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Harriet Orrell BBC World Service Getty Images Mali’s army is struggling to combat Islamist insurgents in the Sahel The Sahel region of Africa is the “epicentre of global terrorism” and now, for the first time, accounts for “over half of all terrorism-related deaths”, according to the Global Terrorism Index (GTI). Its new report says that … Read more

Watch: ‘Country is going through something’ – Elissa Slotkin delivers rebuttal to Trump’s speech Elissa Slotkin, a Senate Democrat, gave her party’s response to Trump’s congressional address, taking the new Trump administration to task for bringing with it chaos and recklessness. Early in her remarks, she attacked the White House on the economy and warned … Read more

Florida has launched a criminal investigation into British-American influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate, who flew to the state last week from Romania, where they faced rape and human-trafficking charges. Florida’s attorney general, James Uthmeier, said investigators have issued search warrants and subpoenas as part of a “now-active” inquiry. In the US, the brothers also face … Read more

Peter Hoskins Business reporter, BBC News EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (R) US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said President Donald Trump will “probably” announce a deal to reduce tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Wednesday. “Both the Canadians and Mexicans were on the phone with me all day today trying to show that … Read more

The first 29 of an estimated 2,000 children in need of medical treatment have arrived in Jordan from Gaza. Among the evacuees are war wounded and children suffering from diseases like cancer and rare blood conditions. Among them is six-month-old Niveen Abu Daqqa, who has a heart condition, and her mother Enas – she left … Read more

It’s the first night of the Rodeo in Houston, Texas – usually an unmissable event in the city. But gathered at an Irish pub in the suburbs of the city are a group of young Republicans who don’t want to miss President Donald Trump’s prime-time address to Congress. About a dozen members of the party … Read more