M23 rebels have captured and occupied Bukavu, the second-largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Congolese government has confirmed, days after the Rwanda-backed militia launched an attack. In a statement posted on X, the DRC communications ministry said it was monitoring the situation “marked by the entry of the Rwandan army…
Donald Trump’s tariff threats have made the US “a scary place to invest” and may unleash stagflation, the Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has said. “It risks the worst of all possible worlds: a kind of stagflation,” Stiglitz said in an interview with the Guardian. He argued that despite optimism about the US economy at…
Lib Dems: ‘Sad’ that Badenoch has chosen to ‘parrot Trump’s dangerous rhetoric’ In a reaction to Kemi Badenoch’s speech in London at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) conference, the Liberal Democrats deputy leader Daisy Cooper has accused the Tory leader of “competing with Farage to fawn over Donald Trump” and choosing to “parrot Trump’s…
“Have you ever wondered what you’d do if your world is destroyed?” asks 13-year-old Abdullah, speaking at the beginning of an intimate BBC Two documentary, Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone, that airs on Monday night. “Most important, could you stay alive? After all this, you could say we’re experts.” Abdullah, now 14 and heading…
Ukraine will not accept US-Russia talks outcome if not involved, Zelenskyy says We’re also now hearing directly from Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, commenting on the US-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia. In comments reported by the Associated Press and Reuters, he said Ukraine won’t take part in US-Russia talks this week on ending the war and…
The number of students enrolling in private schools in Australia has soared over the past five years, raising fears of “full-blown flight” from public schools. The number of students enrolled in Australia increased by 45,008 in 2024 compared with the year before. Of those, 5,419 went to government schools while 39,589 went to the private…