A Norwegian tourist says he was denied entry into the US after immigration agents took issue with a meme of Vice President JD Vance on his phone. US Homeland Security officials say he was turned away for admitting drug use. BBC Verify’s Jake Horton spoke to Mads Mikkelsen about his experience and looks at the...
The head of a controversial US and Israeli-backed aid group has defended its work after repeated incidents of killings and injuries of Palestinians seeking aid. Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) boss Johnnie Moore told the BBC World Service’s Newshour he was not denying deaths near aid sites, but said “100% of those casualties are being attributed...
US President Donald Trump has said he would “absolutely” consider bombing Iran again. Responding to a question from the BBC’s Nomia Iqbal at a White House press briefing, he said he would “without question” attack the country if intelligence concluded Iran could enrich uranium to concerning levels. The US became directly involved in the conflict...
The top court in the US has ruled judges in lower courts have limited ability to block presidential orders, giving President Donald Trump what he called a “giant win”. The case surrounded whether Trump’s attempt to use an executive order to end birthright citizenship for non-citizens and undocumented migrants was allowed. In a 6-3 ruling,...
Iran’s foreign minister has admitted that “excessive and serious” damage was done to the country’s nuclear sites in the recent US and Israeli bombings. Abbas Araghchi told a state broadcaster on Thursday evening, an assessment of the damage is being carried out by the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran. But, just hours earlier, Iran’s Supreme...
Unflattering mannequins depicting Jeff Bezos and his bride-to-be Lauren Sanchez have appeared in Venice ahead of the Amazon founder’s wedding in Italy. The installations are the work of an art collective. There have been protests in Venice ahead of the upcoming nuptials, with some angered at a perceived takeover of the city by the super...
Brandon Drenon BBC News, Washington DC Watch: Should judges be able to block Trump on birthright citizenship? The Supreme Court is expected to decide one of the most consequential cases in modern US history on Friday – whether a single federal judge can block an order from the US president from taking effect nationwide. The...
Merlyn Thomas, Kevin Nguyen & Kayleen Devlin BBC Verify BBC A month after the start of a controversial US- and Israeli-backed aid distribution system in Gaza, BBC Verify analysis of dozens of videos shows repeated incidents of gunfire near people travelling to collect aid, as well as other moments of chaos and panic. In several...
Chua Lam, a renowned food critic and cultural icon in the Chinese-speaking world, has died, according to his official social media account. He was 83. The Hong Kong-based, Singaporean-born Lam died at the Hong Kong Sanatorium Hospital with family and friends by his side, a post on his Weibo account on Friday read. “In accordance...
A young Syrian national has been charged by German authorities with supporting a foreign terror group over a foiled plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna last August. Mohamed A, who is described as a juvenile and still at liberty, is accused of following the ideology of jihadist group Islamic State (IS) and...
An electrical worker in the US state of Louisiana was left dangling from his harness after the bucket lift he was in was hit by a large truck at a traffic junction. The man suffered minor injuries and did not require hospital treatment after the incident, which is being investigated by Denham Springs police, local...
Warning: This article contains the name and images of an Indigenous person who has died. His family has given permission to use his name and image. Two men have been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering an Aboriginal schoolboy, in a case that shocked Australia. Cassius Turvey died of head injuries after a brutal assault...
Japan condemned US President Donald Trump for comparing recent US strikes on Iran to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that ended World War II. “That hit ended the war,” Trump told reporters on Wednesday. “I don’t want to use an example of Hiroshima, I don’t want to use an example of Nagasaki, but that...
Getty Images Tuvalu is the world’s second lowest-lying country More than a third of Tuvalu citizens have entered the ballot for a world-first climate visa which would allow them to permanently migrate to Australia. Opening for the first intake on 16 June, the influx of registrations could indicate that programme will be hugely oversubscribed, with...
CCTV has captured the moment a South Korean man doused a metro carriage with flammable liquid before setting it on fire. The Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office has released footage of the arson attack which occurred on 31 May. Six people were injured during the incident, including smoke inhalation and a sprained ankle while trying...