Barbara Plett Usher BBC News Reuters The recapture of the presidental palace marks a significant victory for the army The scenes of jubilant soldiers in Khartoum mark a significant advance in an offensive that has seen Sudan’s army seize back swathes of territory in recent months. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) lost control of the … Read more
A US federal judge has reprimanded government lawyers as he questioned President Donald Trump’s invocation of a wartime law to deport hundreds of Venezuelan migrants. Judge James Boasberg repeatedly clashed with justice department attorney Drew Ensign during a court hearing in Washington DC, saying he was not used to such “intemperate, disrespectful language” in government … Read more
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The Prince of Wales has taken a ride in a tank while visiting UK troops on the Estonia-Russia border. During his two-day-trip to the region, Prince William visited Ukrainian refugees as well as some of the 900 troops – in what is now the British Army’s biggest operational deployment overseas, defending the Baltic state from … Read more
The Small Business Administration (SBA) will oversee the students loans of some 40 million borrowers, US President Donald Trump said on Friday, a day after he ordered the dismantling of the education department. The move to shutter much of the education agency – a campaign promise from Trump – raised questions about what would happen … Read more
The French government has been accused of censorship after it cancelled a book order for 800,000 copies of Beauty and the Beast, which were to be given free to children this summer. According to Education Minister Élisabeth Borne, it is because the new illustrated version of the classic story was judged too grown-up for the … Read more
President Donald Trump has awarded Boeing a multi-billion dollar contract to build the US Air Force’s most advanced fighter jet, the Next Generation Air Dominance aircraft. Trump described the high-speed stealth aircraft, dubbed the F-47, as the “most lethal aircraft ever built” and said a version has been secretly flying for the last five years. … Read more
President Donald Trump has rescinded an executive order targeting a prestigious international law firm after it promised to abandon diversity policies and provide $40m (£31m) worth of free legal work to support White House initiatives. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP is a multinational law firm headquartered in New York that has many high-profile … Read more
British-American influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan said on Friday they are flying back to Romania, where they face human trafficking and other charges. “Spending $185,000 (£143,000) on a private jet across the Atlantic to sign one single piece of paper in Romania,” Andrew Tate posted to his 10.8 million followers on X. “Innocent … Read more
When violence broke out in Syria’s coastal area recently, including mass killings of civilians allegedly carried out as revenge for attacks on Syrian security forces, volunteer rescuers quickly came to help. They were part of the Syrian civil defence group known as the White Helmets, which had operated in rebel-held areas during the civil war. … Read more