Texas Governor Greg Abbott seeks court order to fire top Democrat who fled in row over voting map
Watch: “We have to use every tool” – State lawmaker defends leaving Texas over gerrymandering Texas Governor Greg Abbott has said he is taking legal action to remove from office…
UN official says Israel expanding Gaza operations would risk ‘catastrophic consequences’
Yolande Knell Middle East correspondent Watch: UN official says Netanyahu’s reported Gaza expansion plans risk “catastrophic consequences” A top UN official has warned there would be “catastrophic consequences” if Israel…
Aboriginal group launches legal bid to stop Brisbane Olympic stadium
An Indigenous group has launched legal action to stop a 63,000-seat stadium for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics being built on culturally significant land. The Queensland government announced in March that…
Zelensky thanks Trump for ‘productive’ talks ahead of ceasefire deadline
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky has said he and Donald Trump discussed sanctions against Russia, defence cooperation and drone production ahead of a visit to Moscow by US envoy Steve Witkoff. Thanking…
Great Barrier Reef suffers worst coral decline on record
Getty Images Parts of the Great Barrier Reef have suffered the largest annual decline in coral cover since records began nearly 40 years ago, according to a new report. Northern…
A Texas showdown could reshape Congress
Anthony Zurcher North America correspondent Watch: Texas Speaker plans civil arrest warrants against absent Democrats Dozens of Texas Democrats have secretly left the state in a dramatic effort to stop…
US Attorney General orders grand jury hearings on Trump-Russia probe
US Attorney General Pam Bondi has ordered prosecutors to open legal proceedings into allegations that political opponents of Donald Trump may have conspired to falsely accuse him of colluding with…
'Hiroshima survivor stories were painful to draw'
Hiroshima students have spent weeks visualising the stories of survivors from the atomic bomb and turning them into art. Source link
Romania’s first democratic leader with a divisive legacy
Mircea Barbu BBC News in Bucharest Peter Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images Iliescu at Romania’s presidential palace in 1993, during his first of three terms in office Ion Iliescu, a figure…
Chikungunya virus: China reports 7,000 cases
Kelly Ng BBC News, Singapore Getty Images Guangdong authorities have vowed to take “decisive and forceful measures” to stop the spread of the disease More than 7,000 cases of a…