Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionLooking back the life of Stephen Hawking World renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76.He died peacefully at his home in Cambridge in the early hours of Wednesday, his family said. The British scientist was famed for his work with black holes and…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionRex Tillerson: "I will now return to private life" Sacked US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has warned of Russia's "troubling behaviour and actions" in a parting statement after being fired by President Donald Trump.He pointedly failed to thank Mr Trump or praise his policies.The former ExxonMobil…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionAmerica's gun laws explained White House proposals to tackle the threat of mass shootings in US schools fall short of a call by President Donald Trump himself to raise the age limit for buying assault rifles. Mr Trump said he would work to raise the limit from…
Image copyright KCNA Image caption No word yet from Mr Kim on details of the summit South Korea says it has not received a response from Pyongyang on a summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump. In a surprise development, Mr Trump on Friday accepted North Korea's invitation to direct…
Image copyright Yulia Skripal/Facebook Image caption Yulia Skripal, from Moscow, was found on the bench alongside her father The daughter of an ex-Russian agent poisoned alongside her father in the UK "hasn't done anything to deserve" being targeted, a friend says.Police are investigating the attempted murder of Yulia and Sergei Skripal after both were found…
Image caption Sergei Skripal holding Yulia at the time of her birth with family members Sergei Skripal, the ex-Russian spy who is fighting for his life after being poisoned in Salisbury, was born in the Soviet enclave of Kaliningrad on 23 June 1951.It was close enough to the West to pick up the sound of…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The US is planning tariffs on metals - but may be hit in kind by other countries Some countries may be exempt from US plans to impose tariffs on metal imports, the White House has announced. The exemptions - on national security grounds - included Canada, Mexico, spokeswoman Sarah…
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Protesters have lobbied Florida's politicians over gun control since the shooting New gun control measures for Florida have passed another legal hurdle, weeks after one of the worst school shootings in US history.The state's House of Representatives passed a bill raising the age to buy a gun from 18 to…
Image copyright PA Image caption CCTV image of a man and woman walking near the bench where Sergei Skripal and a woman were found that afternoon Russia has said it has "no information" on what could have caused a former agent convicted of spying for Britain to collapse in Salisbury, Wiltshire.Sergei Skripal, 66, was found…
Image copyright EPA Image caption Sam Nunberg worked on the Trump campaign in 2015 until he was fired in August that year A former Trump aide has stunned Washington with an extraordinary round of media interviews in response to a subpoena from the inquiry looking into alleged Russian election meddling.Sam Nunberg, who helped launch Donald…
