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Several gunshots have been fired into Rihanna’s California home – with one round penetrating the mansion’s wall. A 30-year-old female suspect was taken into custody following the incident in Beverly Hills on Sunday afternoon. Los Angeles Police have said the popstar was home at the time – but it is …

The delays come amid increased spring travel and limited security personnel during a partial US government shutdown. BBC News

Lest there be any doubt, the special relationship is pending repair. Donald Trump had barely left the tarmac at Dover Air Base, a president in mournful respect for America’s fallen, when his attention turned to the UK prime minister. Trump is clearly bruised by an old ally turning its back …

Four people were killed in Michigan and two died in Oklahoma, officials say, as severe storms swept across parts of the US. BBC News

Onlookers captured footage of the moment a tornado swept through Union City in the US state of Michigan, destroying homes and uprooting trees. A separate video shows people seeking shelter indoors as another tornado in the city of Three Rivers sent large chunks of debris and dust flying across a …

Four people have been killed in southern Michigan as tornadoes and strong storms left a trail of destruction. The storms destroyed multiple homes and left hundreds of residents without power. Soon after the National Weather Service issued tornado warnings for the area on Friday, videos on social media claiming to …

A Pakistani man has been convicted of planning to kill Donald Trump and other prominent US politicians. The trial showcased allegations of Iran-backed plotting on American soil. Asif Merchant, 47, was accused of trying to recruit ‌people in the US in a plan targeting Mr Trump and others after Washington’s …

While praising Jackson, Obama made a thinly veiled dig at US President Donald Trump. BBC News

The Iran war is posing a test for the Canadian prime minister’s “pragmatic but principled” approach to world affairs. BBC News

The Department of Homeland Security did not disclose Martinez was shot by one of its agents until almost a year later. BBC News

Venezuela has entered a period of political transition following the ousting of former president Nicolás Maduro on 3 January 2026. The US and Venezuela have agreed to re-establish diplomatic and consular relations, with the two sides promising to make an effort to promote stability, support economic recovery and advanced political …

The Department of Justice said the released files had been “incorrectly coded as duplicative” and inadvertently not published. BBC News

Standing in front of an awkward-looking Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and the other stars of the Inter Miami soccer team on Thursday, Trump told the team’s owner, Cuban-born magnate Jorge Mas, that they would soon be “celebrating what’s going on in Cuba”, adding that the Cuban authorities “want to make …

Canada’s minister for US-Canada trade Dominic LeBlanc is in Washington as talks over the future of the USMCA free trade deal ramp up. BBC News

The 30 year-old brand, which recently released the game Pokopia for Nintendo, had similarly rebuked the Trump administration in September for using its theme song, and slogan “Gotta catch ’em all”, in a video showing arrests made by US border patrol and immigration agents. BBC News

FBI documents related to sexual abuse allegations against Donald Trump – which were missing from the initial release of the Epstein files – have been posted online by the US justice department. It comes after American media, including Sky’s partner network NBC News, reported on their absence. The justice department …

Noem boosted deportations during her first year, but her controversies reportedly frustrated Trump. BBC News

👉 Follow Trump100 on your podcast app 👈  Mark Stone is in Corpus Christi, the coastal city of southern Texas, gauging opinions of Americans – and Trump voters – on the war in Iran. Trump says he wants to be involved in the selection of the next Iranian supreme leader. …

The most senior Republicans in Congress had called on him to end his re-election campaign. BBC News

An oversight commission received more than 30,000 feedback submissions mainly in opposition to the proposed ballroom. BBC News