Month: September 2025

President Donald Trump has said US forces carried out a “lethal kinetic strike” on a vessel which he said was trafficking drugs, and the attack killed three “male narcoterrorists” on board. Trump said he ordered the attack on the boat, which was in the US Southern Command’s area of responsibility, after US intelligence confirmed it […]

Manjit Kaur Harjit Kaur’s age and sudden arrest have generated an outpouring of sympathy and support The visiting room of the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Centre in Bakersfield, California, is small, loud, and crowded. When Harjit Kaur’s family arrived to see her, they could barely hear her – and the first words they caught shattered […]

Akisa WanderaBBC Africa, Nairobi and Vitalii ChervonenkoBBC Ukrainian, Kyiv Edith Chesoi With tears in his eyes, a young Kenyan athlete now captive in Ukraine pleads not to be sent back to Russia. “I will die there,” Evans Kibet says, waving his hands in the air towards the unseen interviewer on the video released on Wednesday […]

Steve RosenbergRussia editor in Moscow BBC Shohruhmirzo Ganiyev is representing Uzbekistan at Intervision At a Moscow concert hall, Shohruhmirzo Ganiyev is crooning about love and his motherland, Uzbekistan. “Put your legs together like a man,” suggests his voice coach and choreographer. “And spread your arms wider!” It’s just a rehearsal, but Shohruhmirzo is singing his […]

Koh EweSingapore and Riana IbrahimBBC Indonesian, Jakarta Netflix Norma is the tale of a scandalous affair between a woman’s husband and her mother For months, Indonesian movie audiences have been talking about one film: Norma, the story of a seemingly blissful marriage shattered by the husband’s clandestine affair with his mother-in-law. It’s the kind of […]

Getty Images The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices makes recommendations on the use of vaccinations in the United States A key US vaccine advisory committee has voted to stop recommending all adults get the Covid-19 vaccine, which has until now been officially approved for most Americans annually since the pandemic. The Advisory Committee on Immunization […]

A US federal judge has struck down Donald Trump’s $15bn defamation lawsuit against the New York Times newspaper, citing issues with its contents. US District Judge Steven Merryday in his ruling on Friday said Trump had violated a federal rule requiring applicants to outline in a “short and plain statement” why they deserve relief from […]

Three Russian warplanes that violated Estonian airspace have been intercepted by Nato, the military alliance has said. Estonia’s foreign ministry in Tallinn condemned the incursion as “brazen”. It said three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets entered the airspace of a Nato member “without permission and remained there for a total of 12 minutes” on Friday over […]

Mike Wendling and Shayan Sardarizadeh The BBC’s Nada Tawfik on the key takeaways from Tyler Robinson’s first court appearance The roommate of the suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk had one question. “Why?” “I had enough of his hatred,” Tyler Robinson wrote back. “Some hate can’t be negotiated out.” On Tuesday, authorities released messages […]

US President Donald Trump said he and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping have approved a deal on the future of TikTok’s US operations during a phone call on Friday. The president announced he will meet Xi at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea next month, adding he would travel to China next year. Trump […]