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President Xi Jinping has made no secret of his ambition for China to lead an alternate world order.

President Cyril Ramaphosa last month signed into law a bill aimed at speeding up land reform.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited the country amid US threats to retake control of the Panama Canal.

Canadians have begun booing the US anthem at sports games, signalling the depth of anger at steep US tariffs.

The niece of freed Israeli hostage Gadi Moses said he mostly ate bread and olives and did math to distract…

Entrepreneurs in the US, Mexico and Canada worry that even a short trade war could push up prices and cost…

The US president will tax imports from America’s three largest trading partners but retaliation is expected.

Trump has threatened a 10% levy from 1 February – but his campaign included 60% tariffs against Chinese imports.

Saturday’s handover was less chaotic than the exchange a few days ago, after concerns were expressed over safety.

The Learjet was carrying four crew, a child patient and her mother when it crashed on Friday.

Canadian oil will be hit with a lower levy of 10%, likely by mid-February, President Trump says.

The collision between a passenger plane and a military helicopter is suspected to have killed all 67 onboard.

The aircraft collided with a military helicopter that was on a training flight as it approached the runway.

The plane, carrying 60 passengers and four crew, crashed into the Potomac River after colliding with a helicopter.

An American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers collided in mid-air with a military helicopter with three US Army soldiers aboard.

Senators grilled Robert F Kennedy Jr, Trump’s pick for health secretary, on vaccine comments and his stance on abortion.

Trump’s pick for Health Secretary was interrupted by protesters as he said he was not anti-vaccine.

Vikas Pandey and Samira Hussain explain how the chaos unfolded in northern India.

The surge happened when people who were sleeping on the riverbank were trampled by other pilgrims.

The order is in response to a lawsuit that says the freezing of billions of dollars in already approved funding…

How did a little-known Chinese start-up build a powerful new AI model despite restrictions?

DeepSeek’s claim that its model was made at a fraction of the cost of its rivals has shaken up the…

Share prices in US and European firms fall as the Chinese technology threatens to disrupt the AI industry.

World leaders rubbed shoulders with 56 survivors of Hitler’s death camp as they marked 80 years since its liberation.

Palestinians speak to the BBC as they join hundreds of thousands returning to their homes, or the ruins of them.

President Gustavo Petro agrees to accept deported migrants after Trump ordered 25% tariffs on all goods.

Fifty survivors – now in their late 80s and 90s – will attend a ceremony marking the camp’s liberation.

The hostages include Arbel Yehud – the civilian at the centre of a row which has led to Israel blocking…

The comments will outrage Palestinians in Gaza, who see the territory as their ancestral home.

It comes as the deadline passes for Israeli forces and Hezbollah fighters to withdraw from southern Lebanon.

Israel says it will not open a key road until plans are in place for the release of an Israeli…

The four women were taken hostage on 7 October from Nahal Oz military base, about a kilometre from Gaza.

The State Department notice appears to affect everything from development assistance to military aid.

Russia says it shot down more than 120 drones overnight, in what would be one of the largest attacks of…

Four are due to be freed in a second exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.

Government employees received emails threatening “consequences” if they did not report DEI work to the White House.

The out-of-control wildfire spans more than 10,000 acres after just a few hours, fuelled by winds.