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Nada Tawfik New York correspondent Getty Images Donald and Ivana Trump disembark the Trump Princess yacht in New York in 1988 When Donald Trump’s fortunes took a downturn in the 90s and he needed to raise cash fast, he sailed his 282ft (85m) superyacht, the Trump Princess, to Asia hoping he could attract Japan’s wealthy.…

Ukraine’s president says North Korean forces have returned to the front line in Russia’s western Kursk region, after reports they were withdrawn last month due to heavy casualties. In a video address on Friday, Volodymyr Zelensky said the Russian army had “brought back in North Korean soldiers” who were carrying out “new assaults” in the…

A federal court has issued a “very limited” temporary order halting President Donald Trump’s plan to gut the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The judge issued a restraining order that would block 2,200 employees from being put on administrative leave as was scheduled by midnight Friday. USAID employs about 10,000 people – two-thirds…

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is meeting Donald Trump at the White House on Friday, as the Japanese leader hopes to cement ties with the country’s primary foreign partner. US and Japanese officials said economic and security concerns – particularly North Korea – will be high on the agenda, along with advanced technologies such as artificial…

Joel Gunter Reporting from Orebro BBC A picture of Salim Iskef, one of the victims of Tuesday’s attack, at a memorial service for him held in Orebro this week. The victims of Sweden’s worst mass shooting were seven women and three men aged between 28 and 68, police said on Friday after completing the identification…

EPA US President Donald Trump has suspended tariffs on small packages from China, after his sudden order ending duty-free treatment for shipments worth less than $800 left the US postal service and other agencies scrambling to comply. The postal service temporarily stopped accepting packages from China as a result of the order, only to reverse…

Residents of Sudan’s capital Khartoum say the army has recaptured large parts of the city from RSF paramilitaries, marking its biggest victory in a year. “Shrapnel and stray ammunition are falling on my neighbourhood,” a doctor we are calling Mustafa tells the BBC. “The clashes these days are heavy”. Key sites recaptured by the army…

Hamas has released the names of the next hostages to be freed in Gaza on Saturday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. They are male civilians Eli Sharabi, 52, Ohad Ben Ami, 56, and Or Levy, 34. Eighteen hostages have been freed since the ceasefire began on 19 January. Israel has released 383…

Sweden’s government has announced plans to tighten its gun laws, days after the worst mass shooting in the country’s history. A gunman, who killed 10 people and himself at an adult education centre in Orebro on Tuesday, had four legally-owned rifles – three of which were found at the school, police said. Sweden’s centre-right coalition…

US jobs growth slowed in January, according to the latest official figures, but the rate of unemployment declined. Employers created 143,000 jobs last month, compared with analyst’s forecasts of about 170,000. However, December’s jobs figure was revised up to 307,000. A resilient jobs market underpinning economic expansion has given the US Federal Reserve space to…