Laura Bicker China Correspondent Watch: US and China are ready to talk tariffs – who will blink first? The US-China trade war could be letting up, with the world’s two largest economies beginning talks in Switzerland. Top trade officials from both sides met on Saturday in the first high-level meeting since US President Donald Trump […]
US and UK agree deal slashing Trump tariffs on cars and metals
Watch: US-UK relationship will soon be ‘stronger than ever before’ – Trump The US has agreed to reduce import taxes on a set number of British cars and allow some steel and aluminium into the country tariff-free, as part of a new agreement between the US and UK. The announcement offers relief for key UK […]
Trump calls for 20,000 new officers to aid deportations
Donald Trump has ordered the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to add at least 20,000 officers to enforce his deportation policies. The US president’s directive was issued on Friday and forms part of his administration’s plan to incentivise undocumented immigrants to self-deport. In a video, Trump said he was making it “as easy as […]
New Jersey mayor arrested in protest at migrant centre
The mayor of New Jersey’s largest city has been released following his arrest on Friday after allegedly trying to force his way into a migrant detention facility. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka “committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings” to leave Delaney Hall, a facility being run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to acting US […]
'I flipped out, I said no way!' – Chicago celebrates hometown Pope
BBC / Mike Wendling Mary Simons drove to the church where Pope Leo XIV spent his childhood when she heard the news he had been named leader of the Catholic Church The church where Pope Leo XIV attended mass as a child and served as an altar boy is now an empty shell. Only the […]
Joe Biden on Trump: 'What president ever talks like that? That's not who we are'
Nick Robinson Today programme presenter BBC In an exclusive and remarkably candid interview – the first since he left office – Joe Biden discusses what he really thinks of his successor’s first 100 days, plus his fears for the future if the Atlantic Alliance collapses It is hard to believe that the man I greet […]
Turkish Tufts University student released from immigration facility
Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk has been released from an immigration detention facility in Louisiana, hours after a federal judge ordered her to be freed. “Thank you so much. I am a little bit tired, so I will take some time to rest,” she told reporters and supporters who were crowded outside the facility. US […]
'A transformational president' – how Carney flattered Trump to defuse 51st state row
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the White House on Tuesday amid US President Donald Trump’s tariffs and threat to make Canada the 51st US state. Carney kept his cool, flattered Trump and repeated that Canada is not for sale. The BBC’s Jake Kwon analyses how both leaders got their points across, with some jokes […]
BBC correspondent questions Trump over US beef exports
The BBC’s US State Department correspondent Tom Bateman has questioned President Donald Trump over the UK’s refusal to accept some types of American beef. The Oval Office exchange came as Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer unveiled a trade deal. Food standards in the UK ban imports of treated beef or chlorinated chicken – measures […]
South Africa criticises US plan to accept white Afrikaners as refugees
South Africa has criticised the US as reports emerge suggesting Washington could receive white Afrikaners as refugees as early as next week. A document seen by the BBC’s US partner CBS describes the potential resettlement as a “priority” for President Donald Trump’s government, however the timing has not been publicly confirmed by the White House. […]