Amnesty believes RSF fighters committed grave human rights violations in and around el-Fasher during its 18-month siege of the city. “Children were not collateral damage of this violence – often, they were deliberately targeted and have suffered immensely. They have been killed, injured, raped, abducted, and forcibly recruited on a massive scale,” said Agnès Callamard,…
Canada is far from the first non-European country to join the contest; Israel and Australia regularly compete, and Morocco competed in 1980. The Carney government said in November that it was working with the CBC, Canada’s public broadcaster, “to explore participation in Eurovision”. His government’s budget included C$150m (£80m) in funding for the broadcaster. Eurovision’s…
At least five people have died and several others have been injured in a fire that broke out in a 10-storey block of flats in Antwerp, Belgian police say. Thick smoke was seen billowing from the eighth floor of the building in the Linkeroever district, after the fire broke out just before 10:00 (08:00 GMT)…
A 19-year-old woman is among three people to have died from suffocation during World Cup celebrations in Mexico City on Tuesday. A 48-year-old woman and a 44-year-old man were also killed after crowds descended on Mexico City following the country’s 2-0 victory over Ecuador, the capital’s health authority said on Wednesday. More than one million…
The US Supreme Court has ruled President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship is unconstitutional. The BBC’s Chief North America Correspondent Gary O’Donoghue explains the attempt to overturn a policy which has been in place for more than a century – and why the court’s decision is such a blow to Trump. Source link
Five of the justices, including Chief Justice Roberts, agreed that Trump’s executive order violates the Constitution’s 14th Amendment. Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote separately to say believes the order is in violation of federal law. On Truth Social, Trump said that the court’s decision was “too bad” and vowed to continue to fight to end birthright…
Even those aviation firms that confirmed to the BBC that authorities have grounded light aircraft operations since the incident did not wish to say more. “We were told to not speak about it. Please ask others,” said a lady at a flight training institute in Beijing. Another firm in Chengdu declined to specify which authority…
Australia’s consumer watchdog has sued Amazon, claiming the tech giant introduced adverts in Prime Video using allegedly unfair contract terms. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said Amazon had broken consumer protection law by making the unfair contracts with over a million annual subscribers between November 2023 and August 2025. “Consumers who wanted to…
The US government has lifted export controls on Anthropic’s most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) tools, just weeks after ordering it to restrict access to them over national security concerns, the company has said. Anthropic said in a social media post that it will begin restoring access to Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 on Wednesday…
US President Donald Trump made more than $1bn (£750m) last year from business dealings in cryptocurrency, according to his mandatory financial report for 2025. In a 927-page disclosure, he reported $635m in royalties from a Trump meme coin that has plunged in value since he launched it three days before taking office. He also reported…