The deepening water shortage row between the US and Mexico
Will Grant Mexico, Central America and Cuba Correspondent BBC Water levels in Lake Toronto, a reservoir in the north of Mexico, are said to be critically low After the thirtieth…
Viktor Orban’s playbook is admired abroad but weakening at home
Nick Thorpe BBC Budapest Correspondent BBC Hungarians have a popular saying: “Visszanyal a fagyi”. Translation: “The ice-cream licks back.” In other words, watch out, because what you enjoy devouring, might…
Europe’s freedom faces greatest ‘threat’ since WW2, says Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron has outlined plans for a big increase in defence spending, warning Europe’s liberty is facing a “greater threat” than at any time since the end of…
Camp Mystic buildings were removed from flood map, US media reports
US regulators reportedly granted appeals to remove many Camp Mystic buildings from official flooding risk maps years before 27 children died in severe floods. Citing official records, the New York…
Gaza officials say children killed in strike as Israeli military admits ‘error’
Ten people, including six children, have been killed in an Israeli air strike while waiting to fill water containers in central Gaza on Sunday, emergency service officials say. Their bodies…
Two women shot dead at Kentucky church
Two people have been fatally shot at a church in Kentucky by a gunman who had just shot a police officer nearby, officials said. Two women, aged 72 and 32,…
Cyril Ramaphosa suspends SA police minister Senzo Mchunu over allegations
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed Police Minister Senzo Mchunu on an immediate “leave of absence” after allegations of links to organised crimes were made against him. In Sunday’s…
RSF storms cattle market and prison in ‘death trap’ city
The Sudanese paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) stormed the besieged city of el-Fasher on Friday in a battle that raged for seven hours, witnesses told the BBC. RSF fighters…
EU delays retaliatory trade tariffs against US
Jennifer Meierhans Business reporter Getty Images European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says it will use the time to negotiate The EU’s retaliatory tariffs on US exports have been…
Iran President Pezeshkian was reportedly injured in Israeli strikes
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was reportedly slightly injured during one of Israel’s attacks on Iran last month. Iran’s state Fars news agency, close to the revolutionary guard, says that on…