Smoke billows from luxury yacht fire in St Tropez
Social media videos show black smoke billowing from a luxury yacht on fire in St Tropez in the French Riviera on Thursday. The blaze took place on the Sea Lady…
Greece suspends asylum applications for migrants from North Africa
Greece has suspended the processing of asylum applications from North Africa for three months after a surge in migrant numbers. Arrivals by boat from the region will be arrested and…
South Korea’s ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol rearrested
South Korea’s former president has been rearrested over last year’s failed martial law bid that plunged the country into political turmoil. Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached in April over the…
John Kerry says ‘Trump was right’, Democrats allowed migrant ‘siege’ of border
Getty Images John Kerry says Democrats made a mistake on immigration Former US Secretary of State John Kerry has told the BBC his fellow Democrats allowed the US-Mexico border to…
Judge blocks Trump’s birthright order after Supreme Court ruling
A US judge has once again blocked President Donald Trump from implementing an executive order ending birth right citizenship for some US residents as a legal challenge moves forward. A…
Caster Semenya: South African double Olympic champion wins partial victory at European Court of Human Rights in her long legal battle over athletics’ sex eligibility rules.
Caster Semenya’s right to a fair hearing was violated by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court when she lost a 2020 appeal against World Athletics regulations that effectively barred her from…
Why is Trump targeting Brazil
Caio Quero BBC Brasil editor Getty Images US President Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro, his former counterpart in Brazil, have a closer relationship A message from US President Donald Trump…
Russia’s intensifying drone war is spreading fear and eroding Ukrainian morale
Paul Adams Diplomatic correspondent, Kyiv Watch: The most intense strikes on Kyiv since June Everyone agrees: it’s getting worse. The people of Kyiv have, like the citizens of other Ukrainian…
Jane Birkin’s original Hermès bag sells for £7m at Sotheby’s auction
Ian Youngs Culture reporter Getty Images Jane Birkin owned the original bag and lent her name to all that followed The original Birkin bag, which set the template for arguably…
Brazil vows to match US tariffs after Trump threatens 50% levy
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has said he is ready to match any tariffs imposed on Brazil by the United States. Lula was responding to Wednesday’s threat by…