The British prime minister David Cameron has announced new measures to make it harder for people to hide the proceeds of corruption in offshore accounts. Most British overseas territories that had tax havens will now share information with the UK aut
BBC news with Sue Montgomery. Voters in five northeastern US states are casting ballots in primary elections that are expected to extend the leads of the frontrunners to be candidates for the presidency. The latest opinion polls put the Republican Do
Iraqi prime minister has announced the start of a large military operation to recapture Faluja from Islamic State fighters, the city which is 65 kilometers west of Baghadad has been controlled by IS for the past two years. James Earl reports,Using hi
The Greek parliament has approved several economic and financial reforms after a long and acrimony emergency debate on further austerity measures. The foreign minister Alexis Cyplas say the outcome show that Greece honored its economic commitments. H
A day after an Egypt airplane dropped off the radar close to Cairo no debris has yet been discovered, rescue teams are continuing to search the east Mediterranean for wreckage. Egyption officials initially thought part of the plane have been found, l
Hello, I'm Jerry Smit with BBC news.Donald Trump has said he now considers himself the Republican Party's presumptive nominee for the American presidency. He won in all five northeastern states holding primary elections on Tuesday. Nick Bryant is at
The Brazilian president Dilma Roussef has accused her deputy of ploting her down for and has branded him a traitor. Mrs Roussef, who faced a preachment vote on Sunday said vice president Michael Tema was conspiring with the speaker of the Lower House
Members of the lower house of Congress in Brazil are voting on whether to approve impeachment proceedings against president Dilma Rousseff. With nearly half of votes cast, her opponents are leading by a wide margin. The opposition must win two thirds
The Workers' Party of the Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff has promised to continue its fight to defend her in the streets and in the senate after the lower house of congress voted for her to be impeached. MPs approved the move by the necessary two
Hello. Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff has said she felt indignant and by the decision of the lower house of congress to go ahead with impeachment proceedings against her. She's rejected claims that she manipulated budget figures to help secure her
Voters in New York are taking in presidential primaries,seeing a key for both front runners after recent setbacks.The democratic party hopeful Hillary Clinton,former senator of New York is expecting to beat Bernie Sanders.Mrs Clinton spoke to reporte
The American singer Prince has died in his home in Minneapolis, he was 57. The black boy in musicisians brand a fame in the early 1980s with hits such as I WANT TO BE A LOVER and LITTLE RED COVET. He'd been suffering from poor health and breath to co
Hello, I'm Neil Nunes with the BBC news.Tributes have been streaming in for the American singer Prince who died unexpectedly on Thursday at the age of 57. President Obama described him as 'a virtuoso instrumentalist, a brilliant bandleader and an ele
Hello, I'm Sue Montgomery with the BBC news.US officials say that president Barack Obama is to send 250 additional military personnel to Syria to support local militias in the fight against the IS group. According to the officials, the main objective
Hello, I'm Neil Nunes with the BBC news.Ukraine is holding ceremonies to mark the 30th anniversary of Chernobyl, the world's worst nuclear accident. Siren sounded at the exact moment of the first exposition in the plant's reactor in April 1986. From
Leading financial institutions have welcomed an initiative by five European countries to fight tax evasion. They've agreed to share information about the ownership of shell companies and trusts established in tax havens. Our economics editor, Kamel A
In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Barack Obama has said the failure to tackle gun control has been the greatest frustration of his presidency. He said United States was the only advanced nation that did not have sufficient gun safety legislatio
The Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is facing growing opposition in Athens to sweeping the austerity measures he agreed to introduce in exchange for a new bailout. Mark Mardell reports from Athens. 希腊首相齐普拉斯由于同意在国内实行
Iranians have taken to the streets of Teheran to celebrate a landmark nuclear deal with world powers which should lead to the lifting of crippling economic sanctions. In return, strict limits will be imposed on Irans nuclear activities. The countrys
Within the last few minutes, Greek MPs have approved a though set of bailout conditions imposed by the European Union. Brussels has said that the Parliament must accept its demands before talks on a new rescue package for the Greek economy could begi