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5 minutes ago James Waterhouse Ukraine Correspondent Reporting fromOdesa Ruth Comerford and Yang Tian BBC News Reuters The US will abandon trying to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal within days unless there are clear signs a truce can be reached, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned. “We’re not going to continue with this…

58 minutes ago Tom Espiner and Peter Hoskins Business reporters, BBC News Getty Images The US has revealed plans to impose port fees on Chinese ships to try to revive shipbuilding in the US and challenge China’s dominance of the industry. From mid-October, Chinese ship owners and operators will be charged $50 per ton of…

2 hours ago David Gritten BBC News Reporting fromLondon Yang Tian BBC News Reporting fromSydney Reuters The US military says the attack aimed to restrict supplies and funds for the Iran-backed Houthis US air strikes on a key oil terminal on Yemen’s Red Sea coast controlled by the Houthi movement have killed at least 58…

2 hours ago Nadine Yousif in Toronto and Jessica Murphy in Montreal BBC News Watch: Key moments from Canada’s general election debate The leaders of Canada’s four major federal parties have squared off in their second and final debate ahead of this month’s general election. But it was someone off stage who stole much of…

This is the moment Jamaica’s sprint icon Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce completely demolished other parents in a race at her son’s school sports day. The three-time Olympic champion, who is the third-fastest woman in history, competed against other parents at her son’s school on Wednesday. “They haven’t banned me yet so I’m at the line,” she posted…

3 hours ago Christal Hayes BBC News, Los Angeles Provided by US Sen Chris Van Hollen Van Hollen (right) posted a photo of his meeting with Kilmar Ábrego García A US senator has met a man who Trump administration officials have acknowledged was deported in error from Maryland to a mega-prison in El Salvador. Maryland…

2 hours ago Lina Sinjab Middle East Correspondent BBC On the morning of 8 December 2024, I waited anxiously at the Lebanese border, hoping to get into Syria as soon as the crossing opened, not knowing what to expect. Bashar al-Assad, the president of 24 years, was gone. Opposition fighters had advanced towards Damascus, taking…

Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni talked up the chances of a trade deal between the US and Europe, as the Italian prime minister visited Washington. “There will be a trade deal, 100%,” Trump said, “but it will be a fair deal”, while Meloni said she was “sure” they could reach an agreement, later adding that…

The US has dismantled large parts of a camp built to house migrants at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show. President Donald Trump ordered the existing facility in Cuba be expanded to hold 30,000 migrants shortly after taking office in January. However, only a small number were ever actually…

15 hours ago Yasin Rasouli & Zia Shahreyar BBC Afghan Languages Getty Images US military equipment and vehicles, including abandoned Humvees, fell into the hands of the Taliban in 2021 Half a million weapons obtained by the Taliban in Afghanistan have been lost, sold or smuggled to militant groups, sources have told the BBC –…