Most current coronavirus rules will remain in place for another four weeks after the planned 21 June unlocking, government sources have told the BBC. Senior ministers have signed off on the... Read more
Israel’s new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has vowed to unite the nation frayed by four elections in two years of political stalemate. He said his government would “work for the... Read more
The wife of infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has appeared in court in Washington DC. Emma Coronel Aispuro, 31, is accused of helping Guzmán run the Sinaloa dr... Read more
US President Joe Biden will later tell PM Boris Johnson not to let the row over post-Brexit trading in Northern Ireland affect the peace process. The two leaders will have their first face-t... Read more
Details claiming to reveal how little income tax US billionaires pay have been leaked to an news website. ProPublica says it has seen the tax returns of some of the world’s richest peo... Read more
Former US president Donald Trump has praised Nigeria’s government for banning Twitter after it deleted President Muhammadu Buhari’s post for breaching its rules. “Who are t... Read more
The Queen is “delighted” after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced the birth of their second child, Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, Buckingham Palace h... Read more
David Dushman, the last surviving soldier who took part in the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, has died at 98. Dushman, a Jewish Red Army veteran who later became an Olympic... Read more
Two passenger trains have collided in southern Pakistan, killing at least 30 people and injuring dozens more. Officials said that one train travelling in the Sindh province had derailed and... Read more
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced the birth of their second child, a baby girl. Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor was born on Friday morning in a hospital in S... Read more
The family of Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich says he was coerced into making a confession on TV of organising anti-government protests. Mr Protasevich, 26, was arrested in Minsk las... Read more
Prosecutors have asked for a 30-year prison sentence for the murderer of George Floyd. Former police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted for the killing in April and is due to be sentenced o... Read more
Israeli opposition parties have reached an agreement to form a new government that would end Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year tenure as prime minister. Yair Lapid, leader of the centrist Y... Read more
Five teenagers have been arrested in Belgium over the alleged gang rape of a 14-year-old girl, who died less than a week later. According to Belgian media, images of the attack were shared o... Read more
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