World

We spoke to Betsy West in New York. She co-directed the Oscar-nominated documentary RBG about the life and work of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an outspoken advocate of women’s rights and, as only the second woman to become a Supreme Court judge, she left her mark on history. 

Peru locked down hard and early, but now it’s battling one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the world with their president declaring it “a war”.

The first votes have already been cast in November’s US presidential election, as early voting opened in four states.

Tonight marks the start of the Jewish new year and a fortnight which includes the holiest days in its calendar.

 Turkey’s Defence minister has accused the French President of “trying to take on the role of Napoleon” during the crisis pitting Greece and Turkey against each other in the eastern Mediterranean.

The Home Office say they are “bitterly disappointed” by a judge’s decision to stop a whole flight of asylum seekers from being deported to Spain.

Downing Street has dismissed comments by the US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden – who warned in a tweet that the Good Friday agreement shouldn’t be allowed to “become a casualty of Brexit”.

This selfless grandmother is feeding hundreds of poor and sick neighbours in Covid-struck Peru.

We were joined by Prof Richard Drayton, a Rhodes Professor of Imperial History at King’s College London, who was born in Guyana and grew up in Barbados, and by Prof Kehinde Andrews, professor of black studies at Birmingham City University.

Barbados has set out plans to become a republic, removing the Queen as head of state.

Hurricane Sally is bringing “historic and catastrophic flooding” to the southern US as it sweeps along the Gulf coast with dangerous levels of wind and rain.

While there are torrential floods in the south, huge swathes of the western United States are still battling some of the worst wildfires in history – and now, some of the unhealthiest air pollution on the planet.

Plans to build two new nuclear power stations in the UK are being abandoned – after the Japanese giant Hitachi pulled out of the scheme.Plans to build two new nuclear power stations in the UK are being abandoned – after the Japanese giant Hitachi pulled out of the scheme.

We speak to Alex Flint, who formerly served as a member of President Trump’s transition team.