The European Union and India are set to announce a landmark trade deal after nearly two decades of on-off talks, as both sides aim to deepen ties amid tensions with the US. India’s Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agarwal said on Monday that negotiations had been wrapped up and the deal finalised. European Commission President Ursula von…
Technology giant Meta is to trial premium subscriptions for Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp users in the coming months. The new offerings would give access to features including expanded artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. Under the plan, access to the platforms’ core services would remain free to use. The firm also plans to test subscriptions for features,…
Regan MorrisSanta Ana, California Reuters Ryan Wedding appeared in a Santa Ana court on Monday Former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding has pleaded not guilty to all 17 felony charges against him including drug trafficking, witness tampering and conspiracy to commit murder. In his first court appearance since being arrested in Mexico last week, Wedding appeared…
A top US immigration official is expected to leave the US city of Minneapolis in what may mark a shift in the White House’s tone after the fatal shooting of a second US citizen by federal officers over the weekend. As Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino and some immigration agents depart, “border tsar” Tom Homan…
Kayla EpsteinNew York City Watch: Deadly winter storm engulfs large parts of the US Several people have died in a winter storm that hit a wide swath of the US, causing thousands of flights to be cancelled or delayed due to conditions. The storm, which caused chaos from Texas to the tip of Maine over…
Lily JamaliNorth America Technology correspondent, San Francisco BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/Getty Images Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg is one of the big tech executives who will give evidence during the trial A landmark social media addiction trial in which top tech executives are expected to testify begins on Tuesday in California. The plaintiff, a 19-year-old woman identified by…
Daniel De SimoneInvestigations correspondent BBC Listen to Daniel read this story Paul Thompson was shot dead while being driven home in a taxi through Belfast in April 1994. He was murdered in a sectarian attack by loyalist paramilitaries who had set out to kill Catholics. The taxi driver was a friend who was collecting a…
A group of officers in Nigeria are set to face a military court after being accused of “plotting to overthrow the government” of President Bola Tinubu last year, an armed forces’ statement has said. Sixteen officers were arrested last October after what were described as “acts of indiscipline and breaches of service regulations”. At the…
Verified videos emerging from Iran show bodies piled up in a hospital, snipers stationed on buildings and CCTV cameras being destroyed, following the unprecedented crackdown on protests earlier this month. BBC Verify has been tracking the spread of protests across Iran since they first erupted in late December, but the near total internet blackout imposed…
Anthony ZurcherNorth America correspondent Reuters President Trump talks to reporters on Air Force One on Saturday The Trump administration has quickly abandoned its familiar “deny and attack” playbook after initially using it when federal agents shot dead Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday morning. Within 24 hours, as various videos of the shooting circulated online,…