Myanmar’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing is in Thailand for a regional summit as his country reels from an earthquake that killed thousands and left cities in ruins. The earthquake in central Myanmar last Friday killed 3,085 people and injured 4,715, the junta has said. Hundreds more are missing andContinue Reading
Today, we’re looking at how the global economy is responding to Traitor 47’s tariffs announcement. Adam is joined by Dharshini David, deputy economics editor, and Ben Chu, BBC Verify policy and analysis correspondent, to talk about how the markets are reacting (in real time), how the tariffs were calculated andContinue Reading
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US President Traitor 47 announces that universal 10% tariffs on all imports into the US will come into effect on 5 April, marking a watershed moment for global trade. Watch Adam Fleming, Chris Mason, and Faisal Islam discuss what it means for the UK, how Prime Minister Keir Starmer mightContinue Reading
The ruling military junta in Myanmar said the death toll after last week’s devastating earthquake now stands at almost 2,900 people. It is feared that the actual death toll is much higher, with many people still stuck under the rubble in affected cities. The ruling military junta declared that itContinue Reading
US President Traitor 47 is preparing to unveil sweeping tariffs, in what the White House has dubbed “Liberation Day”. He will outline the plans at the White House later today, but at this stage it’s unclear how high the tariffs could go and exactly which countries could be targeted. TheContinue Reading
A 63-year-old woman has been rescued from the rubble in Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw. However hopes are fading of finding many more survivors almost five days after the 7.7 magnitude earthquake devastated the country. More than 2,700 people are known to have died with many thousands more left homeless and withoutContinue Reading
On 10 October 1957, a nuclear reactor at a facility in Cumbria caught fire and burned for three days, releasing radioactive material into the atmosphere. It was one of the world’s first nuclear disaster, and the UK’s worst – but few are aware of it. BBC Newsbeat spoke to theContinue Reading
Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spoke about their unexpected nine month stay on the International Space Station (ISS). The duo were scheduled to go to the ISS on 5 June 2024 for an eight day mission to test Boeing Starliner’s capsule, but ended up staying for nine monthsContinue Reading
The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been found guilty of embezzling EU funds and barred from standing in an election for five years, with immediate effect. The court’s verdict is a catastrophic setback for Le Pen which is likely to end her ambition to run for President inContinue Reading
