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US Vice-President JD Vance has accused Denmark of leaving Greenland vulnerable to alleged incursions by China and Russia, as he urged its people to “partner” with the US. Speaking during a visit to the Arctic island, Vance said he hoped Greenlanders would vote for independence from Denmark, which he said had not invested enough to protect the semi-autonomous territory. Vance’s claims that its…

A woman gave birth to a baby on a street in Bangkok shortly after a hospital evacuation following tremors from an earthquake in Myanmar. The patient was lying on a stretcher as hospital staff surrounded her and delivered the baby. Patients from both King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital and BNH Hospital…

US President Donald Trump says he had an “extremely productive” first call with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, amid an ongoing trade war between the two neighbours. In a Truth Social post, Trump said that the two will meet “immediately” after Canada’s upcoming elections on 28 April to discuss “politics,…

‘We’re trying to bring democracy back’: BBC reporter speaks to protesters on the ground in Istanbul I had just sent my family a message saying how happy I was to be back in Turkey, where I used to live, and how it felt like coming home. Then, the phone in…

Prominent figures, including several Jewish leaders, have stayed away from an international conference on antisemitism held in Jerusalem, in protest at the inclusion of politicians from across Europe associated with the far right. Those who declined to attend included Israel’s own president and the chief rabbi of the UK, Sir…

Israel has conducted the first air strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs, where Hezbollah is based, since a ceasefire with the group came into force in November. The Israeli military said it had hit a drone storage unit used by Hezbollah on Friday, after issuing an evacuation warning that sparked panic….

BBC As the sun sets over Bangkok, hundreds of rescue workers desperately search for survivors at the collapsed 30-storey skyscraper on a construction site in Thailand’s capital. Rescuers are trying to reach dozens of workers trapped in the rubble after the skyscraper collapsed. Standing on a bridge a short distance…

People crouch on the tarmac in Mandalay airport After a four-year long civil war, a severe food crisis and an economy on the decline, Myanmar now finds itself devastated by a powerful earthquake. On Friday, the 7.7 magnitude quake hit the city of Sagaing in central Myanmar, and was followed…

The top of Myanmar’s Shwe Sar Yan Pagoda, to the south-east of Mandalay, has collapsed following a huge earthquake. Onlookers can be heard screaming and shouting as part of the building crashed to the ground. The strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit central Myanmar, with the United States Geological Survey identifying…

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed a new army chief ahead of planned protests on Monday, called by a group of war veterans who want to force the president to resign. The former major general, Emmanuel Matatu, takes over with immediate effect. President Mnangagwa has faced calls from his former…