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Friendship or geopolitics? BBC breaks down Xi and Putin relationshipThe BBC’s Laura Bicker and Steven Rosenberg explain the relationship between the Russian and Chinese leaders as the pair meet in Beijing.37 mins agoWorld
Estonia has said a Nato fighter jet shot down a drone, which it suspects was a Ukrainian projectile knocked off course by Russian electronic jamming, over its territory.Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur said a Romanian F-16 fired a missile and drone debris fell in a marshy area in central Estonia on Tuesday. No damage was reported.Ukraine reacted by accusing Russia of deliberately redirecting Ukrainian drones launched at “legitimate military targets” in Russia, apologising to “Estonia and all of our Baltic friends for such unintended incidents”.Russia has not commented on the latest in a series of recent drone incursions over Nato members…
LIVEPremier League: Arsenal win title, Spurs still need a point for safety after Chelsea lossArsenal are Premier League champions after Man City draw at Bournemouth and Spurs lose at Chelsea
Warning: contains details of alleged sexual offences and misconductFrench star Patrick Bruel has fiercely denied allegations he sexually assaulted a number of women during his 50-year career as a singer and actor.Bruel, 67, has in recent weeks been the subject of a wave of accusations – some of which are now being examined by prosecutors with a view to possible court action.Among his latest accusers is the well-known TV and radio presenter Flavie Flament, who alleges the singer drugged and raped her at his Paris home in 1991, when she was 16 and he 32. “Nor have I ever drugged,…
LIVEIran ‘not a forever war’, Vance says as he’s pressed at White House briefingThe vice-president says neither Trump nor Iran want further US military action, but reiterates Iran must not have a nuclear weapon.
A high-level people smuggler identified in a BBC investigation has been arrested in Iraqi Kurdistan.A network run by Kardo Jaf, who operates under the alias Kardo Ranya, is believed to have transported thousands of illegal migrants in small boats across the English Channel into the UK in recent years.He was arrested on suspicion of human trafficking offences by officers of the Kurdistan Regional Security Agency and remains in custody as investigations continue.The 28-year-old Iraqi Kurd had operated for several years under a number of aliases. By keeping his real name a closely guarded secret, Jaf made it more difficult for…
The country’s preparedness and health monitoring measures are continuously evaluated and reviewed in line with approved standards, authorities saidUAE’s top health authorities have confirmed readiness to address any health developments or emerging situations, particularly those related to Ebola. The country’s preparedness and health monitoring measures are constantly reviewed in line with approved standards, the National Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management Authority, and Ministry of Health and Prevention noted. Bahrain, Jordan suspend travel from some African countriesOn Tuesday, Bahrain imposed a 30-day travel suspension on foreigners arriving from South Sudan, the DRC and Uganda due to the ongoing Ebola outbreak.Jordan has also…
Two-time winner Alcaraz out of Wimbledon with injuryThe world number two withdrew from last month’s Barcelona Open after sustaining an injury to his right wrist in the first round.1 hr agoTennis
Just a month before US elite troops forcibly removed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro from power, the former president of another country in the region – who had been found guilty of very similar drug trafficking charges – found himself in the opposite situation: pardoned and freed from jail.The ex-president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, was serving a 45-year sentence in an American prison when US President Donald Trump granted him a “full and complete pardon”, prompting an outcry among human rights groups and victims across Central America.Speaking to the BBC from the US, Hernández says he is “thankful and just…
Surrey Police says it is investigating two separate allegations of “non-recent child sexual abuse” following the US release of the files related to the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The force says that one relates to locations in Surrey and Berkshire in the mid 1990s to 2000. The other relates to the mid to late 1980s in west Surrey.No arrests have been made, it added.In a statement, police said it took “all reports of sexual offending seriously and will work to identify any reasonable lines of enquiry to verify information or establish corroborating evidence”.It said it has become aware of a…