- Friday, 24 October 2025
BBC
Pope Francis dies aged 88
The Pope, who was the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died at 07:35 local time on Easter Monday.
China warns nations against 'appeasing' US in trade deals
China has warned countries against appeasing the US in trade talks over President Donald Trump's tariffs.
El Salvador offers Venezuela prisoner swap involving US deportees
El Salvador's president has offered to repatriate 252 Venezuelans deported by the US and imprisoned in his country - if Venezuela releases the same number of political prisoners.
US Supreme Court halts deportation of Venezuelans under wartime law
The US Supreme Court has ordered the Trump administration to pause the deportation of a group of accused Venezuelan gang members.
Anxiety at US colleges as foreign students are detained and visas revoked
For the last few weeks, many foreign students living in the US have watched as a sequence of events has repeated itself on their social media feeds: plain-clothes agents appearing unannounced and hauling students off in unmarked cars to detention centres.
Trump says US will 'pass' on Ukraine peace talks if no progress soon
Donald Trump has said the US will "take a pass" on brokering further Russia-Ukraine talks if Moscow or Kyiv "make it very difficult" to reach a peace deal.
Tesla whistleblower wins legal battle against Elon Musk
A Tesla whistleblower who has fought Elon Musk and his company through the courts for years has won the latest round of a long-running legal battle.
Telescope finds promising hints of life on distant planet
Scientists have found new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.
Trump freezes $2bn in Harvard funding after university rejects demands
The Trump administration has said it is freezing more than $2bn (£1.5bn) in federal funds for Harvard University, hours after the elite college rejected a list of demands from the White House.
Iraq sandstorm leaves many with breathing problems
More than a thousand people have been left with respiratory problems after a sandstorm swept across Iraq's central and southern parts of the country, health officials said.
Gold hits record high as Trump tariffs trigger US-China trade war fears
Gold has risen to a record high as investors are flocking to safe-haven assets, as concerns over the trade war between Washington and Beijing deepen.
Saliva test may turn tide on prostate cancer, claim scientists
A saliva test may help "turn the tide" on prostate cancer, UK scientists claim.
US and Iran still far apart ahead of nuclear talks
In the few short months he has been in office, the US president has sought and failed to bring peace to Gaza and Ukraine. He has bombed Yemen. He has launched a global trade war. Now he is turning his attention, such that it is, to Iran.
Dominican Republic nightclub collapse kills 79
At least 79 people have been killed and more than 150 injured after a roof collapsed at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic's capital Santo Domingo, officials have said.
US in direct nuclear talks with Iran, Trump says
The meeting has also been confirmed by Iran's foreign minister who said the talks would be "indirect" but could be "as much an opportunity as it is a test".
