In tonight’s edition: Nigerian police promise to stop using force against protesters who have been demonstrating against the violent SARS police unit. Guinea enters final stretch of campaigning ahead of this...
WTO rules EU can sanction $4bn of US goods in Airbus-Boeing row
The World Trade Organization has issued a ruling in a long-running trade dispute between the EU and US. Brussels can impose tariffs on up to $4 billion of US goods – over illegal subsidies for planemaker Boeing...
Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Spiralling violence risks pulling in regional powers
Tonight we look at Nagorno Karabakh through the eyes of the powers behind the conflict. A war has been going on since September 27th. The death toll can only be put as an estimate: at least 600 so far have been killed...
Trump tells fans in Florida: “I’m immune. I’ll give you a big fat kiss” – BBC News
President Trump has returned to the campaign trail, speaking at a large rally in the key electoral state of Florida, less than two weeks after he tested positive for coronavirus. The president told his supporters that...
Labour demands new lockdown as scientists warn of “catastrophic” epidemic – BBC News
The Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said the government’s measures to tackle coronavirus are not working. He’s called for a short lockdown throughout England – or “circuit breaker” – as death rates rise...
Coronavirus: Hancock dismisses critics of lockdown rules as MPs set to vote on UK measures
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has spoken against calls for an immediate resumption of ‘life as normal’ for everyone except those who are ‘vulnerable’.
Lockdowns make the poor an awful lot poorer – WHO envoy
The global #economy has certainly felt the impact of #lockdowns with one recent forecast suggesting it will contract by 5% in 2020 despite governments together stumping up trillions of dollars to protect jobs and...