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They helped oust a president. Now women say they are invisible again

Reporter USMay 31, 2025

Getty Images Women played a key role in the protests leading up to the impeachment of South Korea’s former president Yoon Suk Yeol An Byunghui was in the middle of a video game on the night of 3 December when she learned that the South Korean president had declared martial law. She couldn’t quite believe […]

Hegseth warns China poses ‘imminent’ threat to Taiwan and urges Asia to boost defence

Reporter USMay 31, 2025

Tessa Wong Reporting fromShangri-la Dialogue, Singapore Getty Images The US defense secretary warned that China poses a real threat to Taiwan US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has warned of China posing an “imminent” threat to Taiwan, while urging Asian countries to boost defence spending and work with the US to deter war. While the […]

Hamas makes hostage pledge but demands changes to US Gaza ceasefire plan

Reporter USMay 31, 2025

Hamas responded to a US ceasefire proposal by saying it is prepared to release 10 living Israeli hostages and 18 dead hostages in exchange for a number of Palestinian prisoners, while requesting some amendments to the plan. The group repeated its demands for a permanent truce, a complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and guarantees for […]

Gaza aid trucks rushed by desperate and hungry crowds, WFP says

Reporter USMay 31, 2025

Reuters World Food Programme (WFP) trucks waiting at the Kerem Shalom border crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip on 26 May Crowds of civilians have rushed aid trucks in Gaza, the World Food Programme has said, as hunger and desperation create chaotic scenes. The humanitarian organisation said it had brought 77 trucks loaded with […]

EU ‘strongly’ regrets US plan to double steel tariffs

Reporter USMay 31, 2025

The EU has said it “strongly” regrets Donald Trump’s surprise plan to double US tariffs on steel and aluminium in a move that risks throwing bilateral trade talks into chaos. On Friday, the US president told a rally in the steel-making city of Pittsburgh that the tariffs would rise from 25% to 50%, claiming this […]

Swiss glacier collapse: How the village of Blatten was wiped off the map

Reporter USMay 31, 2025

“I was speechless,” said Matthias Huss, a leading glacier specialist at Zurich’s Federal Institute of Technology. “It was the worst case that could happen.” Mr Huss had been aware of the situation in Blatten; he and his team check Switzerland’s glaciers all year round, and their annual reports show a clear, accelerated thaw, linked to […]

Polish knife-edge presidential vote pits liberal mayor against conservative

Reporter USMay 31, 2025

Adam Easton BBC Warsaw correspondent Reuters Rafal Trzaskowski (L) has a narrow lead in the polls over national conservative historian Karol Nawrocki (R) Poles will vote for a new president on Sunday in a tight election that will have major consequences for the future of the country’s pro-EU government. Opinion polls say Warsaw’s liberal mayor […]

Tariffs court fight threatens Trump’s power to wield his favourite economic weapon

Reporter USMay 31, 2025

Sarah Smith North America editor Getty Images Since returning to power, US President Donald Trump has wielded tariffs – or the threat of them – as his economic weapon of choice. He has slapped import duties against allies and adversaries alike, and raised their rates to staggeringly high levels, only to change his mind and […]

Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke legal status for 500,000 migrants

Reporter USMay 31, 2025

President Donald Trump’s administration can temporarily revoke the legal status of over 500,000 migrants living in the US, the US Supreme Court ruled on Friday. The ruling put on hold a previous federal judge’s order stopping the administration from ending the “parole” immigration programme, established by former President Joe Biden. The programme protected immigrants fleeing […]

Trump says Elon Musk ‘not really leaving’ in Oval Office farewell

Reporter USMay 31, 2025

Elon Musk’s time in the Trump administration has come to an end with a news conference in the Oval Office in which he and the US president defended the work of Doge – and vowed it would continue, even without Musk. According to President Trump, Musk is “not really leaving” and will continue to be […]