Six weeks into his presidency, Donald Trump came to a US Capitol controlled by his Republican Party to take a lengthy victory lap. “We have accomplished more in 43 days than most administrations accomplished in four years or eight years, and we are just getting started,” he told the joint session of Congress. In typical … Read more
Harriet Orrell BBC World Service Getty Images The Malian military is struggling to combat islamist insurgents in the Sahel The Sahel region of Africa is the “epicentre of global terrorism” and now, for the first time, accounts for “over half of all terrorism-related deaths”, according to the Global Terrorism Index (GTI). Its new report says … Read more
Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin provided her party’s response to President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress. During her response, Slotkin recognised that the “country is going through something right now,” but said that this isn’t the first time that this has happened in history. She then pivoted to one of Trump’s favourite talking points, and an … Read more
US President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress six weeks after beginning his second term in office. In addition to listing his achievements while in office, he made a teenager a US Secret Service agent and reaffirmed his desire for Greenland to become part of the US. Democratic Congressman Al Green was ejected … Read more
During his speech to Congress, US President Donald Trump recognised DJ Daniel, a 13 year old in the audience who was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2018 and was only given five months to live then. Trump told him that they’re “going to do you the biggest honour of them all” by making him an … Read more
The BBC’s Stephen McDonell explains what to look out for at China’s annual National People’s Congress (NPC), which began on Wednesday. The week-long meeting is attended by nearly 3,000 delegates from provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and the armed forces. They usher through decisions that have already been made behind closed doors by party leaders. Still, … Read more
20 mins agoWatch: Congressman Al Green ejected from chamber after disrupting Trump speechThe disturbance occurred during the first few minutes of the president’s address to US Congress.20 mins agoUS & Canada
Representative Al Green was ejected from the House chamber for heckling President Donald Trump during his joint address to Congress on Tuesday night. Green, a Democratic lawmaker from Houston in Texas, stood up and shouted ‘Mr President, you don’t have a mandate!’ just minutes into Trump’s address, referring to Medicaid cuts. He was immediately drowned … Read more
Thirty officers have been charged in connection with ‘gladiator fights’ they sometimes ‘encouraged’ inside a California youth detention centre, the state’s attorney general said. Charges against them include child endangerment and abuse, conspiracy, and battery, attorney general Rob Bonta’s office announced in a press release on Monday. Officials tallied 69 fights at Los Padrinos Juvenile … Read more
US President Donald Trump has imposed 25% tariffs on products entering the US from Canada and Mexico and has increased a levy on goods coming from China. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced retaliatory tariffs on US exports and warned that a trade war would be costly for both countries. “This is a time to … Read more