Former US President Joe Biden launched a sweeping attack on President Donald Trump, during a gala event at the weekend – labelling his successor “a loser” on account of his “vanity projects” in Washington DC. At a Democratic Party fundraiser on Saturday, Biden attacked Trump’s plans to construct a ballroom and the approach he has…
The US Supreme Court has blocked President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire a governor of the US central bank, in a ruling seen as affirming the Federal Reserve’s independence. In a 5-4 decision, justices from the country’s top court said the administration had not provided Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook sufficient “due process” for her…
Mass gatherings have been banned in the Democratic Republic of Congo capital, Kinshasa, as well as three other areas, in order to halt the spread of Ebola, the interior minister says. The current outbreak of the deadly disease has so far been detected in three provinces in the east – some 1,800 km (1,100) miles…
The US Supreme Court will not hear an appeal requested by President Donald Trump to review the civil case that found he defamed and sexually abused writer E Jean Carroll. A New York jury awarded Carroll $5m (£3.6m) in damages in 2023 over her civil claim that Trump sexually assaulted her in the 1990s, and…
The US and Iran have agreed to “stand down” following an exchange of strikes over the past few days, media reports cite a US official as saying. It comes after several attacks in and around the Strait of Hormuz, with both nations accusing each other of violating their ceasefire. The US official told the BBC’s…
Five people are dead following a shooting at a youth centre in Stade, northern Germany, police have said. Two people have been arrested, one of whom is a suspect, a police spokesperson told the BBC. They have not provided information on the age of the victims or the possible motive of the perpetrator. A number…
Five, six, seven, eight… America’s Sweethearts are back. Season three of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (DCC) docuseries has dropped on Netflix and this time the stakes – and kicks – are higher than ever. The programme has turned the squad, who drum up support for the American football team, into celebrities in their own right…
Fitness expert and former Olympian Les Mills has died at the age of 91, his family has said. The New Zealander first opened a gym in Auckland with his late wife Colleen in 1968, and it later became a nationwide chain. The Les Mills International brand is now known around the world for choreographed workouts…
“I said to myself I’m not going to waste my energy – I’m going to scream when it’s needed, when I hear voices or steps nearby,” she said. “I don’t know how I kept so calm because my left leg was trapped under concrete. I couldn’t move. My temple was pressed against a rock.” Dayana…
One of South Africa’s most senior police officers has survived an attempted assassination in Johannesburg, police say. Deputy crime intelligence boss Maj-Gen Feroz Khan was shot on Sunday evening as he was driving home and has since been rushed to hospital for emergency surgery, local media say. The shooting comes just days before Khan was…