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Watch: Is the US heading into a recession? Three warning signs to watch A day before Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs are scheduled to kick in, the US president appears locked in a high-stakes game of chicken, with the world’s economy hanging in the balance. Some nations labelled “worst offenders” are scrambling to make nice with…

Shares in the US stemmed their losses on Monday, as investors clung to hopes that US President Donald Trump would turn from tariffs to trade deals. The S&P 500, which tracks 500 of the biggest companies in the US, ended the day down about 0.2%, after a wild day of trading that saw shares gyrating…

Smoke was seen rising over Paris following a fire at a waste disposal centre. Views of the Parisian skyline showed a plume of smoke above the buildings, as the fire continued to rage. Videos on social media show a large structure engulfed by flames, as emergency workers head to the scene. According to French authorities,…

The US Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to continue to use a rarely-invoked wartime powers law to carry out rapid mass deportations of alleged gang members – for now. A lower court had temporarily blocked the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador on 15 March, ruling that the actions under…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has publicly acknowledged for the first time that his troops are active in Russia’s Belgorod region. “We continue to carry out active operations in the border areas on enemy territory, and that is absolutely just – war must return to where it came from,” he said on Monday. His comments also…

Rayhan Demytrie BBC South Caucasus correspondent Azertac TV Images of Vardanyan in court in Baku appeared to show bruising on his forehead Ruben Vardanyan is one of Armenia’s richest men, but his millions are of little use now that he is facing a possible life term in jail in neighbouring Azerbaijan. The two neighbouring Caucasus…

Netanyahu is the first world leader to visit the White House since the US president announced tariffs on global trading partners. Source link

Donald Trump has threatened China with an additional tariff of 50% on goods imported into the US if it does not withdraw a countermeasure, as global markets tumbled for a third day. Speaking at the White House on Monday, the US president said that he was not considering a pause on new tariffs to allow…

The US and Iran are holding “direct talks” over a possible nuclear deal on Saturday, Donald Trump has said. Discussions between Washington and Tehran will be at a “very high level”, the US president said on Monday, before warning it would be a “very bad day for Iran” if no agreement was reached. Last month,…

A billionaire backer of Donald Trump has urged the US president to pause his recently announced trade tariffs, or risk “a self-induced, economic nuclear winter”. Amid market turmoil, hedge fund manager Bill Ackman said the president should take three months to allow countries to renegotiate their trading relationships with the US. On Monday, Mr Ackman’s…