21 minutes ago Sean Seddon Reuters Zelensky is on his third visit to Washington since January Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet with US President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday, as Trump weighs whether to arm Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles capable of striking deep into Russia. Their meeting comes a day after Trump said…
A US governor took home $1.4m (£1m) in a gambling windfall last year, a copy of his recent tax filing shows. JB Pritzker is reported to have won the sum while playing blackjack at a casino in Las Vegas while on holiday with his wife and friends. The two-term Democrat already has a net worth…
Thousands of mourners are attending the state funeral of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga at a national stadium in the Kenyan capital. Many are carrying national flags, portraits of the late leader, and wearing T-shirts printed with his image to pay their final respects. Security remains tight in and around the stadium, with police and…
A Taiwanese airline has apologised for requesting paperwork from an employee after her death, in the latest development of a case that has sparked widespread anger. The 34-year-old Eva Air flight attendant, surnamed Sun, died earlier this month after reportedly feeling unwell during a flight. Days after her death, the airline texted her asking for…
3 hours ago Sean Seddon EPA Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a memorial ceremony at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem Israel’s prime minister has told a memorial for victims of the Hamas-led attack on 7 October 2023 that he is “determined” to secure the return of the dead hostages still in Gaza, and that the country…
4 hours ago Ana FaguyWashington and Aoife Walsh Getty Images John Bolton, who served as Donald Trump’s national security adviser before becoming a vocal critic of the president, has been criminally indicted on federal charges. The Department of Justice presented a case to a grand jury in Maryland on Thursday, and they agreed there was…
Australian police have called off a search for a four-year-old boy who has been missing in the outback for almost three weeks, after fresh efforts failed to find any traces of the child. Gus Lamont was last seen playing outside his home on a remote sheep station near Yunta, about 300km (186 miles) from Adelaide,…
10 hours ago Kayla EpsteinRockefeller Center, Grace Eliza GoodwinRockefeller Center and Sakshi Venkatraman Watch: Sliwa, Mamdani and Cuomo debate grocery bills, Trump and Gaza The three leading candidates for New York City mayor took the stage at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan on Thursday to make a case to lead America’s biggest city. They tangled over…
News of the phone call between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, in which they agreed to meet in person to discuss the war in Ukraine, will have come as an unwelcome surprise to Kyiv. The country is being hit hard. The last 24 hours alone have seen Russia launch…
12 hours ago Gustavo Ocando AlexReporting from Maracaibo, Venezuela for BBC News Mundo Gustavo Ocando Alex Wilder Fernández is a young fisherman in the west of Venezuela who is concerned by the US military presence in the Caribbean Wilder Fernández has caught four good-sized fish in the murky waters of a small bay north of…