BT Lens On

French President Emmanuel Macron pledge to deepen ties with Britain over defence, security, migration and energy. A Hong Kong court convicted two former editors of a shuttered news outlet, in a sediti...

30 Aug 20242min

Israeli forces launched a large operation in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday and into yesterday; a typhoon lashed southern Japan with torrential rain and strong winds today, causing at least three d...

29 Aug 20242min

Russia said the West was playing with fire by considering allowing Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with Western missiles. In Asia news China accused Canada of protectionism after Prime Minister Jus...

28 Aug 20242min

Russia battered much of Ukraine yesterday, firing scores of missiles and drones that killed four people, injured more than a dozen and damaged energy facilities; Gunmen in southwestern Pakistan killed...

27 Aug 20242min

Gaza ceasefire talks in Cairo come up empty; 5.2 million affected by floods in Bangladesh and Singapore explores underground heat to harness power. Synopsis: A round up of global headlines to start yo...

26 Aug 20242min

U.S. regulators will not be able to finalise contentious bank capital hikes before the November presidential election. A political crisis in Indonesia was narrowly averted with the 11th-hour cancellat...

23 Aug 20242min

In the U.S. investors are grappling with the market implications of a possible Kamala Harris presidential administration. Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese premier Li Qiang overnight, ...

22 Aug 20242min

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken departed the Middle East with an agreement between Israel and Hamas still elusive. Approvals for new coal-fired power plants in China dropped sharply in the firs...

21 Aug 20242min