopher Police Department and firefighters raced towards a structure that collapsed on a firefighter. The police and fire crew were responding to a fire in Christopher, Illinois when the incident occurred. While the crew was trying to put the flames out, an explosion caused the front porch to … Read more