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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are among the twenty world leaders attending a regional security summit in China. Xi Jinping, China’s president, is also holding talks with Modi ahead of the annual gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in the port city of Tianjin. It is Modi’s first time…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are among the twenty world leaders attending a regional security summit in China. Ahead of the annual gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in the port city of Tianjin, Modi is holding talks with China’s president, Xi Jinping. It is Modi’s first time in…

Tokyo authorities have released an AI-generated video showing what could happen in a worst-case scenario if Mount Fuji erupted. The BBC’s Tessa Wong explains how this could impact Japan’s capital city, and what experts say about the likelihood of an eruption. Video by Kellie Highet Source link

Will GrantMexico Correspondent and Chris GrahamBBC News Reuters A woman holds a sign reading “President, what does a country that sows bodies harvest?” during a protest in Mexico City Thousands of people have held protests across Mexico to highlight the country’s many enforced disappearances and demand more action by officials to tackle them. Relatives and…

The mayor of Chicago has signed an order detailing how the city will resist a potential immigration crackdown threatened by the Trump administration. “We do not need nor want an unconstitutional and illegal military occupation of our city,” said Mayor Brandon Johnson, a Democrat. The order directs city agencies on how to respond to possible…

The Bayeux Tapestry, which documents the Norman invasion of England in 1066, will be closed to the public in France from Monday as opposition mounts ahead of its move to London. The next time it will be possible to see the nearly 1,000-year-old work of art should be when it goes on display at the…

Bethany BellBBC News in Bavaria BBC Beer sales in Germany have fallen to their lowest level for 30 years Germans are drinking less and less beer, but non-alcoholic varieties are more popular than ever. Germany’s Destatis federal statistics office says non-alcoholic sales have more than doubled in recent years – up 109% since 2013 –…

Josephine Casserly and Ellie HouseBBC News in Florida BBC Yaneisy Fernandez’s son was taken to Alligator Alcatraz, an immigration detention centre in Florida When her son was taken into immigration custody, Yaneisy Fernandez feared the worst. Then she got a call from him inside “Alligator Alcatraz”. “We had no idea where he was until he…

Luke MintzBBC News BBC Harold Dillard was 56 when he was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer around his abdomen in November 2009. Within weeks the former car mechanic and handyman – a Texan “Mr Fix It” type who wore a cowboy hat and jeans nearly every day – was in end-of-life hospice care. In his…

Suranjana TewariBBC Asia business correspondent Getty Images Modi and Xi last had a bilateral meeting in 2017 India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi lands in China this weekend with the sting of Donald Trump’s US tariffs still top of mind. Since Wednesday, tariffs on Indian goods bound for the US, like diamonds and shrimp, now stand…