A Russian court has sentenced amateur ballerina Ksenia Karelina to 12 years in jail for treason for donating $51 (£39) to a charity supporting Ukraine. Karelina, who has American and Russian citizenship, pleaded guilty last week after a trial held behind closed
A Thai court has dismissed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin for appointing to his cabinet a former lawyer who was once jailed. The Constitutional Court ruled that Mr Srettha had violated the “rules on ethics” with “the display of defiant behaviour”. The 62-year-old
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has urged Iran to “refrain” from attacking Israel during a phone call with Iran’s new president. Sir Keir told Masoud Pezeshkian there was a “serious risk of miscalculation and now was the time for calm and
Police in Barcelona are hunting for the separatist former leader of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, who made a dramatic return to Spain after a seven-year exile despite facing an outstanding arrest warrant. The Mossos d’Esquadra – Catalan police – have set up roadblocks
Thousands of people have left their homes in Russia’s Kursk region, after Russian defence officials said around 300 Ukrainian troops crossed into the border province on Tuesday. Fighting is reportedly ongoing in the area, as Moscow said troops supported by 11 tanks
Protesters in Bangladesh have stormed the prime minister’s official residence, as a wave of anti-government demonstrations continue. Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and fled the country, the BBC understands. The resignation comes as thousands of protesters have taken to the
US Vice-President Kamala Harris has gone on the offensive against Donald Trump in the first rally of her White House campaign, portraying November’s election as a choice between a former prosecutor and a convicted felon. Speaking to a crowd of about 3,000
It’s just over a week since Donald Trump was almost assassinated at a rally in Pennsylvania. And in the last eight days the US presidential election has been totally turned on its head. In that short time Trump has been greeted like
Six people who died in a luxury hotel suite in Thailand were poisoned by drinks laced with cyanide, police have said. Police suspect that one of the dead was behind the poisoning and was driven by crushing debt. The six deceased were
A man with a rifle could be seen on a rooftop minutes before shots were fired at a Donald Trump rally in Pennsylvania, a witness has told the BBC’s Gary O’Donoghue at the scene. The witness, who called himself Greg, said the