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BBC News with Fiona MacDonald.
The number of dead from a Russian drone attack on a shopping center in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih has risen to 16. The regional governor said emergency workers had retrieved another body from the rubble and 130 people had been injured. Here's Dan Johnson. Footage shows a drone diving towards the already burning shopping center. Despite attempts to shoot it down, it then hit the building. People are reported trapped beneath rubble and rescue teams are searching. President Zelenskyy, who's from Kryvyi Rih, said the strike was absolutely cynical and despicable. He added the second drone struck half an hour after the first, targeting emergency workers. The U.S. Supreme Court says work can temporarily resume on the White House ballroom while judges weigh up an emergency appeal by the Trump administration against a challenge to the building project. Tom Bateman reports. Today's ruling from the Supreme Court doesn't address the legality of the project, which two other courts had said was unlawful because Congress hadn't approved it. In the meantime, construction can continue on the ballroom, involving a 250-person crew working 20-hour days, seven days a week, which Mr. Trump argues is also a security necessity, owing to the project's underground bunkers and anti-drone protections. To his critics, Mr. Trump's ballroom has become a symbol of his second term. The demolition of a federal structure without permission and a president pushing through the boundaries of his authority before Congress has a chance to challenge him. The top Canadian trade negotiator has said there is more work to do to reach a trade deal with the U.S. Dominic LeBlanc was [speaking after] speaking hours before a deadline after which steep U.S. tariffs on a range of Canadian goods come into effect. He said they'd work up until the last minute to avoid the punishing import duties. TikTok has agreed to pay $400 million to settle a case with the U.S. government over claims it violated children's online privacy laws. The Justice Department described the agreement as a "major victory" for both American children and their parents. This report from Joanna Kean. This case began in 2024 when the U.S. Justice Department sued TikTok and its parent company ByteDance for allegedly failing to protect the privacy of children and illegally collecting their information, such as names and email addresses. After settling the case, the department said young people and their parents were now better protected. Last year, the U.S. government threatened to ban the app, which is used by more than 200 million Americans over national security concerns. ByteDance managed to avoid that by signing a binding agreement in January for its business in the U.S. to be jointly owned by a group of American and global investors. Joanna Kean. World news from the BBC. The Mexican government has said a decision by the governor of Sinaloa to return to office after a three months' absence is a personal choice. The Interior Ministry said an investigation into charges of drug trafficking against him and nine other individuals named by the U.S. Department of Justice was continuing. Rubén Rocha Moya earlier said Mexican authorities had found no evidence to support the accusations against him and that they were politically motivated. The Trump administration has re-emphasized its opposition to Israel annexing the West Bank but has avoided directly condemning Israeli plans to build a large new settlement on the so-called E1 area east of Jerusalem. The comments from the U.S. State Department came as Israel faced growing international criticism for advancing plans for the project earlier this week. The development would in effect divide the West Bank in two. A review of more than 100 [studi...] studies worldwide has shown how complications in pregnancy and birth increase with temperature. Clizia Sala explains. Analyzing data from over 40 million pregnancies, scientists from Sweden and Cyprus have for the first time identified the temperature thresholds at which complications occur. They found that daily maximums of between 30.5 and 39 degrees Celsius can lead to a 5 to 20 percent increase in problems during pregnancy and birth. Complications may include premature birth, pregnancy loss, hypertension and gestational diabetes. The FBI has returned 48 looted artefacts to Egypt after an investigation confirmed they had been illegally removed from the country. The pieces, including card figures and amulets and dating from the Pharaonic, Roman and Coptic periods were handed over at a ceremony in Los Angeles. The FBI said the suspected trafficker was now dead but the investigation remained open. BBC News. |