US military faces ‘beyond critical’ shortage of Patriot missiles in Europe
The US military is experiencing a “beyond critical” shortage of advanced missile interceptors in Europe, largely driven by President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, a US defence official in Europe and a NATO official told The Associated Press, raising…
Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America. The move comes after trade talks between the US and Canada collapsed late last week, and the US imposed new 50% tariffs on $20bn (C$28bn) worth of…
Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ as Carney pushes back
President Donald Trump said Thursday he is renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States as he escalates his trade war with Canada. The Republican president signed an executive order directing the Interior Department to update…
Lindsay Clancy trial in hands of jury after closing arguments conclude
Attorneys for both sides made closing arguments on Thursday before the jury began deliberating. Kevin Reddington, Clancy’s attorney, repeated the defence’s argument that she was experiencing postpartum psychosis when she killed the children…
French presidential candidates clash at first debate before upcoming elections
Seven of the leading candidates in the increasingly tight and crowded race to succeed President Emmanuel Macron clashed on Thursday in their first debate, eight months ahead of the election. The candidates, spanning the hard left to far right, agreed…
What we should make of CIA boss John Ratcliffe’s secret trip to Moscow
Putin will be well aware of Donald Trump’s periodic disdain for Nato and he may have calculated that a low-key attack on say, Lithuania, is not going to trigger Nato’s mutual self-defence clause – Article 5 – and that the US will not respond.…
Red Cross mobilises in Nepal following natural disaster: ‘Entire villages & communities washed out’
François Picard is pleased to welcome Tommaso Della Longa, Spokesperson for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The immediate challenge in Nepal is not only the scale of destruction, explains Della Longa, but the…
Ratko Mladić: BBC correspondent on meeting dangerous fanatic early in Bosnian war
Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladić, dubbed the «Butcher of Bosnia» for his actions during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, has died in prison. BBC special correspondent Allan Little was there throughout the breakup of the former Yugoslavia, and met Mladić…
Why Trump wants H-1B skilled worker visas to cost employers more than $100,000
It’s been almost two years since the world’s richest man Elon Musk threatened his political rivals with all-out war over skilled worker visas, but the fighting still drags on. US President Donald Trump’s administration this week published a…
Two killed in ‘domestic violence incident’ at school near Berlin
Two people have been killed in a «domestic violence incident» at a school in the town of Gosen-Neu Zittau near the German capital Berlin, local police have said. Brandenburg state police said they arrested a 19-year-old German man, who is «considered a…