Mexico ‘won’t be provoked by US’ over migrant row

Media captionCCTV captures the moment hundreds of migrants cross into the US Mexico’s president has insisted his government will not be provoked, after President Donald Trump announced escalating tariffs on all goods unless Mexico curbed illegal migration. Andrés Manuel López Obrador described Mr Trump’s slogan “America First” as a fallacy and said universal justice was […]

Mexico ‘won’t be provoked by US’ over migrant row

Media captionCCTV captures the moment hundreds of migrants cross into the US Mexico’s president has insisted his government will not be provoked, after President Donald Trump announced escalating tariffs on all goods unless Mexico curbed illegal migration. Andrés Manuel López Obrador described Mr Trump’s slogan “America First” as a fallacy and said universal justice was […]

Mexico ‘won’t be provoked by US’ over migrant row

Media captionCCTV captures the moment hundreds of migrants cross into the US Mexico’s president has insisted his government will not be provoked, after President Donald Trump announced escalating tariffs on all goods unless Mexico curbed illegal migration. Andrés Manuel López Obrador described Mr Trump’s slogan “America First” as a fallacy and said universal justice was […]

Spelling Bee: Record eight children win Scripps National in the US

Media captionErysipelas, bougainvillea, aiguillette – just some of the words finalists faced in dramatic showdown. A record number of eight children have been crowned co-champions in the US of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. On Thursday night the finalists, aged 12 to 14, spelled their way through 20 tough rounds of the competition. Organisers eventually […]

Trump announces tariffs on Mexico in latest anti-immigration measure

Media captionFive numbers that explain US border crisis US President Donald Trump has announced tariffs on all goods coming from Mexico, demanding the country curb illegal immigration into the US. In a tweet, Mr Trump said that from 10 June a 5% tariff would be imposed and would slowly rise “until the Illegal Immigration problem […]

Trump announces tariffs on Mexico in latest anti-immigration measure

Media captionFive numbers that explain US border crisis US President Donald Trump has announced tariffs on all goods coming from Mexico, demanding the country curb illegal immigration into the US. In a tweet, Mr Trump said that from 10 June a 5% tariff would be imposed and would slowly rise “until the Illegal Immigration problem […]

Trump announces tariffs on Mexico in latest anti-immigration measure

Media captionFive numbers that explain US border crisis US President Donald Trump has announced tariffs on all goods coming from Mexico, demanding the country curb illegal immigration into the US. In a tweet, Mr Trump said that from 10 June a 5% tariff would be imposed and would slowly rise “until the Illegal Immigration problem […]

Trump announces tariffs on all Mexico goods in latest anti-immigration measure

Media captionFive numbers that explain US border crisis US President Donald Trump has announced tariffs on all goods coming from Mexico in a bid to curb illegal immigration. In a tweet, Mr Trump said that from 10 June a 5% tariff would be imposed and would slowly rise “until the Illegal Immigration problem is remedied”. […]

Louisiana passes law banning abortions after heartbeat is detected

Media captionExplaining Roe v Wade and abortion in US Louisiana’s Democratic governor has signed a highly restrictive new abortion law that bans the procedure after a foetal heartbeat is detected. The law could prohibit abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy. State legislators overwhelmingly backed the bill on Wednesday, by 79 votes to 23 […]

Measles record means US could lose eradication status

Image copyright Science Photo Library Image caption Stock picture of a child with measles The number of US measles patients has reached a record high and may cause the nation to lose its “measles elimination status”, US health officials say. Sixty new cases were reported in the past week, bringing this year’s total to 971 […]