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Will Grant Mexico Correspondent, BBC News AFP When tariffs were avoided in February, President Sheinbaum agreed to deploy 10,000 troops to the US-Mexico border In announcing the decision to postpone some tariffs on Mexico for another month, US President Donald Trump was at pains to praise his Mexican counterpart, Claudia Sheinbaum. “I did this as … Read more

Pope Francis has released an audio message thanking people across the world for their support after being admitted to hospital on 14 February. It is the first time the 88-year-old has been heard by the public since entering hospital to be treated for bronchitis, before being diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs. The short, two-line … Read more

BBC Verify’s Nick Eardley takes a look at verified footage and images from the a Russian missile attack on a Ukrainian hotel. Source link

Reuters The RSF has been accused of committing a genocide in Darfur – against the region’s non-Arabic groups Sudan is taking the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing it of supporting Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the civil war. Khartoum argues the UAE is “complicit in the … Read more

Five members of a German far-right group have been jailed for plotting to overthrow the government and kidnap its health minister. Four of the group were described as “ringleaders” of a “terrorist organisation” which planned to use violence to trigger civil war-like conditions in Germany. The group had planned to kidnap Health Minister Karl Lauterbach … Read more

Passengers and crew members had to overpower a 17-year-old who got onto a plane with a shotgun and ammunition in Australia. It happened as the aircraft prepared to take off from Avalon Airport, near Melbourne, ahead of a flight bound for Sydney on Thursday afternoon carrying about 160 people. Police believe the teenager got onto … Read more

Getty Images US President Donald Trump has said Mexico will not be required to pay tariffs on goods that come under the trade pact between the two countries and Canada until 2 April. Trump has not confirmed if the suspension also applies to Canada, but Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said earlier on Thursday he was … Read more

Ricardo Moraes / Reuters The Beija-Flor samba school has been crowned winner of Rio de Janeiro’s celebrated carnival parade competition. Thousand gathered at the city’s giant Sambadrome arena to watch the top 12 samba schools battle it out for this year’s title. Beija-Flor was crowned winner on Wednesday for the 15th time, narrowly beating second-placed … Read more

More must be done to make Gabonese football safer, players’ union Fifpro has said after a former youth coach convicted of sexually abusing players was handed a life ban by world football’s governing body, Fifa. On Tuesday Fifa ruled that Patrick Assoumou Eyi, who was head coach of Gabon’s national youth teams for decades, had … Read more

Nigerian lawmakers have suspended a senator for six months, a day after she submitted a petition alleging she had been sexually harassed by the senate president. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan last Friday made the accusations against one of the country’s top politicians, Godswill Akpabio. After dismissing her petition on procedural grounds, the ethics committee recommended Uduaghan’s suspension, … Read more