The EU has reached a free trade agreement with Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, 25 years after talks began and despite opposition from farmers in several European countries. The deal with the Mercosur trading bloc will require the approval of the European parliament within the next few months Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva … Ler mais
Husband and wife movie stars Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors have travelled to Guinea, where the US couple are due to be granted citizenship after tracing their ancestry to the West African nation through DNA testing. “We are just happy to be here,” said Good, best known for the film Think Like a Man, and … Ler mais
US forces have seized another tanker in the Caribbean Sea, officials say, as the Trump administration continues its efforts to control exports of Venezuelan oil. The tanker, the Olina, is on multiple countries’ sanctions lists and the fifth vessel to be seized by the US in recent weeks. The US is using the seizures to … Ler mais
One of the co-owners of the Swiss bar where 40 people died in a fire on New Year’s Eve has been detained. Swiss prosecutors said that Jacques Moretti, a French national, was a potential flight risk. The blaze at Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana left 116 people injured. Many of the victims were aged under … Ler mais
Watch: Nicolás Maduro and wife flown to New York court Gordon CoreraSecurity analyst A week on from the dramatic raid that captured Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, details of the intelligence surrounding the operation are becoming clearer, but some mysteries still remain. The intelligence The mission took months of planning and intelligence gathering. In August the CIA … Ler mais
The UK government says Elon Musk’s platform X limiting Grok AI image edits to paid users is “insulting” to victims of misogyny and sexual violence. Speaking on Friday, Downing Street said the move “simply turns an AI feature that allows the creation of unlawful images into a premium service”. It follows significant backlash after the … Ler mais
Reuters Police patrol Aden, from where the Saudi-led coalition said Aidarous al-Zubaidi had fled by boat The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen has alleged the United Arab Emirates helped smuggle a separatist leader out of the country after he was expelled from Yemen’s presidential council and accused of treason. A coalition spokesman said Aidarous al-Zubaidi, head … Ler mais
More than one million people in south-eastern Ukraine spent hours without heating and water supplies as a result of Russian air strikes, officials have said. The attacks damaged infrastructure across the south-eastern Dnipropetrovsk region – as well as in neighbouring Zaporizhzhia. Russia has recently intensified attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, aimed at paralysing power supplies … Ler mais
Videos posted on social media show large crowds of protesters marching through Tehran and other Iranian cities in what is said to be the largest show of force by the opponents of the clerical establishment in years. Rallies in Tehran and Iran’s second city, Mashhad, can be seen in footage verified by BBC Persian, with … Ler mais
Anthony ZurcherNorth America correspondent How the ICE shooting in Minneapolis unfolded second-by-second The fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by a federal law-enforcement officer is laying bare the sharp divides in US politics – and threatening to inflame an already contentious debate over immigration policy. The incident took place in broad daylight. There are … Ler mais