54 minutes agoAnthony ZurcherNorth America correspondentEPAIn the end, cooler heads prevailed – at least for now.At 18:32 Washington time, President Donald Trump posted on his social media website that the US and Iran were "very far along" with a...
23 minutes agoOsmond ChiaandPeter Hoskins,Business reportersCostfoto/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesGlobal oil prices have fallen sharply and stock markets have jumped after the US and Iran agreed a conditional two-week ceasefire deal that includes the reopening of the key Strait of...
Abhishek Dey/BBCLimited alternatives add to the difficulties. Cooking with firewood or coal is unsafe in cramped rooms in slums. Shared electricity connections in such houses cannot support cheaper electric stoves, and safer models are too expensive.For some, the uncertainty...
47 minutes agoEmma SaundersandSima KotechaReutersThis summer's Wireless Festival has been cancelled after headliner Kanye West was blocked from coming to the UK.The government refused permission for West, now known as Ye, to travel to the UK after backlash to...
Rapper Offset in hospital after being shot in Florida 60 minutes agoGeorgia Levy-CollinsBBC NewsbeatGetty ImagesFormer Migos rapper Offset has been shot outside a casino in Florida.The 34-year-old, whose real name is Kiari Kendrell Cephus, is in a "stable" condition...
49 minutes agoJemma CrewBusiness reporter Getty ImagesAckman became a high-profile supporter of Donald Trump in July 2024 during his bid for a second term in the Oval Office.His intervention was seen as an important electoral endorsement of the now...
One dead as high-speed train collides with lorry in France6 minutes agoCachella SmithandGabriela BoccaccioAFP via Getty ImagesA train driver has died after his high-speed passenger train collided with a lorry carrying military equipment at a level crossing in France.A...
AFP via Getty ImagesResidents of a Nigerian community have disputed the army's assertion that it rescued 31 civilians held hostage following a Sunday morning church attack in the north.The army had said that it freed the civilians seized by...
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2 hours agoAnthony ZurcherNorth America correspondentGetty ImagesPresident Donald Trump has set deadlines, made demands and issued threats over the course of the five-week joint US-Israeli war against Iran. But seldom have they been this explicit.The new round of strikes...
