Categories : The Latest

BAE boss: UK should be friend to Saudi after Khashoggi murder

BAE boss: UK should be friend to Saudi after Khashoggi murderBritain should be a “critical friend” to Saudi Arabia, according to the boss of Europe’s biggest defence company.

Children shackled and caged in Zimbabwe crackdown

Children shackled and caged in Zimbabwe crackdownThe battered prison trucks pull in just before eight o’clock in the morning and unload their youthful-looking cargo at Harare’s central magistrates court. 

Body of missing toddler found in well

Body of missing toddler found in wellRescuers have found the body of a two-year-old boy almost two weeks after he fell down a narrow well in Spain, an official has said.

Venezuela’s self-declared leader may struggle to stay free

Venezuela’s self-declared leader may struggle to stay freeWe crossed town on motorbikes, weaving through heavy traffic, heading for a square in eastern Caracas where it was said the opposition’s pin-up boy and recently proclaimed interim president, Juan Guaido, was expected to appear.

Several dead and hundreds missing after dam bursts

Several dead and hundreds missing after dam burstsSeveral people have died and more than 200 are missing after a dam burst at an iron ore mine in Brazil.

Five die in mid-air collision between plane and helicopter

Five die in mid-air collision between plane and helicopterFive people have died in a mid-air collision between a small tourist plane and a helicopter carrying skiers to an Italian Alps glacier, officials said.

Trump gives ground over wall to temporarily halt shutdown

Trump gives ground over wall to temporarily halt shutdownDonald Trump has been forced back down over US funding for his wall along the southern border as part of a deal to temporarily reopen government agencies.

Hundreds of flights delayed amid US government shutdown

Hundreds of flights delayed amid US government shutdownHundreds of flights were grounded or delayed on the US east coast as air traffic controllers called in sick during a government shutdown.

Trump ally charged with witness tampering

Trump ally charged with witness tamperingAn associate of Donald Trump has been arrested and charged as part of the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US election.

Explosives used in search for boy trapped in well

Explosives used in search for boy trapped in wellRescuers searching for a two-year-old boy who fell down a narrow well in Malaga have started using explosives in a bid to access the narrow space where he is thought to be trapped.