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Eleven killed after plane carrying skydivers crashes in eastern France

Eleven people have died after a civilian aircraft carrying skydivers crashed in the town of Tomblaine in eastern France, local authorities said. The pilot and 10 passengers died in the...

Trump threatens 100 per cent tariff over tech tax

United States president Donald Trump has vowed to impose a 100 per cent import tariff on any European...

Earthquake shifts political ground for Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodriguez 

 Venezuela's strongest earthquake in over a century is the biggest challenge to Delcy Rodriguez's early leadership but could also...

Oil price falls back to pre-Iran war levels

The price of oil has fallen to levels not seen since before the Iran war as traffic through...

Burnham confirms Starmer succession bid as he is sworn in as MP

Andy Burnham has been officially sworn in as Makerfield's new MP amid loud cheers from his Labour colleagues...

British PM visits Ukraine

Rishi Sunak has pledged £50m in defence aid to Ukraine as he met President Volodymyr Zelensky in his first visit to Kyiv since becoming...

Twitter offices closed until Monday

Twitter has told employees that the company's office buildings will be temporarily closed, effective immediately. In a message seen by the BBC, workers were told...

Pelosi stepping down as speaker of the House

Nancy Pelosi, who has led Democrats in the US House of Representatives for almost two decades, has announced she is standing down from the...

Lula promises to protect the Amazon

Brazil is back, president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has told rapturous crowds at the UN climate summit COP27 in Egypt. Walking into a room...

Republicans ‘flip’ the House

Republicans have secured the 218 seats needed for a majority in the lower chamber of Congress a week after the midterm elections, the BBC's...

Trump announces he is running for president in 2024

Florida – Former President Donald Trump, aiming to become only the second commander-in-chief ever elected to two nonconsecutive terms, announced Tuesday night that he will...