[ad_1] Guy HedgecoeBusiness reporterBBCBlanca Castro, who rents an apartment in central Madrid, says she is being forced out by her landlordBlanca Castro puts on a builder's helmet before opening the door to her kitchen. Inside it, the ceiling has a large hole that is dripping water and it looks as if it could collapse at any moment.Because the kitchen is unusable, Blanca has to wash her dishes in the bathtub,
[ad_1] Anne SoyBBC deputy Africa editor, NairobiAFPLesotho's garment workers face an uncertain future once President Donald Trump's 50% import tariff kicks inThursday was a "terrible" and "devastating" day for people involved in Lesotho's textile sector as they digested the news that the country's exports to the US would be hit by a 50% import tax, or tariff.Teboho Kobeli, who founded Afri-Expo Textiles and employs 2,000 people in the country, could
[ad_1] A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to return a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador.Kilmar Abergo Garcia, who was expelled last month along with hundreds of alleged gang members, must be returned to the US by no later than Monday, US District Judge Paula Xinis ordered. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said in a recent court filing that deporting Mr
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump has extended the deadline to comply with a law that requires TikTok's parent company "ByteDance" to sell the popular video app to an American buyer.The 75-day extension comes as the administration finalises a plan to keep the popular app running in the US.The social media platform, which is used by 170 million in the US, initially went dark for several hours before Trump took office
[ad_1] Tiffany WertheimerBBC NewsAPOPOFive-year-old Ronin has helped Cambodians reclaim land that was once avoided for fear of landminesA landmine-detecting rat in Cambodia has set a new world record to become the first rodent to uncover more than 100 mines and other deadly war remnants.Ronin, an African giant pouched rat, has uncovered 109 landmines and 15 items of unexploded ordnance since 2021, charity Apopo, which trains the animals, said in a
[ad_1] A Russian missile attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih has killed at least 14 people and left dozens of others wounded, according to regional head Serhii Lysak.Six of the dead were children, said President Volodymyr Zelensky, who grew up in the city.Images from the scene showed at least one victim lying in a playground cordoned off by police. The head of the city's defence administration, Oleksandr
[ad_1] On Thursday at least 27 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air strike on a school-turned-shelter in northern Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.The Israel Defense Forces said it was targeting "prominent terrorists" inside a Hamas command and control centre in the area.BBC Verify's Jake Horton explains what we know about the incident after reviewing videos that were posted online.Additional reporting by Richard Irvine-Brown, Joshua Cheetham, Emma Pengelly
[ad_1] More than 3,000 people were killed by last week's 7.7 magnitude earthquake, Myanmar's military junta has said. Hundreds more people are missing and the toll is expected to rise. Rescuers are still unable to reach parts of the country devastated by the quake. As the BBC's Nick Beake explains, the BBC has been reporting from inside Myanmar during the week, since the disaster struck, revealing widespread devastation. Some survivors
[ad_1] BBCYasin Akgul, a photojournalist for AFP, was arrested at his homeIt was early morning on 23 March when the police came to Yasin Akgul's door in Istanbul – while his children were still in bed. Just hours before, the Turkish photojournalist had returned home from covering mass anti-government protests. Now he was a wanted man."I went to the door and saw there was a lot of police," he says.
[ad_1] Stephen McDonellBBC China correspondentReutersNeither Donald Trump nor Xi Jinping looks like they are going to back down on tariffs soonAmerican companies looking to sell into the huge Chinese market have just taken a big hit. A 34% price increase on all US goods entering the country will knock some out of here altogether.This is especially bad for US agricultural producers. They already had 10 or 15% tariffs on their
