The Trump administration has agreed to pay a $5m (£3.7m) settlement to the family of Ashli Babbitt, a US Air Force veteran who was shot and killed by a Capitol police officer while breaching the US Congress on 6 January 2021. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger told CBS, the BBC’s US partner, he is “extremely … Read more
Rapper Drake has shared a petition asking California’s governor to pardon fellow Canadian rapper Tory Lanez, who was attacked last week in prison. “Come home soon,” Drake wrote on his Instagram story with a link to the petition. Lanez was stabbed 14 times by a fellow inmate in a California prison last week, an attack … Read more
Sean “Diddy” Combs allegedly used a hammer to try to break into his ex-girlfriend’s apartment after the now-infamous assault at an Intercontinental Hotel in 2016, a New York court has heard. Security video of Mr Combs’ assault on his then-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura has been shown to the jury several times in his sex-trafficking trial. … Read more
Anbarasan Ethirajan South Asia Regional Editor X/Shehbaz Sharif Chinese warplanes, used by Pakistan, made their combat debut during the recent hostilities The four-day conflict between arch-rivals India and Pakistan this month ended with a ceasefire and both claiming victory – but it now appears that China’s defence industry might also be an unlikely winner. The … Read more
Sarah Rainsford Eastern Europe correspondent EPA Imagine having a president called Nicky. That’s what Romanians just voted for: a softly-spoken, slightly geeky mathematician who everyone refers to by his first name, Nicusor – or Nicky. On Monday, hours after claiming victory in the elections, the new president picked up his daughter from school as usual. … Read more
Ben Chu, Tom Edgington and Tamara Kovacevic BBC Verify Getty Images A deal to “reset” relations between the UK and the EU following Brexit has been agreed at a summit in London. The agreement covers a range of issues, including defence, fishing, the trade in food products and the ability of young people to move … Read more
Becky Morton Political reporter Alamy The UK is hoping an agreement on e-gates will avoid lengthy queues for British travellers at EU airports The UK and the European Union have agreed to a major new deal covering areas including trade, defence, fishing and energy. However, negotiations are still taking place on a number of key … Read more
The Spanish prime minister has called for Israel to be banned from the Eurovision Song Contest over its military action in Gaza. Pedro Sánchez noted Russia has been banned from the contest since 2022 following its invasion of Ukraine, and said there should not be “double standards”. Israel came second in the contest’s grand final … Read more
“We’re turning a page,” EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday after the bloc’s first summit with the UK since Brexit. “We’re opening a new chapter.” It is not the first page that has been turned in the post-Brexit period, but it is the most significant. The two sides have now struck a … Read more
The boss of one of the UK’s biggest supermarket chains the UK-EU trade deal will reduce pressure on prices. The deal signed on Monday sets out post-Brexit relations on areas including fishing rights, farming exports, trade, travel, and defence. Major business groups called the agreement a “leap forward” which made “genuine progress”, while Morrisons’ chief … Read more