Sir Keir Starmer is due to sign a deal handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius on Thursday.Under the terms of the deal Mauritius would gain sovereignty of the islands...

Hugh SchofieldBBC News in ParisGetty ImagesPresident Macron asked for new proposals to be submitted to a security cabinet early next monthIslamists are infiltrating France's republican institutions and are a...

Vanessa BuschschlüterBBC NewsX/@ClaraBrugadaMA gunman has shot dead two top aides of the mayor of Mexico City, Clara Brugada.The mayor's private secretary, Ximena Guzmán, and Brugada's adviser, José Muñoz, were...

As Israel's war in Gaza enters a new, violent phase, a growing number of voices within the country are speaking out against it - and how it's being fought.Yair...

President Donald Trump and House Republicans continued to negotiate a far-reaching tax and spending bill on Wednesday, holding discussions at the White House ahead of a potential vote.Trump and...

Australia's conservative Liberal-National coalition - the nation's main opposition political party - has split after a partnership lasting almost 80 years.The move marks a seismic change in the country's...

Cherylann MollanBBC News, MumbaiGetty ImagesMushtaq's Heart Lamp poignantly captures the hardships of Muslim women living in southern IndiaIndian writer-lawyer-activist Banu Mushtaq has scripted history by winning the International Booker...

A former prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been sentenced to a decade's forced labour for corruption.Augustin Matata Ponyo was found guilty of embezzling about $245m...

A federal judge has warned that US President Donald Trump's administration could be held in contempt of court for deporting a group of migrants to South Sudan. Judge Brian...

Heavy rainfall and storms have been battering southern France since Monday. The rains have caused widespread damage across the region, flooding streets and causing power and water outages. At...

Seven Mexican youths have been shot dead at a festivity organised by the Catholic Church in the central state of Guanajuato.Gunmen opened fire on a group of people who...

The UK has suspended talks on a trade deal with Israel, summoned the country's ambassador and imposed fresh sanctions on West Bank settlers, as Foreign Secretary David Lammy called...