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The UK's Minster of Armed Forces says that "no agreement" has been made between the French and the British about a one-month Ukraine truce proposal that has been reported. Asked about the plan, which Macron told a French paper about on Sunday, Luke Pollard tells BBC Breakfast: "That's not a plan we currently recognise." He adds that "a number of different options" are being discussed "privately". Pollard says that what […]
Ukraine's President Zelensky expresses his profound gratitude to the US, and praises European "unity", after an intense three days of diplomacy On Friday, Zelensky had a heated exchange with Donald Trump and JD Vance in front of the media in the Oval Office After leaving the US early, he went to London for scheduled talks with European leaders On Sunday, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a four-step plan to […]
A Vietnamese court sentenced a leading independent journalist on Thursday to 30 months in prison over Facebook posts that criticised the government, state media said. Huy Duc worked for influential state-run newspapers before authoring one of Vietnam’s most popular blogs and Facebook accounts, where he criticised the country’s communist leaders on issues such as corruption, media control, and relations with China. The court in Hanoi convicted the 63-year-old of “abusing […]
Released Palestinian prisoners reunite with families in the West Bank Hamas has handed over what it says are the bodies of four Israeli hostages from Gaza, in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. Israel is testing DNA samples to confirm they are the remains of Shlomo Mansour, 86, Ohad Yahalomi, 50, Tsachi Idan, 50, and Itzik Elgarat, 69, all of whom were taken by Hamas in the 7 October 2023 […]
Singapore's biggest bank says it expects to cut 4,000 roles over the next three years as artificial intelligence (AI) takes on more work currently done by humans. "The reduction in workforce will come from natural attrition as temporary and contract roles roll off over the next few years," a DBS spokesperson told the BBC. Permanent staff are not expected to be affected by the cuts. The bank's outgoing chief executive […]
A 22-member Bangladeshi delegation of political leaders, civil society activists, academics and journalists have begun a 10-day visit to China. They will be having talks with Chinese government officials and senior members of the ruling Communist Party, a delegation leader confirmed with the BBC. Analysts say China is making overtures while diplomatic tensions have risen between Bangladesh and India on a range of issues. This includes ousted Bangladeshi leader Sheikh […]
The freezing of US humanitarian assistance has forced the closure of almost 80% of the emergency food kitchens set up to help people left destitute by Sudan's civil war, the BBC has learned. Aid volunteers said the impact of President Donald Trump's executive order halting contributions from the US government's development organisation (USAID) for 90 days meant more than 1,100 communal kitchens had shut. It is estimated that nearly two […]
The R&B singer Roberta Flack, best known for the hits The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Killing Me Softly With His Song, has died at the age of 88. "We are heartbroken that the glorious Roberta Flack passed away this morning, February 24, 2025," said a statement from her representatives. "She died peacefully surrounded by her family. Roberta broke boundaries and records. She was also a proud […]
American singer-songwriter John Legend has told the BBC he is unfazed by a public backlash against his decision to perform in Rwanda, despite the country's involvement in the war in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. "I don't believe that we should punish the people of Rwanda and punish the people of other countries when we disagree with their leaders," he said after last week's concert in Kigali. In recent weeks, […]
