President Donald Trump has called for US defence spending to be increased to $1.5tn (£1.1tn) in 2027 for what he called “these very troubled and dangerous times”.
That would be more than 50% higher than this year’s $901bn budget, which was…
Category: 2. World
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Russian attacks leave two regions with widespread blackouts, Ukraine says
Russian attacks left Ukraine’s southeastern regions of Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia almost entirely without power, the country’s energy ministry said on Wednesday night.
Critical infrastructure was “operating on reserve power”, it said in a…
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Reality TV star announces run for LA mayor
Reality television star Spencer Pratt has launched a campaign for mayor of Los Angeles, vowing to “expose the system”.
His longshot bid for city hall comes on the anniversary of a wildfire that destroyed his home and became one of California’s…
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Bollywood film 120 Bahadur spotlights a forgotten battle from 1962 India-China war
Geeta PandeyBBC Correspondent, Delhi
120 Bahadur teamThe film stars Bollywood actor Farhan Akhtar in the lead role of Major Shaitan Singh A recent Bollywood film has put the spotlight on a largely forgotten battle from the 1962 war between India…
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Inside the sub-zero lair of the world’s most powerful quantum computer
Faisal IslamEconomics editor
Inside the secretive lab which stores the world’s most powerful computer It looks like a golden chandelier and contains the coldest place in the universe.
What I am looking at is not just the most powerful computer in…
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How tariffs will continue to reshape the global economy in 2026
Jonathan JosephsBusiness reporter, BBC News
AFP via Getty ImagesTrade and tariffs will be on the agenda when Trump and China’s Xi next meet in April President Trump’s favourite word is tariffs. He reminded the world of that in his pre-Christmas
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Nick Reiner’s lawyer removes himself from murder case
ReutersA high-powered lawyer for Nick Reiner, who is charged with murdering his Hollywood director father Rob Reiner and mother Michele, has withdrawn from the case.
It emerged that Alan Jackson would no longer represent Nick Reiner during a court…
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Greenlanders express fear and indignation as Trump eyes territory
Gabriela Pomeroy,
Alicia Curryand
Adrienne Murray,in Copenhagen
Mia ChemnitzMia Chemnitz says “the people of Greenland do not want to become American” “The people of Greenland do not want to become American,” Mia Chemnitz tells the BBC. “We are not…
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Watch: Police chief describes how Minneapolis shooting unfolded
A woman in a car was shot and killed by a US immigration officer on a residential street in Minnesota.
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Crowds line Saint-Tropez streets for Brigitte Bardot funeral
Crowds lined the streets of Saint-Tropez for the funeral of French film legend Brigitte Bardot on Wednesday.
Some of those gathered were seen applauding as her coffin was driven through the French Riviera town after a service in a local church.
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