Virus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius is set to arrive in Tenerife on Sunday, after being anchored for three days near Cape Verde. Authorities have said precautions will be taken to ensure passengers do not make direct contact with locals. It comes as the World Health Organization said the hantavirus outbreak on board was not the […]
Continue ReadingUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Pope Leo at the Vatican on Thursday, at a time of increasing tensions following President Donald Trump’s repeated attacks on the Catholic leader over the Iran war. Rubio’s meeting with Leo was a sign of a “strong” relationship between the Vatican and the US, said a State […]
Continue ReadingWarning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers: our coverage contains references to and images of someone who has died The case of a five-year-old girl who was allegedly murdered in Australia’s Outback has caused outrage across the country. The BBC’s Katy Watson is in Alice Springs and explains the background of the case, the […]
Continue ReadingUnited States President Donald Trump says he “wouldn’t pay it either” when asked about the potential $1,000 (£736) ticket price to watch his country play Paraguay in their 2026 World Cup opener. The competition starts on 11 June and the US, who are co-hosting the tournament with Canada and Mexico, will open their campaign in […]
Continue ReadingFinance Minister Lars Klingbeil blamed the US president’s “irresponsible war in Iran” for harming the Germany economy.
Continue ReadingIn 2021 – following the arrest of Karasira and others like him – Human Rights Watch called on Rwandan authorities to investigate the “suspicious deaths and disappearances of critics, opposition members, civil society actors, and journalists, and prosecute those responsible”.
Continue ReadingA scaled-back parade, too, is a symbol: of a country that has failed to secure victory in Ukraine after more than four years of war. In January the conflict passed a milestone: Russia’s war on Ukraine has gone on longer than the Soviet Union’s fight against Hitler’s Germany, which is known here as the Great […]
Continue ReadingSome passengers potentially exposed to hantavirus have already taken flights to numerous countries.
Continue ReadingHolder, who appeared via video link from prison, showed no emotion as he was sentenced by Recorder David Chidgey, who said the attack was “about your sense of entitlement and your sense of doing what you wanted and your causal disregard for the victim’s absolute right to say what she wanted to do with her […]
Continue ReadingIsraeli media reports suggest Israel is preparing to resume fighting because of the impasse in talks with Hamas.
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