Are the Democrats ready to win back Congress? | BBC Americast

From BBC News. Excitement has been building among some Democrats after the party won a special election in Florida last week in a district that includes Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach. This win, along with several others recently, suggests the party may have the momentum heading into November’s midterm elections, when they’ll be…

NASA returns to the Moon – and beyond | BBC Newscast

From BBC News. On Wednesday, Nasa launched its first crewed mission around the Moon for more than 50 years. The Artemis II mission will last about 10 days and take its astronauts further into space than anyone has been before. The four-person crew will not land on the Moon but will circle it, aiming to…

Inside the mission to track global fishing | BBC News

From BBC News. Commercial and fishing vessels are required under international law to be fitted with systems that transmit data, showing where they are. But many vessels simply do not broadcast their location. Effectively, going dark. For more than a decade the non-profit organisation Global Fishing Watch has been using technology to shine a light…

UK leads talks to reopen the Strait of Hormuz | BBC News

From BBC News. Foreign ministers from more than 40 countries met to discuss a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, as the Iran war entered its 34th day. Meanwhile, stocks fell and oil prices jumped after US President Donald Trump’s threats to bomb Iran "back to the stone age". The US and Israel have…

Iran denies Trump’s claim it requested ceasefire | BBC News

From BBC News. Iran’s foreign ministry says Donald Trump’s claim that the country has asked for a ceasefire is "false and baseless", Iranian state media reports. It follows a post on social media by the US president which said Iran’s "new regime president" had made the request. President Trump said the US would consider a…

Will Trump Really Leave Nato? | BBC Newscast

From BBC News. Today, the UK Prime Minister has given a press conference warning that things are not going to be easy as the US-Israeli war in Iran continues to put pressure on the cost of living. His address to press in Downing Street came hours after the President gave an interview to the Telegraph,…

US Supreme Court considers birthright citizenship | BBC News

From BBC News. President Donald Trump made an unexpected appearance as the US Supreme Court heard a landmark case on whether children born in the country have a constitutional birthright to citizenship. The case followed from an executive order signed by Trump seeking to end automatic citizenship for some babies born in the US to…