The decades-long conflict in eastern DR Congo has intensified since January when M23 staged an unprecedented offensive, seizing the cities of Goma and Bukavu and sparking fears of a wider regional war. Rwanda has said its forces are acting in self-defence against the Congolese army and allied militias, some of which it accuses of links...
The decades-long conflict in eastern DR Congo has intensified since January when M23 staged an unprecedented offensive, seizing the cities of Goma and Bukavu and sparking fears of a wider regional war. Rwanda has said its forces are acting in self-defence against the Congolese army and allied militias, some of which it accuses of links...
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US President Donald Trump has suggested Buckingham Palace is “setting a date for September” for his second state visit to the UK. The president told reporters in the White House on Thursday evening: “I was invited by the King and the country – great country.” It comes after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer handed Trump...
Bournemouth owner Bill Foley is scheduled to fly to England this week, with the club intending to open formal talks with boss Andoni Iraola over a new contract. Sources close to the club have indicated that, barring a last-minute change, American businessman Foley will arrive in time to attend Saturday’s Premier League match against Crystal...
I’m shocked, too — that Bill Maher’s audience took this as well as they did. Kudos to them, because it could have been very uncomfortable reception to the Real Time host. Maher has done a good job of attempting to present a more balanced show than most TV comics these days, so perhaps that’s not as...
The Duke of Sussex’s surprise trip to meet victims of war in Ukraine was a late addition to some of Friday’s front pages. The Daily Mail highlights that the prince’s “secret trip” followed his appearance at a two-day hearing in London over his security arrangements in the UK. The Daily Telegraph likewise leads on Prince...
PA Media King Charles and Queen Camilla have left Italy after a four-day state visit. They ended the trip with a celebration of the country’s food, trying their hand at making pasta at a festival in Ravenna. The visit had included a brief private meeting with Pope Francis in the Vatican, where the pontiff, who...
Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent Reuters King Charles and Queen Camilla watched the flypast from the Quirinale Palace on Tuesday A flypast thundered over Rome in honour of King Charles III and Queen Camilla’s state visit to Italy. The display, involving both the UK’s Red Arrows and Italy’s Frecce Tricolori, trailed the colours of both nations’...
Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent Reuters King Charles III and Queen Camilla flew into Rome’s Ciampino airport on Monday King Charles and Queen Camilla have arrived in Rome to begin their state visit to Italy, which will see a mix of soft-power diplomacy, greeting the crowds and also romance, as the trip coincides with the couple’s...
Social media influencers pose a “new and increasing threat” for uncontacted indigenous people, a charity has warned after the arrest of a US tourist who travelled to a restricted Indian Ocean island. Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, allegedly landed on North Sentinel Island in an apparent attempt to make contact with the isolated Sentinelese tribe, filming...
Dan Martin BBC News, Leicester BBC Louise Gather said she had a lovely time at the park and was surprised to get a visit from police A woman says police overreacted by trying to ban her from a park over allegations she was illegally foraging for mushrooms. Louise Gather said a police officer came to...
U.S. Vice President JD Vance, Second Lady Usha Vance, and two top Trump administration officials traveled to Greenland on Friday on an itinerary that was markedly curtailed from its original plans due to Greenlanders’ frosty reception amid President Donald Trump’s ongoing threats to take the Arctic island from NATO ally Denmark — even by armed...
The King has been seen in public for the first time since he went to hospital after experiencing temporary side effects from his cancer treatment. He cancelled a trip to Birmingham on Friday on medical advice after spending a short period of time in hospital on Thursday, Buckingham Palace said. The monarch, 76, left his...
Anthony Zurcher and Adrienne Murray BBC News, Washington DC and Copenhagen Watch: Ros Atkins on… Trump’s plan for Greenland A high-powered delegation of US officials will spend Friday at a remote military base on Greenland in what is being viewed as the latest manifestation of American designs on the sparsely populated semi-autonomous Danish territory. The...