‘It seems unjust to me’ – views from Caracas on Maduro’s seizure
BBC Mundo has spoken to Venezuelans in the country’s capital about the latest US military operation.
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US may seize oil tanker heading for Europe, reports say
The US may act to seize a Russian-flagged oil tanker heading across the Atlantic to Europe, CBS News, the BBC’s media partner in the US, reported. Two US officials told the broadcaster that American forces plan to intercept the ship, which historically has carried Venezuelan crude oil and is thought to be between Scotland and […]
Continue ReadingDoes the US have the right to take over Greenland?
Donald Trump has said several times that he wants to acquire Greenland. But does the US have the right to take it?
Continue ReadingThe painful questions for Nato and the EU if Trump takes Greenland
Katya AdlerEurope editor BBC Earlier today, the so-called Coalition of the Willing, largely made up of European leaders, met in Paris with envoys of US President Donald Trump, to try to make further progress on a sustainable peace deal for Ukraine. With Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky insisting a plan to end the war with Russia […]
Continue ReadingTrump claims US oil firms could be ‘up and running’ in Venezuela within 18 months
Getty Images President Donald Trump says the US oil industry could be “up and running” with increased operations in Venezuela within 18 months, after a surprise military operation removed President Nicolás Maduro from power. Trump told NBC News that “a tremendous amount of money will have to be spent, and the oil companies will spend […]
Continue ReadingMigrants killed in road accident in Ethiopia’s Semera town in Afar region
At least 22 migrants have been killed and 65 others injured after a lorry they were travelling in overturned in Ethiopia’s north-eastern Afar region, authorities say. About 85 Ethiopian migrants were travelling along the eastern migration route when the lorry overturned in the town of Semera on Tuesday morning, a senior Afar official Mohammed Ali […]
Continue ReadingFrench ‘hypnotherapist’ on trial for drugging and raping women
Warning: This story contains descriptions of sexual abuse. A man is on trial in southern France accused of drugging and sexually abusing women, as well as filming some of the assaults. Dance teacher and self-taught hypnotherapist Cyril Zattara is charged with raping 14 women over a decade, as well as allegedly secretly filming around 20 […]
Continue ReadingWhy does Trump want Greenland, and what could it mean for Nato?
‘We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security,’ Trump says US President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the US should take over Greenland, arguing that it would benefit his nation’s security. His demands have been rejected by the island’s leaders and by Nato member Denmark, of which Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory. Where is […]
Continue ReadingSwiss ski bar not inspected for five years before deadly fire, mayor says
The Swiss bar that was the scene of a fire that killed 40 people and injured 116 hadn’t undergone safety checks for five years, authorities say. The mayor of Crans-Montana, Nicolas Feraud, told a Tuesday press conference that he could not explain why the La Constellation bar hadn’t been checked in so long, but that […]
Continue ReadingMacron hosts Ukraine and allies to try to cement security guarantees
EPA Russia has intensified attacks – particularly against Ukraine’s energy sector French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky and other key allies of the country as efforts intensify to agree security guarantees for Kyiv in the event of a ceasefire with Russia. Heads of state and top officials from more than 30 […]
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