The EU’s chief has said she is ready to move “swiftly” to agree a trade deal with the United States, and has held a “good call” with US President Donald Trump following his threat of 50% tariffs on the bloc. President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said she spoke with Trump on...
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has temporarily stepped down until a sexual misconduct probe against him is concluded. Karim Khan will take leave until the end of the external investigation, which began late last year, and his deputy prosecutors will run the office in his absence, the ICC said in a...
An internal document bolsters warnings that the hunt for fraud is a pretext for slashing Social Security benefits. An internal Trump administration document reportedly shows that anti-fraud checks recently installed at the Social Security agency have found just two cases of potentially improper benefit claims out of more than 110,000 — a rate of 0.0018%....
Former Manchester United sporting director Dan Ashworth is returning to the Football Association as their first chief football officer. The news he was re-joining the FA was revealed by BBC sports editor Dan Roan on Tuesday, and it has now been confirmed he will fill the newly created chief football officer role. The 54-year-old will...
Jeremy Bowen International editor, BBC News Watch: Jeremy Bowen questions Unrwa commissioner on food aid in Gaza How do you measure misery? For journalists the usual way is to see it, to feel it, to smell it. Beleaguered Palestinian colleagues in Gaza are doing that, still doing invaluable reporting at great risk to themselves. More...
The Financial Times weekend edition says US President Donald Trump has signalled “openness to cutting tariffs on China”, ahead of upcoming talks. In a Truth Social post, Trump suggests that the US could almost halve the tariffs on Chinese goods, which currently stands at 145%. The head of public policy for investment management firm Pimco...
The Pakistan-based leader of a militant group has said 10 of his relatives have been killed in a missile strike by India. Masood Azhar, chief of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), said his older sister and her husband, his nephew and his nephew’s wife, his niece and five children from his family were killed in a strike on...
The Football Association has defended paying chief executive Mark Bullingham £1.32m last year – including a £450,000 bonus – saying he had “met and exceeded robust targets”. Bullingham is thought to be the highest-paid chief executive of a sports governing body in the UK. The 50-year-old’s earnings for the year ending July 2024 included a...
AFP Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar says his dismissal was motivated by political and personal considerations The stand-off between Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the head of the Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency, Ronen Bar, has further intensified, with each man accusing the other of lies or inaccuracies in sworn depositions. Netanyahu announced the...
A criminal investigation into suspended Devon & Cornwall Police Chief Constable Will Kerr has been dropped, according to Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez. Will Kerr was suspended from duty in July 2023 just seven months after being appointed to lead Devon & Cornwall Police. An investigation over allegations of sexual offences,...
Opposition MPs in Ghana have fiercely condemned the suspension of the country’s chief justice, accusing President John Mahama of trying to “pack the courts” with justices who are sympathetic to the governing party, the NDC. Gertrude Torkornoo was removed from her post on Wednesday – the first time a chief justice has been suspended in...
Ghanaian President John Mahama has suspended the country’s Supreme Court chief justice – a move that marks a first in the country’s history. An investigation has been launched and three undisclosed petitions have been filed making allegations against Gertrude Torkornoo, calling for her permanent removal. Chief justices in Ghana enjoy security of tenure – meaning...
Chief football officer Marc Canham will leave his role with the Football Association of Ireland. The Englishman has been in his position with the FAI since June 2022 and will remain in post to facilitate a handover with the process to find his replacement beginning immediately. The 42-year-old said he will be leaving to “explore...
The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has told the BBC that Gaza has become “hell on earth”, as Israel’s military assault there continues. Mirjana Spoljaric’s comments come on the same day the UN human rights office warned that Israel’s tactics were threatening the viability of Palestinians continuing to live in...
The commander of the US military base in Greenland has been fired after she reportedly sent an email distancing herself from Vice-President JD Vance’s criticism of Denmark. The US military’s Space Operations Command said Colonel Susannah Meyers had been removed from her duties at Pituffik Space Base due to a “loss of confidence in her...