Image copyright Alamy After US President Donald Trump told four US congresswomen of colour to “go back” to the countries “from which they came”, some Americans have been sharing their own experiences of hearing that kind of language. One BBC reader said the incident was reminiscent of an experience on a London bus in 1975 […]
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Whitaker (left) suffered four defeats in his professional career – one of those came against Felix Trinidad in 1999 Former world champion Pernell ‘Sweet Pea’ Whitaker has died after being hit by a vehicle in the US, police have said. The 55-year-old, who won gold at the Olympics in 1984, was pronounced dead in Virginia […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Governor Ricardo Rossello is facing calls to resign The governor of Puerto Rico is facing calls to resign over a group text message scandal that has already caused two top officials to leave their posts. Governor Ricardo Rosselló’s leaked text conversations with members of his administration revealed sexist, profane […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (left), Rashida Tlaib (centre) and Ayanna Pressley (right) UK Prime Minister Theresa May has criticised US President Donald Trump for calling on several Democratic congresswomen of colour to “go home”. The outgoing PM called Mr Trump’s words “completely unacceptable”, according to her spokesperson. Mr Trump said the […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption Thousands of migrants cross Guatemala on their way north to the US A court in Guatemala has temporarily blocked a migration deal which could have seen the Central American nation defined as a “safe third country”. The move would have meant that migrants en route to the US would have […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption Rashida Tlaib (centre), who responded by calling Trump ‘a lawless and complete failure of a president’, with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (left) and Ayanna Pressley (right) US President Donald Trump has been accused of racism after posting tweets attacking Democratic congresswomen. He claimed the women “originally came from countries whose governments are […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption The 66th Street subway station was plunged into darkness A power failure in New York has halted subway trains and trapped people in lifts. The New York Fire Department said it was tackling a fire in an electrical transformer in Manhattan, the most densely populated of the city’s five boroughs. […]
Image copyright AFP Donald Trump abandoned the Iran nuclear deal to spite Barack Obama, according to a leaked memo written by the UK’s former ambassador to the US. Sir Kim Darroch described the move as an act of “diplomatic vandalism”, according to the Mail on Sunday. It says the memo was written after the then […]
Media captionThousands have been evacuated from at-risk areas Storm Barry has made landfall in Louisiana, where officials have warned of potentially life-threatening floods. The storm reached hurricane strength as it neared land, but has now weakened to a storm packing sustained wind speeds of 60mph (96km/h). The system is crawling north-west at a speed of […]
