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Why coup leader Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema is embracing democracy
AFP Little more than 19 months after the bloodless coup that brought an end to more than five decades of rule by the Bongo family, the people of Gabon are about to head to the polls to choose a new head of state – bucking a trend that has seen military leaders elsewhere in Africa…
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War has changed Zelensky – but now is the time to transform again
James Waterhouse BBC Ukraine Correspondent BBC “The best salesman in history.” This was what Donald Trump once called Volodymyr Zelensky because of the amount of aid the US has given Ukraine. Whether or not a fair comparison, Zelensky’s role in keeping his country in the spotlight and convincing allies to invest has certainly been crucial…
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Trump steps back from cliff edge of global trade war
Anthony Zurcher North America correspondent in Washington•@awzurcher Watch: Why US markets shot up like a rocket after tariffs pause For days, Donald Trump and his White House team had insisted they were fully committed to their decision to impose sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs on dozens of countries. They even derided a report on Tuesday that said…
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Trump pauses higher tariffs for 90 days but China trade war escalates
President Donald Trump has announced a 90-day pause for countries hit by higher US tariffs but hiked levies on China as a spiralling trade war escalated. In a dramatic change of policy, just hours after levies against roughly 60 of America’s trading partners kicked in, Trump said he was authorising a universal “lowered reciprocal tariff…
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Stocks soar as Trump pauses some tariffs for talks
US shares have rocketed after US President Donald Trump said he would suspend steep tariffs on goods from most countries, and instead impose a 10% import tax rate. The White House said it was backing off on higher levies for trade partners that had agreed to negotiate, although Trump said he would raise tariffs on…
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Royal Society of Biology mourns scientist killed in Colombia
Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Royal Society of Biology Alessandro Coatti worked for the Royal Society of Biology in London Tributes have been paid to a London-based scientist who formerly worked for the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) after he was found murdered in northern Colombia. Alessandro Coatti’s remains were discovered on the outskirts of Santa…
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Israeli strike on Gaza residential building kills 29, medics say
Reuters Dozens of people were also wounded in the strike on a multi-storey building in Gaza City’s Shejaiya neighbourhood At least 29 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a multi-storey residential building in the east of Gaza City, a local hospital says. The Hamas-run Civil Defence agency said warplanes targeted the…
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King Charles gives speech to Italy’s parliament
Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent Watch: Moment the King delivers speech in Italian King Charles has warned of the need for democracies such as the UK and Italy to stand together in such troubled international times, as he became the first UK monarch to address both houses of the Italian Parliament. The King received a long…
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Germany’s Merz seals government deal bringing end to months of stalemate
Germany’s conservatives under Friedrich Merz have reached a deal with the Social Democrats to govern Europe’s biggest economy, five months after the previous government collapsed. Merz, 69, said their agreement sent “a strong and clear signal” to Germans and the EU that Germany “will get a strong government capable of action”. The two sides have…
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Trump tariffs spark US government debt sell-off
Michael Race Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images Confidence in the US economy is plummeting as investors dumped government debt amid growing concerns over the impact of Donald Trump’s tariffs. On Wednesday, the yield – or interest rate – on US bonds spiked sharply to touch the highest level since February at 4.5%. The government…