A 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 […]
Continue ReadingBBC Mundo has spoken to Venezuelans in the country’s capital about the latest US military operation.
Continue ReadingThe 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 ReadingDonald Trump has said several times that he wants to acquire Greenland. But does the US have the right to take it?
Continue ReadingKatya 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 […]
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