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Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has picked one of his party's leaders as PM candidate. Omar Ayub Khan will run against the candidate of Imran Khan's rivals, who have agreed to a coalition. Khan-backed independents unexpectedly won the most seats in last week's election, but they did not have enough seats to form a government. This has led to days of deal-making as the constitution requires the formation […]
The UK fell into recession during the final three months of last year, official figures show, after the economy shrank by more than expected. Gross domestic product - a key measure of economic activity - dropped by 0.3%. It follows a fall between July and September. The UK is considered to be in recession if GDP falls for two successive three-month periods. It raises questions over whether Rishi Sunak has […]
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced his engagement to his partner of four years, Jodie Haydon. He proposed at the Lodge - the prime minister's official Canberra residence - on Valentine's Day, with a ring he specially designed. Mr Albanese, 60, and Ms Haydon, 45, met at a business dinner in Melbourne in 2020. He is the first Australian leader to get engaged while in office. Mr Albanese shared […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he would rather have a Joe Biden presidency over Donald Trump ahead of the US election this November. Mr Biden was the more experienced, predictable person, he said in remarks sure to raise eyebrows. Before Mr. Trump's first run for president in 2016, Mr. Putin had praised him as "outstanding and talented". Mr Biden has been a fierce critic of Mr Putin for years, […]
One person has died and 21 people were wounded in a shooting in Missouri at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory parade. Officials said they treated eight victims who were in immediately life-threatening condition and seven others who had suffered injuries that could prove life-threatening. Nine children were among the wounded - all are expected to recover. Police said they have arrested three suspects in connection […]
Millions of people across Indonesia's 17,000 islands and three time zones have now voted for their next president. Unofficial results predict a win for defence minister Prabowo Subianto, a former special forces commander dogged by allegations of human rights abuses. Those results currently show Prabowo has won more than 50% of the vote - meaning he avoids a second-round run-off. The predicted win has prompted fears that Indonesia is in […]
Price increases in the US moderated last month but not as much as expected, as higher housing and food costs offset a decline in petrol prices. Annual inflation, the pace at which prices rise, was 3.1%, down from 3.4% a month earlier, the Labor Department said. Many analysts had expected inflation to fall to 2.9%. It is the latest economic reading to suggest that authorities have not got inflation fully […]
This has become the biggest threat to Prime Minister Viktor Orban's rule since he returned to power in 2010. Hungary has been shaken by the sudden resignations of the two most popular and successful women in an otherwise strongly male-dominated governing party. President Katalin Novak and former Justice Minister Judit Varga have both taken responsibility for the decision to grant clemency to Endre K, former deputy director of a state […]
US President Joe Biden has said civilians who are "packed" into Rafah in the Gaza Strip are "exposed and vulnerable" and must be protected. Israel must make "credible" efforts to protect the more than one million Palestinians sheltering in the southern Gazan city, he said. Rafah has come under heavy Israeli air strikes in recent days, with a number of casualties reported. A Palestinian doctor told the BBC people in […]
