BBC News with David Austin. Countries, rich and poor have been lambasting the decision by President Trump to pull the United States out of the global agreement on combating climate change. The group of the worlds 48 least developed countries says the...
BBC news with Marion Marshall. US media reports say President Trump is about to make good on his campaign promise and announce the plan to withdraw the United States from Paris Agreement on combating climate change. His opponents say quitting will be...
BBC News. The Afghan President, Ashraf Ghani, has described the bomb attack, which killed ninety people in the capital, Kabul, as a crime against humanity. A BBC driver, Mohammed Nazir, is among the dead. Afghanistan's intelligence service suggested...
BBC news with Jerry Smit. President Trump's son-in-law and the senior White House advisor Jared Kushner is reported to be under scrutiny by the FBI inquiry into alleged Russian interference in last year's US election. American media reports say the i...
BBC News with Stewart Macintosh. President Trump has addressed Arab and Muslim leaders, calling on them to purge terrorism from their countries. Speaking at a summit in Saudi Arabia, Mr. Trump defined the fight against terrorism as a battle between g...
BBC News with Jerry Smit. US media reports say the President Trump told senior Russian officials visiting the White House that the FBI Director James Comey was crazy and that firing him had relieved great pressure on him as President. The White House...
BBC News with David Austin. The Japanese government has approved plans to allow Emperor Akihito to stand down, the first such abdication in two centuries. The Emperor who is 83 indicated last year that he liked to be allowed to retire because of ill...
BBC News with Ally Macue. A leading US Democrat says Donald Trump should allow a fully independent inquiry into allegations of Russian meddling in the presidential election if hes got nothing to hide. Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi said this would remove...
BBC News with Julie Candler. Donald Trump's National Security Advisor says the President in no way compromised any sources or methods in the meeting with Russia's Foreign Minister last week. H.R. McMaster said Mr. Trump's conversation with Sergei Lav...
BBC news with Steward Makintosh. The US says the Syrian government has installed a crematorium in the military prison near Damascus in order to dispose of thousands of murdered prisoners. The top US diplomat for the Middle East said that up to 50 det...
BBC News with Marian Marshall. The military chief of staff in Ivory Coast says the army has launched an operation to restore order in the second city of Bouake, which has been under the control of mutiny soldiers for 3 days. Popular opposition to the...
BBC news with Fiona MacDonald. A series of cyber-attack has hit companies and organizations in dozens of countries worldwide. A virus paralyzed thousands of computers with hackers demanding money to restore access. Experts say the hacker appears to h...
BBC news with Marian Marshall. Italys Highest Court has upheld the 16-years jail sentence imposed on the cruise ship captain, Francesco Schettino. The decision put Schettino behind bars more than 5 years after he steered the Costa Concordia onto rock...
BBC News. President Trump has been defending the sacking of the head of the FBI. He tweeted James Comey had lost the confidence of both Republicans and Democrats. And White House said the President had been considering firing him since taking office....
The liberal human rights lawyer Moon Jae-in has claimed victory in South Korea's presidential election. Addressing cheering supporters in Seoul, Mr. Moon promised to create a country of justice and to govern for all South Koreans. The election follow...
