‘They are striking everywhere’ – Paramedics in Lebanon speak to BBC after Israeli strikes
BBC Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega joins paramedics on duty in Nabatieh - a city that was once vibrant, but is now abandoned.
BBC joins paramedics on duty in Lebanon after Israeli strikes
BBC Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega joins paramedics on duty in Nabatieh - a city that was once vibrant, but is now abandoned.
Hungary’s next PM would pick up if Putin calls and tell him to stop Ukraine war
Russia has offered "pragmatic" relations, but Péter Magyar says he will not call Vladimir Putin himself.
Hungary’s next PM would pick up if Putin calls and tell him to stop Ukraine war
Russia has offered "pragmatic" relations, but Péter Magyar says he will not call Vladimir Putin himself.
Spain PM Pedro Sanchez’s wife charged with corruption after years-long probe – France 24
- Spain PM Pedro Sanchez’s wife charged with corruption after years-long probe France 24
- Spanish PM's wife charged with corruption after two-year probe BBC
- Spanish PM Sanchez' wife charged with corruption DW.com
- Wife of Spanish prime minister charged with corruption RTE.ie
- Spanish Premier Pedro Sanchez’s Wife Charged With Corruption Bloomberg.com
Spanish PM’s wife charged with corruption after two-year probe
Begoña Gómez is accused of using her relationship with Pedro Sánchez to advance her private career.
Chagos Islands treaty is now ‘impossible to agree at political level’, UK minister says
Stephen Doughty says US withdrawal of support means bill cannot complete passage through parliament
A treaty over ceding sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has become “impossible to agree at political level” and the corresponding bill will not complete its passage through parliament, a Foreign Office minister has said.
Stephen Doughty told the Commons that the agreement with Mauritius was initially negotiated in close coordination with the US, but Donald Trump’s position “appears to have changed”.
Continue reading...Israel Hasn’t Attacked Beirut Since Wednesday Amid U.S. Pressure – WSJ
- Israel Hasn’t Attacked Beirut Since Wednesday Amid U.S. Pressure WSJ
- Red Cross calls consecutive strikes in Lebanon 'gravely concerning' Reuters
- ‘I Can’t Endure This’: Inside a Bombarded City in Southern Lebanon The New York Times
- Lebanese bury 13 officers killed by Israel as grief and outrage surge ahead of talks in the US AP News
- IDF says 250 Hezbollah fighters killed in minutes in April 8 strikes The Jerusalem Post
Bahamas police again question US man over disappearance of wife at sea
Brian Hooker says wife Lynette fell overboard from dinghy but family members have cast doubt on that account
Police in the Bahamas on Monday were set to again interview a US man who said his wife fell overboard from their boat.
In a statement on Sunday to the Guardian, Brian Hooker’s attorney, Terrel Butler, said: “The police have requested another interview with [Brian Hooker] tomorrow.”
Continue reading...Philippines accuses Chinese fishermen of dumping cyanide in South China Sea
Beijing rejects the allegation as a "farce", while Manila claims the poison was used to kill fish and deprive troops stationed in the area of food.
US drivers head to Native American lands for cheaper gas
Some of the cheapest fuel in the country can be found on tribal land due to tax exemptions.
Hungarian voters celebrate ‘much-needed’ change
Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule is over, defeated by 45-year-old ex-party insider Péter Magyar.
Colombia to euthanize dozens of “cocaine hippos” linked to drug lord Pablo Escobar in bid to control population – CBS News
- Colombia to euthanize dozens of "cocaine hippos" linked to drug lord Pablo Escobar in bid to control population CBS News
- Colombia to cull dozens of wild hippos from herd started by Pablo Escobar Sky News
- Colombia approves plan to cull roaming hippos linked to Pablo Escobar CNN
- Colombia to control hippo population through euthanasia Reuters
- Colombia authorizes the use of euthanasia to stop the spread of Pablo Escobar’s hippos EL PAÍS English
Brazil’s former spy chief who fled country arrested by ICE agents in US
Alexandre Ramagem fled country after he was sentenced to 16 years for his role in plotting military coup in Brazil
When Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to nearly 30 years in prison for an attempted coup, six other members of his cabinet were also found guilty and all began serving their sentences – except for one.
Days before the verdict, Alexandre Ramagem, Bolsonaro’s former spy chief, fled by car to Guyana and boarded a flight to the United States, where he has remained ever since.
Continue reading...Vance’s bad week: vice-president risks becoming face of two Trump foreign policy failures
Orbán is out in Hungary and talks have failed to end the war in Iran – ill-fated road trip has been setback for Maga aims
Shortly before JD Vance’s ill-fated week crisscrossing the world, Donald Trump asked him during a private Easter brunch about how the Iran negotiations were shaping up. “If it doesn’t happen, I’m blaming JD Vance,” Trump said to laughs in the room. “If it does happen, I’m taking full credit.”
The joke at Vance’s expense contained an unfortunate nugget of truth: this is not an administration that rewards failure.
Continue reading...UK report lays bare ‘catastrophic’ missed chances before stabbings at girls’ dance class – AP News
- UK report lays bare ‘catastrophic’ missed chances before stabbings at girls’ dance class AP News
- Southport attack inquiry blames ‘catastrophic’ failures by agencies and killer’s ‘irresponsible’ parents The Guardian
- 'They didn't have to die' and 'You're not the Messiah' BBC
- U.K. inquiry lays bare 'catastrophic' missed chances before stabbings at dance class NPR
- The selfishness of Axel Rudakubana’s parents is simply unforgivable The Telegraph
Colombia to cull up to 80 hippos descended from Pablo Escobar zoo
Dozens of feral pachyderms linked to drug kingpin to be killed because of threat to native species and villagers
Colombian officials have authorized a plan to cull dozens of hippos descended from animals brought to the country in the 1980s by Pablo Escobar, after the feral beasts displaced native species and threatened local villagers.
The environment minister, Irene Vélez, said the decision was reached because other methods to control their population had been expensive and unsuccessful, including neutering some of the animals or moving them to zoos. Vélez said that up to 80 hippos would be affected by the measure. She did not say when the hunting would begin.
Continue reading...Orbán’s defeat holds lessons for US: ‘Autocrats may rise, but are not invincible’
Stunning loss of rightwing populist in Hungary carries symbolic significance for opponents of Donald Trump
For US Democrats seeking rays of light in the dark landscape of Donald Trump’s authoritarian onslaught, illumination has arrived from the unlikely source of Budapest.
Viktor Orbán’s stunning defeat in Hungary’s general election – ending 16 years of unbroken rule for his governing Fidesz party – carries symbolic and psychological significance for American politics out of all proportion to the central European country’s modest size and distance from the US.
Continue reading...US blockade of Iranian ports explained in two minutes
The BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner explains how the US blockade of Iranian ports will work.
Italian PM condemns ally Trump over ‘unacceptable’ Pope criticism
Italy's prime minister and the US president are close allies, but Trump has refused to apologise to the "very weak" Pope Leo XIV.