Maia Daviesand Sofia Ferreira Santos Watch: Trump’s comments ‘extremely disrespectful’ – British veteran Donald Trump was “wrong” to diminish the role of Nato and British troops in Afghanistan, Downing Street has said, after the US president claimed allies stayed away from the front line. Trump claimed that Nato sent “some troops” but “stayed a little … Ler mais
The United Nations (UN) says it will take over management of a camp in north-eastern Syria holding holding thousands of people with alleged links to the jihadist group Islamic State (IS). It comes after Kurdish-led forces that had been running the camp withdrew in the face of an advance by Syrian government forces, triggering unrest … Ler mais
Getty Images The US plan for “New Gaza” was presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos The US has unveiled its plans for a “New Gaza” that would see the devastated Palestinian territory rebuilt from scratch. Slides showed dozens of skyscrapers stretching along the Mediterranean coast and housing estates in the Rafah area, while … Ler mais
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers detained a 5-year-old boy on Tuesday during an immigration enforcement operation, Minnesota school officials and the family’s lawyer have said. Pre-schooler Liam Ramos was with his father – named by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias – when Conejo Arias was approached by … Ler mais
An ex-nurse convicted of murdering 10 patients in western Germany may be linked to more than 100 additional deaths, an official has said. The chief public prosecutor in Aachen, Katja Schlenkermann-Pitts, told the BBC that there was “a correspondingly high number of suspicious cases” under review. She cautioned that the cases represented preliminary suspicions and … Ler mais
France says it has seized an oil tanker in the Mediterranean suspected of being part of Russia’s sanction-busting “shadow fleet”. French President Emmanuel Macron said the tanker, named the Grinch, was “subject to international sanctions and suspected of flying a false flag”. The French navy, with the assistance of allies including the UK, boarded the … Ler mais
President Volodymyr Zelensky says trilateral talks on ending the war in Ukraine are to take place with Russia and the US in the United Arab Emirates, after he met President Donald Trump in Davos. As the diplomatic pace appeared to intensify, Trump said his meeting with Zelensky was good, and US envoy Steve Witkoff headed … Ler mais
Joshua NevettPolitical reporter EPA President Trump launched the Board of Peace alongside other world leaders at Davos Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has said the UK will not yet be signing up to US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace over concerns about Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s possible participation. Cooper told the BBC the UK had … Ler mais
Ugandan police have detained a lawmaker, and close ally of opposition leader Bobi Wine, for his alleged role in election-related violence last week. Muwanga Kivumbi, a deputy leader of Wine’s National Unity Platform (NUP), is accused of organising attacks on a police station and a vote-tallying centre after their electoral loss, which the party denies. … Ler mais
Bethany BellVienna correspondent Reuters Egisto Ott is accused of collecting large amounts of data and handing information to Russian intelligence Former intelligence official Egisto Ott has gone on trial in Vienna on Thursday, accused of spying for Russia in what is being dubbed Austria’s biggest spy trial in years. Egisto Ott, 63, is charged with … Ler mais