White House President Trump has said “many” pardons issued by Joe Biden are void because the former president signed them with “autopen” – a device which reproduces a person’s signature – rather than by hand. Trump did not provide evidence for his claim – which was posted on Truth Social. BBC Verify has found several … Read more
King Charles gave a warm welcome to the new Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney when he visited Buckingham Palace. It was another symbolic gesture of support for Canada from a King, wearing a red tie, who has to send coded signals rather than spell things out in words, as Canada faces threats from US President … Read more
Guy Delauney BBC Balkans correspondent Reuters North Macedonia has begun a week of mourning Thousands of people have protested in the North Macedonian town of Kocani, demanding justice and action against corruption after a nightclub fire killed 59 people, many of them teenagers. “Nobody should die like that – nobody,” a teenage boy told the … Read more
At least 40 people have died as tornadoes tore through the US Midwest and South. Residents in Bakersfield, Missouri tried to comprehend the destruction that killed 12 people in their state. Fatalities were also recorded in Arkansas, Alabama and Mississippi. The severe weather came further east as parts of western Pennsylvania were hit with strong … Read more
Alison Francis Senior Science Journalist NASA Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been on the ISS since June 2024 After an epic nine months in space, Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are finally getting ready to head home. Their stay on the International Space Station (ISS) was only supposed to last eight days, … Read more
King Charles, who is also king of Canada, has hosted Mark Carney at Buckingham Palace. The Canadian PM, who was in France earlier for talks with Emmanuel Macron, will later meet UK PM Starmer at Downing St. Canada has been taking part in talks with concerning a coalition of nations willing to contribute to a … Read more
Controversial Irish MMA fighter Conor McGregor is due to hold a St Patrick’s Day meeting with US President Donald Trump in Washington DC. He appeared at the White House press briefing room lectern on Monday with press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who confirmed the meeting was scheduled for later in the day. Ms Leavitt said she … Read more
Harvard University has announced that it is making tuition free for families who earn less than $200,000 (£154,000) a year. For families earning less than $100,000, Harvard will also cover expenses like housing and health insurance. The move is aimed at making Harvard more affordable for middle-income families, and it comes as the Trump administration … Read more
Cities across the US have celebrated St. Patrick’s Day, with parades taking place in Boston and Philadelphia, and the annual tradition of dyeing the river in Chicago. Members of the plumbers union sprayed the Chicago River with a dye used to find sewage leaks, turning it bright green. The events drew large crowds over the … Read more
Lithuanian prosecutors say Russia’s military intelligence service GRU was behind an arson attack on an Ikea furniture store in the Baltic state’s capital Vilnius last year. Two Ukrainian suspects have been arrested – one in Lithuania, the other in Poland – over the attack, which prosecutor Arturas Urbelis called “an act of terrorism”. He said … Read more