Northern Ireland: Taoiseach ‘committed’ to helping Ukraine financially

The Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Micheál Martin has told the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky that Ireland is committed to helping his country financially. They met at Shannon Airport in…

Austria: Centrists agree government deal sidelining far right

Five months after the far-right Freedom Party won Austria’s general election, a three-way coalition looks set to exclude it from power. The conservative People’s Party (ÖVP), the Social Democrats (SPÖ),…

USA: Trump administration unveils bird flu plan as egg prices soar

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a $1bn (£792m) plan to help US farmers combat a raging bird flu epidemic that has required them to kill millions of…

USA: Trump to impose additional 10% tariff on China

1 hour ago Natalie Sherman BBC NewsShareSave Donald Trump said he planned to hit goods from China with another 10% rise in tariffs, the latest salvo in the US president’s…

USA: Trump cancels oil deal in major blow to Venezuela

US President Donald Trump says he will revoke a license which allowed Venezuela to export some of its oil to the US despite sanctions. The move is a major blow…

USA: Trump commends Zelensky ahead of White House talks

US President Donald Trump has said he has a “lot of respect” for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on the eve of their talks at the White House. Asked by the…

Syria: President Ahmed al-Sharaa hails ‘historic’ dialogue conference

Syria’s interim president has told a national dialogue conference that the country has a “historic” opportunity to rebuild after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad. Ahmed al-Sharaa also stressed the need…

Turkey: Jailed Kurdish separatist leader issues call to lay down arms

Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdish separatist PKK, has called on his movement to lay down its arms and dissolve itself. His statement, read out in a letter…

UK: Aircraft drug-drop gang smuggle £4m of cocaine

A gang involved in importing parcels of cocaine that were dropped into the British countryside from a plane has been convicted of drugs offences. Cocaine worth an estimated £4.2m was…

UK: Boomers and Gen Z join forces on TikTok to raise £600,000 to save local pub

Campaigners who went viral with their take on a Gen Z TikTok trend have raised £600,000 in a bid to buy their village pub. The Elm Tree Inn in Langton…