Plus: Why US jobs numbers were revised down ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
|
| Hello. US President Donald Trump's deadline for Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree a ceasefire with Ukraine is due to expire at the end of this week. Russia editor Steve Rosenberg looks at the shifting relations between the two leaders. Also, BBC Verify explains the figures behind the latest US jobs report that infuriated Trump. And finally, watch a Florida police officer handle an alligator with his bare hands. | |
|
|
|
|
TOP OF THE AGENDA | Trump sours on Putin over Ukraine war |
|
| | Trump and Putin met and spoke at length in person in 2018 but relations are currently strained. Credit: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque | President Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to visit Russia once again this week. The timing coincides with the deadline an increasingly frustrated Trump has set for Russia to end the war in Ukraine - or face severe tariffs. So far, there is no sign that President Putin will yield to pressure from Washington, despite his claim that Moscow is committed to a diplomatic solution. At the start of Trump's second presidency it may have appeared that the US and Russia were on track to reboot their relationship, but now some Russian newspapers anticipate a "head-on collision" between the two leaders. Although their relationship may have soured, a deal could still be possible, writes Steve Rosenberg. |
|
| | | - Trump-Russia probe: US Attorney General Pam Bondi has ordered prosecutors to investigate a so-called Russiagate conspiracy that Trump claims was concocted by political foes to smear him.
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Texas Republicans vote to arrest absentee Democrats | The Democrats said they planned to stay away from Texas for two weeks to avert a vote on a controversial redistricting plan. | More details > |
| | China reports 7,000 cases of chikungunya virus | Cases reported in the Guangdong province have prompted measures similar to those taken during the Covid-19 pandemic. | What to know > |
| | US condemns house arrest of Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro | Trump has used the former Brazilian president's trial as a reason for imposing 50% tariffs on some Brazilian goods. | What happened > |
| | Zoo asks for unwanted pets to feed its predators | Aalborg Zoo in Denmark has asked for donations of live chickens, rabbits, guinea pigs, and even horses. | Read more > |
| |
|
|
| BEYOND THE HEADLINES | Why US job numbers revision riled Trump |
|
| | | Trump alleged the figures were "rigged" to make his administration "look bad". | President Trump fired the head of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday after the department revised down recent job numbers by more than 250,000. Although the latest revisions were bigger than usual, it is normal for the initial monthly number to be changed and it has happened routinely under both Democratic and Republican presidents, as BBC Verify explains. |
|
| |
|
|
SOMETHING DIFFERENT | Noise sensitivity | It isn't a formal medical diagnosis, but it can have long-term effects on our health. | |
| | |
|
|
|
|