The UN climate talks COP30 were evacuated due to a fire breaking out inside the venue in Belém, Brazil. BBC journalists saw flames and smoke in the pavilion area before they were... Read more »
Nathan Gill, the former leader of Reform UK in Wales, has been sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in prison for taking bribes as part of a pro-Russia influence campaign. Gill, 52, was paid... Read more »
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he won’t betray his country’s national interests as the US continues to push for a peace deal with Russia. Addressing the nation, the Ukrainian leader said that... Read more »
Buying cocaine in the UK can indirectly funding Russian arms factories, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA). The NCA said a man linked to a Russian-led money-laundering network operating in the... Read more »
The Eurovision Song Contest is changing its rules around voting and promotion in the wake of controversy about Israel’s result at this year’s competition. Some countries raised concerns after Israel topped the... Read more »
US lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign | BBC News Marjorie Taylor Greene has announced she will resign from office, an unexpected turn for the high-profile Republican. One of Donald Trump’s Maga... Read more »
At least 80 people have died and dozens more are still missing after severe weather hit Indonesia this week and the death toll in Sri Lanka has reached at least 56, with... Read more »
The draft US-Russia peace plan has been widely leaked and it proposes to hand over those areas of Ukraine’s industrial eastern Donbas region still under Ukrainian control to the de facto control... Read more »
Fresh talks on the future of the war in Ukraine are under way – with delegations from the US, Ukraine, and its European allies holding discussions in Geneva. Andriy Yermak, a Ukrainian... Read more »
Russia is pushing hard on the battlefield in eastern Ukraine as negotiations for a peace deal take place in Geneva, . Its forces are believed to have surrounded the key strategic cities of... Read more »