Sarah Rainsford BBC Rome correspondent Ukrainian presidency handout Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky met Pope Leo at the Vatican earlier this week Italy has backed President Donald Trump’s suggestion the Vatican might mediate talks on negotiating a ceasefire in Ukraine, while he appears keen to step back from the process himself. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s office said...
The news was met with criticism, with several observers calling it part of a plan to carry out ethnic cleansing. A plan reportedly under consideration by the Trump administration to send up to one million Gazans to the divided country of Libya was met with criticism on Friday and Saturday, with several observers calling it...
Benedict Garman, Matt Murphy & Merlyn Thomas BBC Verify BBC Israel is preparing a series of sites in Gaza that could be used as distribution centres for humanitarian aid in a controversial new plan, satellite images show. The Israeli government suspended food and medicine deliveries into Gaza in March. Ministers said the move, which has...
Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York Lily Jamali BBC News, Alcatraz Island Daniel A. Edwards Hopkins has moved back to his home state of Florida since he was released in 1963 When Charlie Hopkins thinks back to the three years he spent in one of America’s most famous prisons, he remembers the “deathly quiet” the...
South Africa has criticised the US amid reports it could receive white Afrikaners as refugees as early as next week. A document seen by the BBC’s US partner, CBS, describes the potential resettlement as a “priority” for President Donald Trump’s government, however the timing has not been publicly confirmed by the White House. In a...
The Pakistan Super League is postponed indefinitely, after initial plans to move the tournament to the United Arab Emirates were scrapped. Read full article at source...
Yolande Knell Middle East correspondent Reuters A third of the community kitchens in Gaza have been forced to shut down over the past two weeks The US has confirmed that a new system for providing humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza through private companies is being prepared, as Israel’s blockade continues for a third month....
A US judge in Boston ordered a temporary block on the Trump administration’s plan to deport migrants to Libya, saying it would “clearly violate” a prior order he made that ensures their right to due process. The order came after two US officials told BBC partner CBS News that the US may soon start deporting...
Jeremy Bowen International Editor, BBC News Reuters Israel’s army plans to capture and hold territory Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told Israelis that “we are on the eve of an intense entry into Gaza.” Israel would, he said, capture territory and hold it: “They will not enter and come out.” The new offensive is...
Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, White House Getty Images The price to keep prisoners at Alcatraz was significantly higher than elsewhere in the federal prison system. US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his proposal to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the once-notorious prison island in the icy waters of San Francisco Bay. Alcatraz- popularly...
Israel’s security cabinet has approved a plan to expand its military offensive against Hamas, which reportedly includes capturing Gaza and holding the territory. The Israeli military has called up tens of thousands of reservists in preparation for the move, saying it is “increasing the pressure” with the aim of bringing home the remaining Israeli hostages...
Michael Buchanan Social affairs correspondent BBC Richard Stanton and Rhiannon Davies campaigned for a review into maternity services after their baby daughter died in 2009 Campaigners have questioned Health Secretary Wes Streeting’s commitment to maternity safety after his department watered down funding levels. Almost £100m was invested into improving maternity safety annually following the publication...
Natalie Sherman Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images The White House has hit back against a reported plan by Amazon to detail the price impact of Donald Trump’s trade tariffs to its customers, calling it a “hostile” political act. Amazon told the Washington Post it had looked into itemising the costs for customers using Amazon...
Nottingham Forest Women have already begun preparations for Championship football after completing a league and cup double on Sunday, according to head coach Carly Davies. Forest claimed the FA Women’s Northern Premier Division title – and promotion to the second tier – with a resounding 7-2 victory over West Brom at the City Ground, having...
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Early in the morning last Monday, a group of third graders huddled in the garden of Mendota Elementary School in Madison, Wisconsin. Of the dozen students present, a handful were busy filling up buckets of compost, others were readying soil beds...