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South Sudan has said it will now allow the entry of a man deported from the US, in a dramatic climb down aimed at defusing a visa row between the two countries. On Saturday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the US would be revoking US visas for…

Yvette Tan, Annabelle Liang and Kelly Ng Getty Images Xi Jinping has shown no signs that he will blink first in the tariff standoff with the US The trade war between the world’s two biggest economies shows no signs of slowing down – Beijing has vowed to “fight to the…

Jonah Fisher BBC environment correspondent Getty Images More than half of the growth of solar in 2024 was in China. More than 40 percent of the world’s electricity was generated without burning fossil fuels in 2024, according to a new report from think-tank Ember. But carbon dioxide emissions, which warm…

Authorities in India’s Kuno National Park have started disciplinary action against a forest worker who is seen offering water to a cheetah and her cubs in a video that has gone viral online. The man, a driver at the sanctuary, violated instructions which say only authorised personnel can go near…

Samantha Granville BBC News, Los Angeles Watch: The murder case that divided America takes a new turn For the first time in decades, Lyle and Erik Menendez say they are beginning to feel hope they could get parole. It is a shift in mindset for the brothers, who have spent…

South Korea will hold a presidential election on 3 June, its acting leader has said, after the country’s constitutional court removed Yoon Suk Yeol from the presidency. Yoon was impeached by parliament in December for his shock martial law declaration. The court upheld his impeachment on 4 April, paving the…

Global stock markets have been in a frenzy after US President Donald Trump announced new widespread tariffs on 2 April, which he dubbed “Liberation Day”. The BBC’s North America business correspondent Michelle Fleury explains three warning signs to watch for as US recession fears rise. Check out our Latest News…

The US Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to continue to use a rarely-invoked wartime powers law to carry out rapid mass deportations of alleged gang members – for now. A lower court had temporarily blocked the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador on 15 March,…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has publicly acknowledged for the first time that his troops are active in Russia’s Belgorod region. “We continue to carry out active operations in the border areas on enemy territory, and that is absolutely just – war must return to where it came from,” he said…

Watch: Is the US heading into a recession? Three warning signs to watch A day before Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs are scheduled to kick in, the US president appears locked in a high-stakes game of chicken, with the world’s economy hanging in the balance. Some nations labelled “worst offenders” are…