- March 17, 2025
US tornadoes, wildfires and dust storms leave 40 dead and ‘staggering’ damage
US tornadoes: Extreme weather leaves trail of destruction At least 40 people have died after tornadoes ripped through a swathe
Florence and Pisa on alert as flooding hits northern Italy
EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Red alerts for flooding and landslides were issued for parts of Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna There have been flooding and
Philippines ex-leader Duterte arrested on ICC warrant over drug killings
Jonathan Head South East Asia correspondent Watch: Rodrigo Duterte questions ICC warrant for his arrest Philippine police have arrested former
European leaders back ‘realistic’ Arab plan for Gaza
Leading EU nations have said they support an Arab-backed plan for the reconstruction of Gaza that would cost $53 billion
China says it is ready for ‘any type of war’ with US
Laura Bicker BBC News, Beijing Reuters President Xi Jinping’s China faces the prospect of a trade war with Donald Trump’s
Israel blocks entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza
Jaroslav Lukiv and Paul Adams BBC News, London and Jerusalem EPA Palestinians in Gaza are struggling to put their lives
Influencer and brother Tristan leave Romania for US
Nick Thorpe, Mircea Barbu & Paul Kirby In Bucharest & London EPA Andrew Tate, in the foreground, is a former
Pope Francis ‘critical’ in hospital, but ‘night went well’, Vatican says
Pope Francis is resting, but remains “critical” with respiratory and kidney problems, more than a week after being admitted to
Woman remanded over Madeleine McCann family stalking charges
Gavin Bevis BBC News, East Midlands Bea Swallow BBC News, Bristol BBC Julia Wandel, also known as Julia Wandelt, was
Israeli troops stay inside southern Lebanon as forces withdraw
Israel has pulled its forces from southern Lebanon apart from five positions, Lebanon’s state news agency says. Israel’s withdrawal is