As vote-counting progresses, all eyes are on the state of Uttar Pradesh, commonly known as UP. Early trends show that the opposition alliance is leading in 47 seats while NDA is ahead in 32. With an estimated 257 million people, India’s most
US President Joe Biden has urged Hamas to accept a new Israeli proposal to end the conflict in Gaza, saying that “it’s time for this war to end”. The three-part proposal would begin with a six-week ceasefire in which the Israel Defense
Trump trial live: Donald Trump found guilty in historic criminal trial – BBC News More More sections US & Canada Summary Donald Trump has been convicted on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in his historic criminal trial in New York
The case revolves around an unofficial primary the defendants organised in 2020 to pick candidates for local elections – some 600,000 people voted in it to pick opposition candidates. Prosecutors alleged that the activists held the primary with the intention of getting
The Day After might sound like the title of a film or a novel. But for diplomats and policymakers, the phrase has only one meaning and that is what happens ‘the day after’ the fighting stops in Gaza. Given the intensity of
China holds military drills around Taiwan as ‘punishment’ days after new president sworn in – BBC News More More sections Summary China has started two days of military exercises around Taiwan as ‘strong punishment’ for the self-ruled island’s ‘separatist acts’ The drills
Singapore Airlines flight live: CEO apologises for ‘traumatic experience’ – BBC News More More sections Summary A British man who died during severe turbulence on a Singapore Airlines flight has been named as Geoff Kitchen The 73-year-old died of a suspected heart
Two people have been killed and 10 others injured in a knife attack at a primary school in China’s southern Jiangxi province, police said. It was not immediately clear if children were among the casualties. The attack took place at about midday
Some reaction now from the US, where a handful of lawmakers have addressed the helicopter crash in Iran. Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, said his discussions with US intelligence officials suggest “at this point there is no evidence of
Slovakia’s Prime Minister is steadily approaching a “positive prognosis” after undergoing further surgery, the country’s deputy leader says. Robert Fico, 59, was gravely injured after being shot in the small town of Handlova on Wednesday. He is currently in a serious but