Rescue teams get to work while displaced Filipinos rest in shelter – latest imagespublished at 09:46 GMT 09:46 GMT Before making landfall in Vietnam, Kalmaegi left a trail of devastation in the Philippines – and at least 114 people dead. Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has declared a state of calamity – the threshold of…
Lucy WilliamsonMiddle East correspondent, Gaza Watch: BBC’s Lucy Williamson taken to east of Gaza City in IDF-led visit From an embankment overlooking Gaza City, there’s no hiding what this war has done. The Gaza of maps and memories is gone, replaced by a monochrome landscape of rubble stretching flat and still for 180 degrees, from…
Donald Trump’s sweeping use of tariffs in the first nine months of his second term was sharply questioned during oral arguments before the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Chief Justice John Roberts, and justices Amy Coney Barrett and Neil Gorsuch – three conservative jurists considered swing votes in this case – peppered US Solicitor General John…
Live Reporting Edited by Helen Sullivan and Sean Seddon Pictures from the scene in Louisvillepublished at 00:57 GMT 00:57 GMT Flames and enormous plumes of smoke can be seen rising from Louisville International Airport following the crash. Authorities say the fire is still burning, and emergency first responders have been battling to control the blaze….
Live Reporting Edited by Caitlin Wilson in Washington DC Trump tepidly endorses Cuomo ahead of electionpublished at 20:30 GMT 20:30 GMT Sakshi VenkatramanReporting from New York Image source, Getty Images US President Donald Trump has endorsed Andrew Cuomo in the New York City mayor’s race, urging voters not to elect left-wing front-runner Zohran Mamdani. “Whether…
Anthony Zurcher,Senior North America reporter and George Wright Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images Dick Cheney was one of the most powerful US vice-presidents in history under George W Bush Former US President George W Bush has lead tributes to Dick Cheney, saying his death is “a loss to the nation and a sorrow to…
A White House veteran and central figure in the ‘War on Terror’published at 11:42 GMT 11:42 GMT Image source, Reuters Dick Cheney was vice president to Republican President George W Bush between 2001 and 2009. He also served as secretary of defense under George Bush Snr, between 1989 and 1993. Before that, Cheney acted as…
Ana Faguy and Sakshi Venkatraman,New York Watch: ‘Hard’ to send money to New York City if Mamdani wins mayoral race, Trump says US President Donald Trump has endorsed Andrew Cuomo in the New York City mayor’s race, urging voters not to elect left-wing front-runner Zohran Mamdani. “Whether you personally like Andrew Cuomo or not, you…
3D model created by Matt Faraci. Detailed plans for the ballroom have not been released by the White House yet. The model was created through analysis of publicly available architectural renderings, photographs and satellite imagery. Media credits White House/McCrery Architects, Eric Lee/Getty Images, Al Drago/Getty Images, Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg, Mandel Ngan/AFP, Saul Loeb/AFP, Guido Bergmann/Bundesregierung, Ken…
US President Donald Trump’s administration has said it will provide reduced food aid to more than 42 million Americans, as the government shutdown this week heads towards becoming the longest ever with no resolution in sight. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said in a court filing that Americans who receive food assistance will get…