US President Donald Trump has again defended the use of hydroxychloroquine to ward off coronavirus, contradicting his own public health officials. He said the malaria medication was only rej... Read more
Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are searching an allotment in Hanover, German prosecutors have told the BBC. They confirmed it was related to the investigation int... Read more
Twitter has banned the US president’s eldest son from tweeting for 12 hours. The punishment followed a post by Donald Trump Jr containing a video discussing the benefits of Hydroxychlo... Read more
US Senate Republicans have proposed spending an additional $1tn (£776bn) to address the economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The plan includes $100bn for schools and issuing s... Read more
Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak has been found guilty of all seven charges in the first of several multi-million dollar corruption trials. He had pleaded not guilty to the charges of crimina... Read more
Talks are under way with Spain about introducing air bridges with the Balearic and Canary Islands, a UK government source has confirmed. An air bridge would mean people arriving in the UK fr... Read more
France’s government has announced new environmental measures, including a ban on heated terraces for cafes and bars. Ecology Minister Barbara Pompili said outside heating or air condit... Read more
A firefighter in northern Germany rescued a trapped owl from a 40m-deep (131ft) well at a ruined castle, after descending on ropes. A local had heard the distressed eagle owl hooting from th... Read more
A senator for the state of Arkansas has described slavery as a “necessary evil” on which the American nation was built. In a local newspaper interview, Republican Tom Cotton... Read more
A Scottish pilot, who spent more than two months on a ventilator in Vietnam, has warned Britons “not to be blasé about coronavirus” as lockdown eases. Stephen Cameron, 42, from M... Read more
A Singaporean man has pleaded guilty in the US to working as an agent of China, the latest incident in a growing stand-off between Washington and Beijing. Jun Wei Yeo was charged with using... Read more
Boris Johnson has admitted the government did not understand coronavirus during the “first few weeks and months” of the UK outbreak. The PM told BBC political editor Laura Kuenss... Read more
A mass grave has been discovered in Sudan containing 28 bodies, thought to be the remains of army officers executed for carrying out a coup attempt in 1990 against former President Omar al-B... Read more
Crowds have gathered in Istanbul, as the historic Hagia Sophia site opened for Friday prayers for the first time since Turkish authorities ruled it could be converted into a mosque. “M... Read more
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