Month: October 2025

Stuart Lau and Danny AeberhardBBC World Service Europe editor Bloomberg via Getty Images A Danish warship off Nuuk, Greenland (April 2025) Denmark has announced $4.2bn (£3.2bn) of extra defence spending to boost security in Greenland and the Arctic and North Atlantic regions. It will also spend $4.5bn buying 16 more F-35 fighter jets from the […]

Kayla Epstein and Nardine Saad Getty Images Donald Trump’s budget chief Russell Vought The Trump administration has begun laying off thousands of federal workers in an effort to pressure Democrats amid the ongoing government shutdown. “The RIFs have begun,” White House Office of Management Director Russell Vought announced in a post on X on Friday […]

Kayla Epsteinin New York City and Leire VentasBBC News Mundo Getty Images Monica Moreta Galarza was thrown to the ground when her husband was arrested outside immigration court in New York City Monica Moreta Galarza felt relieved after her husband’s routine immigration hearing at New York City’s 26 Federal Plaza. A judge had ordered Rubén […]

Anahita SachdevBBC News, Delhi Saffronart VS Gaitonde’s Untitled fetched $40.2m at a recent record-breaking auction in Delhi A radiant golden canvas layered with subtle textures and faint shapes, exuding both energy and tranquillity. This untitled 1971 painting by Vasudeo Santu Gaitonde headlined a record-breaking recent Saffronart auction in Delhi, which fetched $40.2m (£29.9m) – the […]

Lily JamaliTechnology correspondent, San Francisco Getty Images Silicon Valley is home to many major tech firms, including Apple’s circular headquarters At OpenAI’s DevDay this week, OpenAI boss Sam Altman did what American tech bosses rarely do these days: he actually answered questions from reporters. “I know it’s tempting to write the bubble story,” Mr Altman […]

Paul Njie BBC Africa, Yaoundé AFP/Getty Images The world’s oldest head of state – 92-year-old Paul Biya – has promised Cameroon’s electorate “the best is still to come” as he seeks his eighth consecutive presidential term on Sunday. The nonagenarian has already been in power since 1982 – another seven-year mandate could see him rule […]

Natalie ShermanBusiness reporter Watch: ‘It was shocking’, Trump says of China’s tightened export rules for rare earths US President Donald Trump has said he would to impose 100% additional tariffs on imports from China from next month. In a post on social media, Trump said the US would also put export controls on critical software. […]

Anadolu via Getty Images The Israeli military says it has partially withdrawn troops from parts of Gaza after a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas came into effect on Friday morning. Israeli forces said they had pulled back to an agreed position within the territory – though troops still occupy half of the Strip. Footage […]

President Emmanuel Macron has asked Sébastien Lecornu to return as French prime minister only four days after he stood down from the post, sparking a week of high drama and political turmoil. Macron made the announcement late on Friday, hours after meeting all the main parties together at the Élysée Palace, except the leaders of […]

Jessica Rawnsley and Vanessa Buschschluter Getty Images Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. Machado, 58, was hailed by the Nobel Committee as “one of the most extraordinary examples of civilian courage in Latin America in recent times”. She has campaigned against Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro Moros, whose […]