After talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Alaska, President Trump plans to meet on Monday with Ukrainian leader Volodymr Zelenskyy. SCOTT DETROW, HOST: On Friday morning, aboard Air Force One, President Trump talked tough to Fox News, going into his meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I won’t […]
Wedaeli Chibelushi BBC News Gemma Handy BBC News in St John’s EPA Trinidad and Tobago pays tribute to the nation’s Afro-descendant community on Emancipation Day, which marks the ending of slavery throughout the British Empire Augustine Ogbo works as a doctor, treating patients in clinics across the striking Caribbean island of St Lucia. When he […]
@bindisueirwin / Instagram Bindi Irwin says she’s on the mend after 13 years of endometriosis pain Australian conservationist and TV personality Bindi Irwin has said she is “genuinely healing” after suffering years of pain from endometriosis and called for greater understanding of the condition. Irwin, who first revealed her decade-long struggle with the disease in […]
After the Trump administration took over control of the police department in Washington, D.C. last week, experts attending a conference on authoritarianism in the capital said they recognized some of the president’s tactics. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: In a letter to residents Friday, D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser acknowledged her city’s complicated relationship with the federal government. […]
Asya Robins and George Wright BBC News Reuters Donald Trump’s special envoy said Russia had agreed to allow the US and Europe to give Ukraine “robust” security guarantees as part of a potential peace deal. Steve Witkoff told Newsportu it was agreed at the Alaska summit that the US and Europe could “effectively offer Article […]
Holders Celtic will visit Partick Thistle in the Premier Sports Cup quarter-finals, while Rangers host either Hibernian or Livingston. Aberdeen take on Motherwell at Pittodrie and St Mirren head to either Kilmarnock or Dundee United. The ties will take place on the weekend of 20-21 September. Thistle, managed by former Celtic defender Mark Wilson, are […]
Arrest of Yann Vezilier, accused of trying to destabilise Mali, marks new low in relations between Paris and Bamako. France’s Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs has said that a French man recently arrested in Mali on “unfounded” charges of plotting a coup was a French embassy employee. The Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that […]
President Donald Trump, right, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin arrive for a joint press conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Jae C. Hong/AP/AP hide caption toggle caption Jae C. Hong/AP/AP Papers with U.S. State Department markings, found Friday morning in the business center of an Alaskan hotel, revealed […]
Mark Simpson BBC News NI community correspondent BBC This weekend’s repairs are part of a £400,000 maintenance scheme. Two major roads have been closed as traffic disruption in Belfast continues. Motorists have been warned to expect delays and disruption in Belfast this weekend due to repairs on the M3 Lagan Bridge. Meanwhile, the M2 northbound […]
US President Donald Trump had placed Washington’s police department under federal control earlier this week. The administration of US President Donald Trump has reversed course and agreed to leave the Washington, DC police chief in control of the department, after Washington officials and the United States Justice Department negotiated a deal at the urging of […]