FBI to probe effort to impersonate top Trump advisor
The FBI is investigating an effort by one or more unknown people to access the personal phone of Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, sources told the BBC’s…
Reform UK to accept Bitcoin donations, says Farage
Reform UK will accept donations in the form of Bitcoin, Nigel Farage has announced, becoming the first British party to do so. Speaking at a cryptocurrency conference in Las Vegas…
Tariffs court fight threatens Trump’s power to wield his favourite economic weapon
Sarah Smith North America editor Getty Images Since returning to power, US President Donald Trump has wielded tariffs – or the threat of them – as his economic weapon of…
Five ways world’s richest man changed the White House
Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, White House A chainsaw, two hats and Lil X: Musk’s eventful time at Doge Elon Musk’s time in the Trump administration is coming to an…
Polish knife-edge presidential vote pits liberal mayor against conservative
Adam Easton BBC Warsaw correspondent Reuters Rafal Trzaskowski (L) has a narrow lead in the polls over national conservative historian Karol Nawrocki (R) Poles will vote for a new president…
Five musicians murdered in suspected Mexican cartel killing
Reuters The musicians were last seen in the Mexican city of Reynosa, near the US border Five musicians who disappeared in the Mexican city of Reynosa, near the US border,…
Hamas official says it rejects new US Gaza ceasefire plan backed by Israel
Rushdi Abualouf Gaza correspondent Reuters Israel resumed its military offensive against Hamas in Gaza in mid-March following the collapse of a two-month ceasefire A senior Hamas official has told the…
Swiss glacier collapse: How the village of Blatten was wiped off the map
“I was speechless,” said Matthias Huss, a leading glacier specialist at Zurich’s Federal Institute of Technology. “It was the worst case that could happen.” Mr Huss had been aware of…
World has responsibility to get aid into Gaza, UN official tells BBC
Gaza has been subjected to forced starvation by Israel, a top UN official has told the BBC. Tom Fletcher told special correspondent Fergal Keane that the world has a responsibility…
What does court ruling mean for Trump’s tariff agenda?
Ben Chu Policy and analysis correspondent, BBC Verify Getty Images The US Court of International Trade on Wednesday struck down President Donald Trump’s tariffs imposed under the 1977 International Emergency…