BBC News with David Austin. Astronomers say they've made a major discovery of planets orbiting a distant star which may hold the right conditions to support life. They say they've found seven earth-sized planets orbiting a star called Trappist-1. The...
BBC News with David Austin. The Mexican Foreign Minister, Luis Videgaray, has expressed concern about violations of the human rights of Mexican nationals in the United States. After a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, and the head...
BBC News with Elly Mecue. The Trump administration has released new guidelines aimed at speeding up the removal of illegal immigrants from the United States. Undocumented immigrants with a criminal record will be targeted first along with those deeme...
BBC news with John Macintosh. The US vice president Mike Pence has sought to reassure Americas European allies that president Trump is committed to transatlantic cooperation. On his visit to Brussel, he reaffirmed the support from both the European U...
BBC News with Elly Mecue. Thousands of Iraqi government forces have advanced into a handful of villages on the opening day of an offensive to recapture the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group. A BBC correspondent saw weapons and ammunition aba...
BBC News with Julie Candler. A fierce critic of the US Environmental Protection Agency has been sworn in as head of the organization. Scott Pruitt, the former Attorney General of Oklahoma, has sued the agency more than a dozen times over its regulati...
BBC News with Marion Marshall. President Donald Trump has used a hastily-arranged White House news conference to claim that he's inherited a mess, both America and overseas. He told reporters that jobs were pouring out of the United States, and the D...
It's been reviewed that a one-month old baby boy has become the youngest lung donor in the UK. The parents of Theodore Omondi released the details saying they were proud that their son's organs had helped to save the lives of two other people. One of...
BBC news with Marion Marshall. Malaysian police say they believe the half-brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been killed at an airport in Kuala Lumpur. A British source close to Kim Jong-nams family has told the BBC that poison was in...
BBC News with Kathy Clugston. President Trump's senior policy adviser says the United States is going to reinforce vital alliances in the Pacific region to deter, what he called,increasing hostility from North Korea. Stephen Miller's comments followe...
BBC news with Daby Russ. President Donald Trump has said he is committed to the security of Japan and that their alliance is the cornerstone of peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region. Speaking after talks at the White House,Japan's Prime Mini...
BBC News with Jerry Smit. The election of a new president in Somalia has been widely welcomed. There was celebratory gunfire on the streets of the capital Mogadishu when news of Mohamed Abdullahi Mohameds victory was announced. The new president prom...
BBC News with Jonathan Izard. The US Senate has confirmed Donald Trumps nominee for education secretary Betsy DeVos by the narrowest possible margin. Vice president Mike Pence had to cast the tie-breaking vote after the chamber was split 50-50. Its t...
BBC News with Jerry Smit. The Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament in Britain says he's strongly opposed to allowing President Trump to address MPs and piers in Westminster during a state visit planned for later this year. The Speaker John Bercow...
BBC News with Julie Candler. The far right National Front leader in France Marine Le Pen has attacked globalization and Islamic fundamentalism at the formal launch of her campaign for the presidency. In a speech in Lyon, she accused French leaders of...
