DR Congo and M23 rebels agree roadmap for peace talks
The Democratic Republic of Congo government and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group have agreed a roadmap for peace talks. In a joint statement after five days of talks in Switzerland, they said they had pledged to «pursue negotiations towards…
Wartime elections would ‘destroy’ Ukraine, says Zelensky
President Volodymyr Zelensky said in remarks made public Sunday that it would be too dangerous for Ukraine to hold an election while it fights Russia, after a call by his former defence minister to organise a vote. Ukraine has suspended elections under…
Trump Mobile promoted a phone – but the details kept changing
When Trump Mobile was launched by US President Donald Trump’s eldest sons in the summer of 2025, the company advertised that a «T1» smartphone would be built in the US and shipped to customers within months. Over the last year, key details about…
China shows off record-breaking robots at strategic games
The five-day World Humanoid Robot Games are underway in Beijing, featuring 51 events, 30 sport competitions and more than 2,000 humanoid robots. They have already revealed the technology can out-run and out-jump humans and that they are capable of sports…
Dozens of co-ordinated arson attacks hit southern Thailand
More than 50 co-ordinated arson and incendiary attacks «aimed at creating unrest» have been carried out across Thailand’s insurgency-hit south, the Thai military has said. Two people were injured, with a local government office building, a…
Hundreds of Gaza children join a mass swimming lesson to cope with trauma
In Gaza, the war has upended the lives of an entire generation of children. In an effort to help them cope with the trauma of the conflict, an NGO has launched a project in Khan Younis: a huge swimming lesson that could even set a world record. Hundreds…
Robots compete in boxing, football and sprinting at World Humanoid Games
The second edition of the World Humanoid Robot Games kicked off in China on Saturday. The competition will run for five days and has already included a robot running faster than Usain Bolt’s 100m sprint world record. Elsewhere at the event in…
Ukraine: Zelensky asks for more Patriot interceptors as civilian deaths hit highest level since 2022
Kryvyi Rih is still digging through the wreckage. The Russian strike on a shopping centre there, in President Zelensky’s own hometown, has now claimed at least sixteen lives, with several people still unaccounted for. It has added urgency to the…
Zelensky has ‘questions to answer’ on corruption, Mykhailo Fedorov tells BBC
Fedorov criticised bureaucracy in the UK and other countries supporting Ukraine for delays in supplying weapons. The UK is a longstanding supporter of Ukraine, spending £16bn supplying weapons since the war began. It was confirmed last week that…
Macron hosts Saudi Crown Prince MBS for two-day Paris visit
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Saudi crown prince and de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday for a two-day visit set to range from esports to the war in the Middle East. Several agreements on health, transport and energy will be signed…