The US Senate has begun a marathon vote on a sprawling budget that is critical to President Donald Trump’s agenda, but the spending plan is hanging in the balance after weeks of fraught negotiations.
Republicans – who control both chambers of…
Category: 2. World
-
Trans troops in US military ‘in survival mode’ as ban on serving kicks in
Megha Mohan, Yousef Eldin and Sophie EastaughBBC World Service
BBCKara joined the Army in 2008 and transitioned 10 years later After 17 years in the US Army, Maj Kara Corcoran, 39, was preparing to graduate from an elite military leadership…
Continue Reading
-
Could he really revolutionise US healthcare?
BBCThere’s a saying that Robert F Kennedy Jr is very fond of. He used it on the day he was confirmed as US health secretary. “A healthy person has a thousand dreams, a sick person only has one,” he said as he stood in the Oval Office. “60% of our…
Continue Reading
-
Squid Game season three divides viewers as bleak themes hit home
Koh Ewe, Juna Moon and Rachel LeeBBC News
Reporting fromSingapore and Seoul
Getty ImagesA giant killer doll, among other motifs of Squid Game, were part of a parade celebrating the show’s final season Warning: This article contains spoilers.
Millions…
Continue Reading
-
When you think you've won £280k, but it's £28
A couple have told the BBC about considering getting married after believing they had won a small fortune.
Continue Reading
-
BBC investigation reveals hidden deaths at India festival crush
BBCKusum Devi says her husband, Panne Lal Sahni, died in the crush – they have received 500,000 rupees in compensation Warning: The story contains distressing details
A BBC Hindi investigation reveals that Indian officials quietly paid…
Continue Reading
-
What War Ruined: A Cultural Week Deserved to Be Remembered
TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA) – In the heart of Tehran, amid melodies and handcrafted art, an Israeli strike shattered the peace. This is the story of a cultural week that began with joy and peace but ended in the shadow of war.
Continue Reading
-
Why is Washington pressing Lebanon to put Hezbollah weapons to vote in cabinet?
BEIRUT — Israel’s Channel 14 revealed a U.S. plan that “is not unlikely to materialize” to drag Arab and Islamic countries into normalization with the Israeli entity within a year at the latest.
The Hebrew channel predicted that Riyadh…
Continue Reading
-
Australian injured protesting Gaza war could lose sight in one eye
A former political candidate from the Australian Greens says she may permanently lose vision in her right eye after her “interactions with police” at a peaceful pro-Palestine protest in Sydney last week.
Hannah Thomas, who ran against…
Continue Reading
-
UK court allows export of F-35 components to Israel
A British court ruling rejected on Monday to halt the export of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel as it continues its war on Gaza.
The High Court dismissed an argument brought forward last month by a human rights group called al-Haq that said the…
Continue Reading