A Malian migrant, identified as Mamoudu Gassama, has been hailed a hero after he scaled the front of a building in Paris to save a child hanging from a fourth-floor balcony. Video of of his spectacular rescue went viral on social media. In less than a minute he pulled himself from balcony to balcony and […]
Read more →
Donald Trump has misspelled the name of his wife in a tweet welcoming her home – calling her Melanie rather than Melania, according to a Sky news report. The US President described the First Lady as “incredible” as he thanked people for their thoughts and wishes after her time in hospital. The 48-year-old Slovene had […]
Read more →
North Korea has said it may pull out of a summit with US President Donald Trump if the US insists it gives up its nuclear weapons. The highly anticipated meeting between Mr Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un is due to take place on 12 June. But in an angry statement, North Korea’s vice-foreign minister […]
Read more →
A knifeman has killed one person and wounded four in a suspected terror attack in central Paris, French officials say. The attacker was then shot dead by police in the Opéra district. Witnesses say they heard him shout “Allah Akbar”. So-called Islamic State (IS) later said one of its “soldiers” had carried out the attack […]
Read more →
Zimbabwe’s parliament has summoned former President Robert Mugabe to give evidence about a claim he made about huge-scale diamond theft. Mr Mugabe accused foreign mining firms of “swindling” and “smuggling” in an interview on state-run TV in 2016. “The companies have virtually robbed us of our wealth,” he said, adding that the treasury had seen […]
Read more →
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says he has suspended all missile tests and will shut down a nuclear test site. “From 21 April, North Korea will stop nuclear tests and launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles,” the country’s state news agency said. Mr Kim said further tests were unnecessary because Pyongyang’s nuclear capabilities had been “verified”. […]
Read more →
South African anti-apartheid campaigner Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has died aged 81, her personal assistant says. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was the former wife of South Africa’s first black president, Nelson Mandela. The couple – famously pictured hand-in-hand as Mr Mandela walked free from prison after 27 years – were a symbol of the anti-apartheid struggle for nearly three […]
Read more →
The Trump administration has said it wants to start collecting the social media history of nearly everyone seeking a visa to enter the US, according to a BBC report. The proposal, which comes from the state department, would require most visa applicants to give details of their Facebook and Twitter accounts. They would have to […]
Read more →
A French police officer who swapped himself for a hostage in a supermarket siege on Friday has died, officials say. Lt-Col Arnaud Beltrame, 45, “fell as a hero” and showed “exceptional courage”, French President Emmanuel Macron said. The gendarme helped bring an end to a gunman’s shooting spree that killed three in southern France. The […]
Read more →
The outgoing president of Botswana has done what most Africans leaders are too scared to do in public, attack US president, Donald Trump, for “encouraging poaching”. Trump overturned a ban on the import of hunting trophies. Speaking at an anti-poaching summit in Botswana, two weeks before he steps down, President Ian Khama told the BBC […]
Read more →