Jessica ParkerBerlin correspondent BBC Lena’s family have been cooking on a camping stove Power is being restored to the last homes hit by a five-day blackout in Germany’s snow-covered capital, Berlin. The outage was caused by a suspected arson attack and came as temperatures dipped below freezing. It is reportedly the longest blackout in the […]
Continue ReadingUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced he will hold talks with Denmark next week amid concerns over America’s desire to acquire the Danish territory of Greenland. Marco Rubio’s statement to reporters following a closed-door briefing with US senators comes a day after the White House said US President Donald Trump had been discussing […]
Continue ReadingReuters The war in Ukraine is nearing its fourth anniversary Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says European allies have not given him sound guarantees that they will protect his country in the case of a new Russian agreession. “I am asking this very question to all our partners and I have not received a clear, unambiguous […]
Continue ReadingThe US Coast Guard boarded two “ghost fleet” tanker ships in a “meticulously coordinated” operation, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said. Noem said one ship was in the North Atlantic Sea while the other was in international waters near the Caribbean. The operations took place within hours of each other, she adds. The tankers, the […]
Continue ReadingA spell of freezing weather bringing heavy snowfall and ice has caused transport disruption across western Europe. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled at several airports, while Eurostar services and haulage have also been affected. More than 700 flights were cancelled at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, a major regional transport hub, on Wednesday. Meanwhile, France’s […]
Continue ReadingNicole Kolster,BBC News Mundo in Caracas, Gustavo Ocando,reporting from Maracaiboand Alice Cuddy,reporting from Cúcuta, on the Colombia-Venezuela border Reuters In the days since the seizure of Nicolás Maduro, Venezuelans have been coming to terms with an uncertain future as a new reality begins to set in. Marcelo, a student based in Caracas, is among those […]
Continue ReadingAFP via Getty Images Families of the victims of a fire at a Swiss bar on New Year’s Eve have expressed shock after officials admitted the venue had not undergone safety checks for five years. Romain Jordan, who represents some of the families, said the “staggering number of breaches and shortcomings in the inspections raises […]
Continue ReadingAn employee at Japan’s nuclear safety agency lost his work phone containing sensitive information during a personal trip to China, Japanese media report. The phone contained confidential contact details of staff involved in nuclear security work at the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA). The agency could not confirm if the data was leaked, reports say. The […]
Continue ReadingWatch: What Trump and Vance have said about Greenland US President Donald Trump has been discussing “a range of options” to acquire Greenland, including use of the military, the White House said. The White House told the BBC that acquiring Greenland – a semi-autonomous region of fellow Nato member Denmark – was a “national security […]
Continue ReadingThe UK and France have signed a declaration of intent on deploying troops in Ukraine if a peace deal is made with Russia, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said. After talks with Ukraine’s allies in Paris, he said the UK and France would “establish military hubs across Ukraine and build protected facilities for […]
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