Reuters The Grinch was intercepted by the French navy on Thursday French officials have taken the Indian captain of a suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker into custody days after the oil tanker was seized. On Thursday, the French navy intercepted the tanker – named the Grinch – which President Emmanuel Macron said was “subject to…
A severe winter storm has brought heavy snow, and freezing temperatures to Americans across the United States. The National Weather Service has warned of dangerously cold wind chills with night-time temperatures falling below -20C in some cities. Calling the storms “historic,” President Donald Trump on Saturday approved federal emergency disaster declarations in South Carolina, Virginia,…
A leading Venezuelan human rights group says at least 80 political prisoners have been released under pressure from the US. Alfredo Romero, head of Foro Penal, said his group was verifying the identities of those freed from prisons across the country on Saturday – and more releases were likely to take place. It is the…
Family handout Alex Pretti was killed in Minneapolis on Saturday A man who was shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis has been identified by his family as 37-year-old intensive care nurse Alex Pretti. He has been described as an avid outdoorsman who loved mountain biking and is understood to have joined protests after Renee…
Yasmin Malikand Srosh Khan,BBC Newsbeat BBC/Sarah Louise Bennett Singer Troye Sivan hit out at a cosmetic doctor who gave him “unsolicited medical advice” on Instagram A cosmetic doctor who faced a backlash over a video picking apart pop star Troye Sivan’s appearance says he “feels terrible” for upsetting the singer – but will continue to…
Getty Images Tully spent much of his journalist career covering India The broadcaster and journalist Sir Mark Tully – for many years known as the BBC’s “voice of India” – has died at the age of 90. For decades, the rich, warm tones of Mark Tully were familiar to BBC audiences in Britain and around…
Aoife Walsh,Washingtonand Olivia Ireland Watch: Video shows moments around fatal shooting in Minneapolis Federal agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Saturday, the second person to be fatally shot in the city during the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement crackdown this month. Local officials identified the man as 37-year-old Alex Pretti, a US citizen…
Crowds gathered in freezing temperatures in Minneapolis, near the scene where a man was shot dead during an altercation with federal agents on Saturday. People who gathered to lay flowers and light candles chanted Alex Pretti’s name, and there were also angry scenes as protesters voiced their anger. The 37-year-old ICU nurse was killed less…
American climber Alex Honnold has successfully scaled a Taiwan skyscraper without a rope, harness or safety equipment. The building, named Taipei 101 for the number of its floors, stands at 508m (1,667ft) of steel, glass and concrete and is designed to resemble a stick of bamboo. Honnold is renowned for being the first person to…
2026 has brought a huge range of important news stories from Venezuela and Greenland to Minneapolis and Washington DC. The BBC’s Analysis Editor Ros Atkins has been looking at how Americans feel about what’s been happening and about their president. Produced by Katerina Karelli. Graphics by Jacqueline Galvin. Filmed by Meiying Wu and Alex Foster….