The Freemasons of Ireland will make a €2,500 (£2,130) donation to charity after its premises in Dublin were used for “grossly inappropriate purposes” when rented out for an interview between Conor McGregor and US commentator Tucker Carlson. The 55-minute interview between the former Fox News host and the MMA fighter has amassed over 1.4 million … Read more
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has told the BBC she understands what President Trump wants to address with his tariffs, ahead of talks with her US counterpart in Washington on Friday. “We’re all grappling with this issue of tariffs but I think that there is an understanding… why President Trump wants to address some of the global … Read more
US federal prosecutors have filed a formal notice seeking the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of shooting dead a healthcare boss in New York. Prosecutors argue in the filing that the 26-year-old killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson “to amplify an ideological message” and spark resistance to the health insurance industry. The move … Read more
The Vatican has released the order of service ahead of the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday in St Peter’s Square. The booklet, published on the Vatican’s website, is 87 pages long and contains the service in English, Italian and Latin. There are also sections in several other languages including French and Portuguese. Thousands of … Read more
Mark Savage Music Correspondent BBC Remember Monday in Iceland (L-R): Lauren Byrne, Holly-Anne Hull and Charlotte Steele The UK’s Eurovision hopefuls, Remember Monday, have covered a song from Will Ferrell’s cult movie about the contest, as the finals draw closer. The trio travelled to Iceland earlier this month to film their version of Húsavík (My … Read more
A Dutch town hall has admitted that it “most likely” accidentally disposed of 46 artworks, including an Andy Warhol print of the former Dutch queen, during renovation works last year. Maashorst municipality said the works, including a 1980s silkscreen print of Queen Beatrix worth about €15,000 (£12,800), disappeared during work on a town hall last … Read more
Navin Singh Khadka Environment correspondent, BBC World Service Getty Images The Indus river flows through parts of India and Pakistan Will India be able to stop the Indus river and two of its tributaries from flowing into Pakistan? That’s the question on many minds, after India suspended a major treaty governing water sharing of six … Read more
The funeral of Pope Francis will be watched by millions of people across the world, whether they are pilgrims descending on the Vatican City in person or people tuning in at home. The BBC has taken a look back at archive footage of previous Popes’ funerals, as far back as Pope Pius XII in 1958 … Read more
Myanmar authorities have arrested an astrologer for causing panic by predicting a new earthquake in a viral TikTok video. John Moe The posted his prediction on 9 April, just two weeks after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake killed 3,500 people and destroyed centuries-old temples in the South East Asian nation. He was arrested Tuesday for making … Read more
China will let scientists from six countries, including the US, examine the rocks it collected from the moon – a scientific collaboration that comes as the two countries remain locked in a bitter trade war. Two Nasa-funded US institutions have been granted access to the lunar samples collected by the Chang’e-5 mission in 2020, the … Read more