India has announced measures targeting Pakistan, a day after 26 people were killed by gunmen in an attack in Indian-administered Kashmir. They include the closure of the main border crossing linking the two countries, the suspension of a water-sharing treaty and the expulsion of diplomats. India has also cancelled some visas held by Pakistanis and...
Akisa Wandera BBC News, Renk Hassan Lali / BBC When the devastating war in Sudan reached Sarah Williams’ neighbourhood in the capital Khartoum, she and her children were caught in the crossfire. Bullets tore through their home, fires engulfed buildings, and electricity lines sparked explosions. “We were crawling on the ground,” she recalls, holding her...
There’s a 60-foot wide strip of land that runs through three states along the length of the United States border known as the ‘Roosevelt Reservation.’ The federal and tribal lands that form the 632-mile long strip account for about a third of the 2000-mile long US-Mexico border. All the rest is Texas. Teddy Roosevelt, pragmatic...
Hundreds of recently deported immigrants were labeled as gang members despite having no criminal histories. Tom Homan, President Donald Trump’s so-called “border czar,” has said that nothing more than the word of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent is needed to prove that a noncitizen living in the U.S. is a gang member, and...
Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent PA Media The Prince of Wales took his seat in a Challenger 2 tank during a visit to Tapa Camp If royal visits are about sending a message, then the picture of the Prince of Wales in a tank near the Russian border must be one of the most direct. Prince...
Angus Crawford and Tony Smith BBC News Investigations BBC South American drug gangs are dropping cocaine in the sea around the UK to be picked up by smaller boats and brought to shore, Border Force has warned. Tens of millions of pounds worth of drugs are being wrapped in flotation devices equipped with trackers, allowing...