Month: August 2025

European leaders tentatively hopeful after call with Trump ahead of Ukraine summit

EPA Germany’s Friedrich Merz hosted President Zelensky in Munich on Wednesday European leaders appeared cautiously optimistic after holding a virtual…

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Who is Jimmy Lai, the HK media tycoon on trial for national security crimes?

Getty Images Lai is on trial for breaching national security and colluding with foreign forces Hailed by some as a…

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Mapping Ukraine’s frontlines and ceasefire scenarios

Paul Adams BBC Diplomatic Correspondent BBC Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet in Alaska on Friday Speculation has swirled…

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Greece battles wildfires as heatwave rages across southern Europe

Rachel Hagan & Ruth Comerford BBC News Watch: Europe’s wildfires seen from above Firefighters are battling several wildfires in Greece…

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‘Cryptocrash king’ Do Kwon pleads guilty to fraud

A South Korean former tech executive accused of helping to spark a cryptocurrency crisis that cost investors more than $40bn…

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Zelensky rules out ceding Donbas region as Russians make fresh advance

Watch: Trump-Putin meeting is a ‘listening exercise’, says press WH secretary President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukraine would reject any…

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Israel bombards Gaza City as UK and allies urge action against ‘unfolding famine’

Gaza City has come under intense air attack, the territory’s Hamas-run civil defence agency has said, as Israeli forces prepare…

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Trump deploys National Guard to Washington DC and pledges crime crackdown

Ana Faguy BBC News, Washington DC Watch: Trump announces deployment of National Guard to Washington DC President Donald Trump said…

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Migrant sentenced to life for murdering Maryland mum

Jude Sheerin BBC News, Washington Harford Co Sheriff’s Office Rachel Morin was killed on a Maryland hiking trail in 2023…

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Nvidia and AMD to pay 15% of China chip sales to US government

Chip giants Nvidia and AMD have agreed to pay the US government 15% of Chinese revenues as part of an…

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