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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…

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…

Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Dominican Republic: Search for survivors continues after nightclub roof collapse Hundreds of rescue workers in the Dominican Republic have been searching through the night for survivors of a roof collapse at a nightclub in the capital, Santo Domingo. At least 113 people died and more than 150 were injured in the…

BBC Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports are crippling for major Chinese exporters like the fast-fashion giant Shein China has called for the world to unite against Trump’s tariffs as the country’s exporters reel from crippling new US levies that have risen to 104%. “Global unity can triumph over trade tyranny,” declared an editorial in the…

Three Americans convicted for their role in a failed coup in Democratic Republic of Congo last year have been sent home to the US to serve the rest of their jail terms. The three were originally sentenced to death by a military court before their sentences were commuted to life in prison last week. US…

Cherylann Mollan BBC News, Mumbai Getty Images India’s commerce minister said Indian start-ups are still focused on consumer products like ice creams India’s Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal’s recent comments about the country’s start-up ecosystem have sparked a massive debate on social media and evoked strong reactions from some entrepreneurs. At the second edition of Startup…

Twenty people have been killed in a fire at a nursing home in north-east China, state media report. The blaze in Chengde city, Hebei province, broke out on Tuesday night local time and was extinguished in about two hours. Nineteen people survived the fire and were taken to hospital for observation, reports say. Authorities are…

Jonathan Head South East Asia correspondent Getty Images Trump’s tariffs are a blow for countries like Vietnam that rely heavily on exports US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs targeting most of the world are now in effect – and outside China, no other region has been hit as hard as South East Asia. Near the…

Ione Wells South America correspondent Reporting fromGuayaquil, Ecuador BBC The BBC has changed César’s name to protect him from gangs “The Albanian mafia would call me and say: ‘We want to send 500kg of drugs.’ If you don’t accept, they kill you.” César (not his real name) is a member of the Latin Kings, a…

Donald Trump is a man in a hurry. 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.…