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Leonora in the Morning Light review – pioneering British artist who fled convention for the surrealists
From Paris to Mexico, Leonora Carrington’s extraordinary life is retold with intelligence and restraint,
Landmarks review – Lucrecia Martel’s beautiful account of an Indigenous murder case
Martel’s documentary about the shooting of Javier Chocobar is a mannered and dignified work,
President Sheinbaum allows Iran team to stay in Mexico during World Cup after US refusal
Fifa approached Mexico after US declined to host Iran squad despite it playing group games in the United States
Inter Miami say Messi went off with muscle fatigue
Argentina star Lionel Messi was substituted during Inter Miami's Major League Soccer game on Sunday due to "muscle fatigue" in his left hamstring.
Three arrested over burglaries against high-profile athletes
The Chilean nationals were arrested in Argentina on suspicion of targeting stars including Travis Kelce.
Venezuela inmates occupy prison roof and set fire to mattresses to highlight alleged abuse
Inmates at Barinas prison allege they were peacefully protesting when prison staff opened fire,
Echoes of Brexit as Alberta blunders towards vote on separation from Canada
Like David Cameron in 2016, premier Danielle Smith is facing a mutinous party and has called a referendum about a referendum while vowing a ‘no’ vote
Bolivian minister’s convoy ambushed while overseeing roadblock clearance
Security forces were met by resistance while attempting to clear highway barriers, amid unrest over the government's economic policies.
Iran says World Cup base moved to Mexico from US
Iran says Fifa has approved the country's World Cup training base being switched from the United States to Mexico.
Watch: A look inside Brazil’s World Cup base camp
BBC's Brandon Livesay toured the Columbia Park Training Facility in Morris Township, New Jersey that will host the team in the coming weeks.
Jamaica's Jackson smashes meeting record to win 200m
Two-time 200m world champion Shericka Jackson produces a dominant display to win the 200m Diamond League event in Xiamen.
‘Canada is handing people over to ICE’: refugees rejected at border face US detention
As Canada tightens asylum rules,
‘Long live Raúl!’ - Castro’s supporters in Cuba rally in his defence
BBC's Will Grant reports from a pro-government demonstration held after the US indictment of the former president.
US judge dismisses criminal indictment against Kilmar Ábrego García
Judge said Trump administration would not have prosecuted Ábrego García had he not challenged his high-profile deportation
Trump is putting pressure on Cuba - why and to what end?
The US has warned that a peaceful agreement with Cuba is unlikely, Havana insists this is a "fraudulent case" designed to justify military intervention.
PM says Alberta ‘essential’ to Canada as separatists push for independence
Judge rules initiative to force binding vote on secession invalid as Alberta premier calls for referendum on matter
‘This is his legacy’: Marco Rubio nears goal of toppling Cuba’s government
US secretary of state’s campaign of ‘maximum pressure’ is culmination of a personal pursuit spanning decades
First there were coalmines, then came the windfarms. Why Colombia’s Wayúu people fear Colombia’s green energy boom
In the north of the country, mining has ravaged Indigenous lands and lives for decades.
Venezuelan makeup artist who was deported to El Salvador seeks asylum in Spain: ‘I feel safe here’
Andry José Hernández Romero was deported from the US to El Salvador’s notorious Cecot prison before he was allowed to return to Venezuela
Cubans grapple with fuel shortages and blackouts as US steps up pressure
The BBC speaks to Havana residents after the US charges the country's former leader, Raúl Castro, with murder.
Rubio doubtful of diplomacy with Cuba as Trump renews threat of military action
US secretary of state says president would like a negotiated agreement with Havana but likelihood ‘is not high’
Cuba is a national security threat to the US, Rubio says
Cuba's foreign minister accused Rubio of trying to "instigate a military aggression".
How Cuban-Americans feel about Raúl Castro's indictment
The DOJ charged the former leader of Cuba with murder and other crimes for his alleged role in the downing of two civilian aircraft in 1996.
Will US invade? Three ways Cuba crisis could play out now
The Trump administration has been putting tremendous economic pressure on the island's Communist government.
Nervy time for Havana neighbours of top officials as fears of US attack grow
Cubans express outrage at US charges against Raúl Castro but view military strikes as serious possibility
Macron under pressure over reparatory justice for France’s role in slave trade
French president’s use of term comes as demand grows for formal discussion on addressing legacies of enslavement
Months after electing a centrist president, Bolivia boils over
Rodrigo Paz inherited a broken economy.
Why Brazil’s government is obsessed with vaccines
It is spending heavily to revive the country’s medical-industrial complex
‘It’s broken English’: MP’s attempt to speak Jamaican in parliament sparks language row
The parliamentary rule that only English is allowed has reignited debate about language, legitimacy,
Colombia’s climate crossroads: Trumpism casts shadow over presidential battle
Colombia is a global leader in climate activism. Could US influence drag country to a future of mining and fracking?
Canada faces calls for investigation into death of woman after plasma donation
International student Rodiyat Alabede, 22, died due to a ‘perfect storm’ of lax safety protocols,
The deadly plane attack at the centre of Castro’s indictment
Raúl Castro was armed forces minister when Cuban military jets shot down two civilian planes operated by exiles of the communist country.
Donald Trump is pushing towards the end game in Cuba
With charges against Raúl Castro,
‘If you keep looking we will kill you’: death stalks those searching for Mexico’s disappeared
Organised crime groups are targeting some of the only people looking for victims of the country’s cartel wars – their relatives
US indicts former Cuban president Raúl Castro as it seeks to oust regime
Charges filed in Miami against 94-year-old for allegedly shooting down exiles’ planes in 1996 The United States has issued a federal criminal indictment against Raúl Castro, Cuba’s former president, on Wednesday, and five others in a significant escalation of the Trump administration’s campaign to oust the country’s six-decades-old communist regime.
Bolivia rocked by protests as US warns of ‘coup d’état’
Clashes between demonstrators and police in La Paz have entered second week,
US military jets and drones tracked near Cuba as tensions continue
Tracking data shows several flights by US Navy reconnaissance jets and drones during the last week.
‘Brits are not as groovy as us – but they’re less square than Europeans’: how drum’n’bass united Brazil and the UK
When drum’n’bass grew stale in the 90s, it got a samba-splicing Brazilian twist.
Forced disappearances and torture: Ecuador’s war on drugs is brutal – and backed by US troops
Western allies are aiding Daniel Noboa’s militarised crackdown,
Totó la Momposina, vocalist and Colombian music legend, dies aged 85
The singer was one of her country’s most’s popular musical exports,
Secret mission to ship uranium from Venezuela
Satellite images reveal how a joint mission shipped uranium from Venezuela to the US.
‘Spooks hotel’: inside the five-star nerve centre of the US takeover of Venezuela
Diplomats, businessmen and US marines mingle at the JW Marriott hotel in Caracas as deals are done and the country’s resources divvied up
Just what the doctor ordered: Brazil’s drive to ditch UPFs from hospital menus
Following the successful reduction of ultra-processed foods in schools,
Did Trump really rescue Venezuela? – podcast
Tom Phillips on life in the country four months after the US abduction of the former president Nicolás Maduro
BBC interviews Honduran ex-president pardoned by Trump
Juan Orlando Hernández was controversially pardoned by Trump in December while serving a 45-year prison sentence in the US for drug trafficking.
Three Toronto police officers charged with sexual assault in Barcelona
Two off-duty officers allegedly assaulted a sex worker in a taxi in Ciutat Vella,
Woman shot dead by police in Jamaica at protest over previous police shooting
Investigation launched as video circulates online showing officer firing at vehicle and colleagues dragging away body
Defense department watchdog opens inquiry into US airstrikes on alleged drug boats
Officials will determine if standard process was followed before lethal strikes in Caribbean and eastern Pacific
Honduran ex-president controversially pardoned by Trump speaks to BBC
Juan Orlando Hernández was serving a 45-year prison sentence for drug trafficking when he was pardoned by Trump.
A Few Feet Away review – Buenos Aires slacker tries to balance app life and real sex in vivid hookup drama
Tadeo Pestaña Caro’s debut feature trails a young man’s compulsive screen time and his panic when faced with real intimacy
True North review – students take stand against racism in highly charged account of protest in 60s Canada
Interviews and archive material are elegantly stitched together in this look at a huge student uprising in 1969 Quebec
Pressure on Mexico after two ex-officials surrender to US over alleged cartel ties
Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum denies any links between her Morena party and organized crime Pressure is mounting on Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, after two former top officials from the country’s Sinaloa state – both members of her Morena party – gave themselves up to US authorities over alleged ties to the Sinaloa cartel. The state’s former security minister, Gerardo Mérida Sánchez, crossed the border into Arizona last week and was taken into custody by US marshals, Mexico’s security ministry said.
Cuba warns US of ‘bloodbath’ if military action follows drone claims
Cuba’s president, Miguel Díaz-Canel,
Purple pain: backlash over Mexico City’s ‘axolotlisation’ for World Cup
Mayor’s attempt to beautify the city with murals of mascot and plum paint jobs criticised as waste of resources
High risk yet home to thousands: the makeshift towns at the mercy of landslides and floods in Peru
Like many informal settlements,
Drones reshape war in Colombia as deaths and injuries mount
Civilians left increasingly exposed as a dangerous new front opens up in the country’s decades-old conflict
Relentless Memory review – a vital oral history of the plight of the Mapuche people
In Paula Rodríguez’s impressionistic documentary,
‘Feels like an illusion’: inside post-Maduro Venezuela’s bewildering new era
Four months after Trump’s surprise raid,
Canada confirms first hantavirus case in isolation in British Columbia
The person was on board the MV Hondius, the center of the outbreak that has claimed three lives Canadian officials said on Saturday that one of the four Canadians currently quarantining in British Columbia after being exposed to the hantavirus while on board the cruise ship where the outbreak occurred has presumptively tested positive.
Threatened indictment of Raúl Castro ratchets up US pressure on Cuba
Trump administration move echoes indictment of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro as fuel crisis racks Cuba Tensions between Cuba and US seem set to rise further amid reports that Raúl Castro, the country’s 94-year-old former president, may soon face the type of indictment that led to the US abduction of the Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro, in January.
Weather tracker: Furnace Creek sizzles as snow sweeps Siberia in a week of extremes
Record heat in North and Central America coincides with egg-sized hailstones in eastern China Extreme weather across several parts of the world this week has brought record-breaking temperatures to Honduras, North America and Indonesia. Honduras smashed its all-time May maximum temperature record earlier this month – only for it to be broken again on 13 May in Choluteca, known as the furnace of Central America. Temperatures climbed to 42.2C (107.9F), surpassing the previous record of 42.1C.
13 men killed by US military boat strikes identified: ‘These were flesh-and-blood people’
All victims of US strikes in eastern Pacific and the Caribbean identified so far came from extremely poor communities
‘Lawrence is karma’: the gangster who became an icon of Modi’s India – podcast
Lawrence Bishnoi has been in high-security custody for more than a decade. During that time, he has been linked to multiple high-profile killings, both in India and as far afield as Canada. What explains his seemingly undimmed power?By Atul Dev.
Canada is welcome to join Eurovision, says song contest director
‘We know that Mark Carney wants to sort of embrace Europe,’ says competition director Martin Green Canada is welcome to join Eurovision if it wishes, its director has said, months after the country revealed it wanted to “explore” joining the song contest in its federal budget. Eurovision director Martin Green told the BBC on Wednesday that Canada hadn’t yet applied, but would be welcome to.
CIA director has met officials in Havana for talks, Cuba claims
Visit comes after US-Cuba relations deteriorated significantly,
Tape shows Bolsonaro son asking jailed banker for $26.8m to fund film on father
Revelation seen as serious blow to candidacy of Flávio Bolsonaro,
Mexico’s daft plan to cut the school year for the World Cup
Does Claudia Sheinbaum really want to improve education?
Protests flare in Havana as Cuba runs out of diesel and fuel oil amid US blockade – video
Cuba's capital city, Havana, is facing rolling blackouts amid a US blockade that has caused the country to completely run out of diesel and fuel oil. Residents in Havana gathered around fires in streets to protest against the power cuts that have left many neighbourhoods without light for hours a day.
Florida crew recounts ‘miraculous’ Atlantic plane rescue with fuel low
All 11 onboard survived after the plane made an emergency landing near the Bahamas Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email A military rescue crew in Florida has spoken of the “pretty miraculous” survival of all 11 people it saved from a plane crash in the Atlantic Ocean, and its own scramble to safety with five minutes of fuel left. Members of the 920th rescue wing, based at Patrick Space Force base, not far from Cape Canaveral, raced on Tuesday to reach the passengers and crew in choppy seas.
Warning of record global temperatures
Warning of record global temperatures as chance of very strong El Niño grows
Canadian officer accused of spying for China acquitted of charges
William Majcher was accused of helping Chinese police coerce a Vancouver-area real estate investor, accused of fraud,
Why measles is returning to the Americas
Falling vaccination coverage is letting a deadly virus back in
A bombshell leak threatens Flávio Bolsonaro’s election bid
Text and voice messages show a close connection between Flávio and Daniel Vorcaro,
How a kindergarten teacher became the accidental guardian of 200 king penguins
When the birds started nesting on her land at Useless Bay, in Chile,
Brazil’s Atlantic forest records lowest deforestation in 40 years
Environmentalists hail decline but warn weakened laws could reverse gains Brazil’s Atlantic forest, the country’s most threatened biome, last year recorded its lowest level of deforestation since monitoring began 40 years ago, a new report shows. The forest is Brazil’s most populous biome, and home to 80% of the population and major cities such as Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
Cartel corruption claims push US-Mexico relations to breaking point
With Mexico under pressure from Trump to tackle drug trafficking groups, analysts say ‘it’s the most tense situation since the 1980s’
Les Simpson: Québécois version of show to return on air after uncertainty
Beloved animated series will return for 36th season in the fall after telecoms giant Bell Media reaches deal with Disney
US man accused of killing rock singer in 1993 arrested after decades on the run
Richard Werstine, wanted in connection with killing of Cold as Life vocalist Rodney Barger,
Trump urged to rule out ‘unlawful’ Cuba takeover and stop using Guantánamo Bay for migrant detention
Exclusive: In letter seen by the Guardian, 30 members of Congress warn US president’s Cuba military operation would worsen ‘mass suffering’
Bahamas re-elects Progressive Liberal party’s Philip Davis as prime minister
Davis is the country’s first leader to serve a second consecutive term in nearly 30 years The Bahamas prime minister, Philip Davis, and his ruling Progressive Liberal party (PLP) have been re-elected, making him the country’s first leader to serve a second consecutive term in nearly 30 years. “The Bahamian people have spoken, and I receive their verdict with humility and gratitude,” Davis told Reuters.
Official marking of land for Brazil’s uncontacted Kawahiva people begins after 27-year wait
Demarcation of 410,000 hectares of territory is intended to protect the Amazonian community from farming,
Mexico cancels plans to end school year early for World Cup
Parents were angry at a proposal to end classes on 5 June instead of 15 July due to the tournament and expected extreme heat.
The Bahamas goes to polls in three-way battle with immigration a key issue
Rising cost of living such as high gas prices also a concern in election that will have record number of voters
How are countries responding to hantavirus?
The UK, US and EU are asking all citizens returning home from the virus-hit MV Hondius to self-isolate for about six weeks.
How worried should we be about hantavirus?
Passengers potentially exposed to hantavirus are being repatriated, so what is the risk to the wider public?
Drug gang attacks ‘force hundreds of Indigenous families to flee’ in Mexico
Violence in Guerrero state has driven as many as 1,000 households from their homes,
Six people found dead inside train car at rail yard near Texas-Mexico border
Discovery was made by Union Pacific employee inspecting stopped train at the yard in Laredo before it continued its journey north
Chicago teen who pushed for parents’ release from ICE custody dies of cancer
Kevin González, 18-year-old who had terminal colon cancer,
Sharp drop in ‘forever chemicals’ in seabird eggs hailed as win for regulation
Levels of Pfas in northern gannet eggs in Canada fell up to 74% over 55-year period of study Levels of some of the most dangerous Pfas compounds have dramatically fallen in Canadian seabird eggs, which the authors of a new peer-reviewed study say illustrates how regulations are effective. Researchers looked at Pfas levels in the eggs of northern gannets in the St Lawrence Seaway basin over a 55-year period. Pfas levels shot up from the 1960s through the peak of the chemicals’ use in the late 1990s and early aughts, then fell.
The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo review – haunting queer fable burns with love and menace
Diego Céspedes’s striking debut mixes magic realism and melodrama in a tender tale of an LGBTQ+ community facing fear and superstition in 1980s Chile
‘Truly terrifying’: Alberta voter data breach raises fears for Canada’s electoral integrity
Debates over secession overshadowed by revelations separatist-linked group gained access to list of electors
Researchers find 42% drop in Canadians visiting US metro areas amid Trump 2.0
Data from University of Toronto suggests Canadians are avoiding US cities during the second Trump administration
Disappearances in Mexico involving state at ‘alarming’ rate, says report
Exclusive: Human rights group warns of ‘deep collusion’ between criminals and officials in some parts of country
Weather tracker: US and Mexico brace for heatwave as deadly floods hit South Africa
Temperatures soar in California and Arizona, while deluge continues across Western and Northern Cape Heat is expected to intensify across western parts of the US and Mexico this week as a ridge of high pressure pushes temperatures well above the seasonal norm. Daytime highs are forecast to reach 10-15C above average in some areas.
‘Amazon of America’: film paints vision of a post-coup Brazil giving up rainforest
Vitória Régia imagines rightwing Bolsonaro plot succeeded with US help – and highlights threats facing Indigenous peoples
‘I will keep defending immigrants’: new bishop, who was smuggled into the US as a teen, joins pope’s resistance to Trump
The Right Rev Evelio Menjivar-Ayala vows to ‘keep talking’ as West Virginia bishop,
Hantavirus is not easily spread, but is global heating upping our exposure?
Thirty years after first person-to-person transmission was documented in Patagonia,
Four south Florida men convicted in Haitian president’s assassination
Men were convicted in Miami federal court for plotting to kill Jovenel Moise at his Port-au-Prince home in 2021
Guatemala, once Latin America’s rule-of-law beacon, has new hope
But a new attorney-general may not be enough to revive the fight against corruption
Frustrated by Iran, Trump at last seizes enriched uranium – but from Venezuela
US energy department says 13.5kg of uranium taken from reactor in Caracas – a fraction of the 408kg held by Tehran
Canadian high school where deadly mass shooting occurred to be torn down
Tumbler Ridge secondary school was site of February mass shooting in which nine were killed and dozens were injured
Trump and Lula’s private Oval Office meeting signals lingering strain - and effort to avoid tension
The US and Brazilian presidents did not appear together publicly, but traded compliments after their talks.
Two Britons evacuated from hantavirus-hit ship ‘improving’ in hospital
Man, 69, is in intensive care in Johannesburg, while expedition guide Martin Anstee,
Venezuela’s 100-year territorial dispute is back in court
The regime claims the Essequibo region of Guyana,
Claudia Sheinbaum is in a bind, with her party accused of corruption
How she deals with America’s indictment of Morena officials could define her presidency
‘An epidemic of flies, rats, waste and foul odours’: health fears in Cuba as US oil blockade halts rubbish collection
As Trump ramps up pressure by cutting off fuel to the island, Havana’s refuse is rarely collected,
Shark or sea monster? The Canadian marine mystery that still intrigues experts 90 years on
Debate continues to rage over whether a strange carcass found in 1937 was a new species or a basking shark.
Up to 2cm a month: Nasa keeps track as Mexico City sinks into the ground
Powerful radar system is providing new data on city’s subsidence,
Argentina races to find origins of cruise ship hantavirus outbreak, amid reports some passengers have returned to US
Argentina, where the MV Hondius cruise departed,
US says migration has made Europe an ‘incubator’ for terrorism in new counter-terrorism strategy
The 16-page report was led by Trump-ally Sebastian Gorka,
‘Educated under embargo’: How Cuban doctors vital to Latin America and the Caribbean became under threat by the US
The US is blocking the employment of Cuban doctors around the world – and the poorest will suffer the costs
US cancels tourist visas for board members of top Costa Rica newspaper
La Nación has been critical of Costa Rica president and Donald Trump ally, Rodrigo Chavez The US state department has cancelled tourist visas for more than half of the board members of Costa Rica’s leading national newspaper, La Nación, which has been a critical voice against the country’s president, Rodrigo Chaves, an ally of Donald Trump. During Chaves’s 2022 presidential campaign, La Nación published several articles documenting allegations of sexual harassment against him that had forced him out of his job at the World Bank.
Mexico nightclub’s $300 cover charge for US citizens captures popular mood
Owner of Japan nightclub says ‘This is a response to a year of insults directed at us – as a country – by the United States’
Search called off for Australian hiker missing in rugged Canadian national park
Police suspend ‘extensive’ six-day air and ground search in Nova Scotia, citing ‘no new information’ Teams in eastern Canada have called off an “extensive” six-day air and ground search of a rugged park for a missing Australian hiker. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said this week it had suspended operations after an effort involving dogs, 100 people, aircraft and ground crews yielded “no new information” in the whereabouts of Denise Ann Willams.
Alberta separatists submit 300,000 signatures to push independence referendum
Authorities investigate leak of 2.9 million voters’ details,
Carney appoints former war crimes prosecutor as Canada governor general
Louise Arbour will serve as Canada’s representative of King Charles and carry out ceremonial and constitutional duties
Javier Milei is in serious trouble
Argentina’s president claims he is the true victim of a struggling economy
US military strike kills two pushing death toll in alleged ‘narco boat’ campaign to at least 188
Despite the Iran war, US military strikes in the eastern Pacific have ramped up in recent weeks The US military said it bombed another boat allegedly ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing two people, on Monday. The Trump administration’s campaign of blowing up alleged drug-trafficking vessels in Latin American waters has persisted since early September and killed at least 188 people. Other strikes have taken place in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Canadian fiddler sues Google after AI Overview wrongly claimed he was a sex offender
Ashley MacIsaac, who is seeking $1.5m in civil lawsuit,
Canada to be first non-European nation at EPC summit as Carney seeks allies
PM’s attendance at European Political Community meeting in Yerevan seen as part of effort to build new ties after US rupture
Cuba gets trickle of intrepid tourists as Trump’s oil blockade continues
Island’s tourism industry been hit hard by severe US pressure – but some say foreigners should still visit
Mexican governor and mayor indicted by US for drug trafficking step down
Two members of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s party in Sinaloa state have temporarily stepped down after the US charged them with drug trafficking
German museum to return rare Irritator dinosaur skull to Brazil
Spinosaurid fossil bought by Stuttgart institution in 1991 has been the subject of a long restitution campaign
‘We feel angry – and we have reason to be’: Brazil’s resurgent punk scene is a howl of outrage at injustice
Thriving punk culture seen as response to frustrations at unemployment, urban violence,
Cuba says Trump’s fresh sanctions on its economy amount to ‘collective punishment’
The US sanctions target people operating in broad sections of Cuban economy, including energy,
Pope appoints former undocumented immigrant as bishop of West Virginia
Leo, who has criticized Trump’s hardline immigration policy,
Could key climate talks mark ground zero in global push to ditch fossil fuels?
Colombia hosted nearly 60 countries at pivotal time on world stage for fight to transition to a clean energy future
Antigua and Barbuda prime minister set to win fourth term in election
Gaston Browne is on course to win 15 of the 17 seats in parliament after calling snap election Gaston Browne, the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, is set to win a fourth term in the country’s snap general election with preliminary results showing his party on course to win 15 of the 17 seats in parliament. Addressing supporters early on Friday morning, Browne said: “You have spoken, you have spoken clearly. You have indicated that the Antigua and Barbuda Labour party (ABLP) is the best institution to run this country.”
Hope is contagious and science is king: 10 big lessons on ending the fossil fuel era
At world-first Santa Marta climate meeting,
Australian hiker missing in Nova Scotia national park not heard from for two weeks
Denise Ann Williams, 62, was last heard from on 15 April A search is continuing for a 62-year-old Australian woman who was reported missing on Tuesday while hiking in a Canadian national park. Denise Ann Williams was last heard from on 15 April, when she told family she was travelling to Chéticamp, a fishing village on the west coast of Cape Breton island in Nova Scotia.
Brazil’s congress approves bill reducing prison sentence of former president Jair Bolsonaro
President Lula’s veto of the bill was overturned by Brazil’s congress and senate,
‘A new chapter’: first commercial fight from US since 2019 lands in Venezuela
Four months after US capture of Nicolás Maduro,
‘My own contribution’: the Ottawa immigrants learning to retrofit homes and fight the climate crisis
A Canadian social enterprise hopes to help solve the urgent need for retrofits and shortage of skilled workers
Cuba is running out of time. We need fuel now to save lives | Francisco Pichón
With the US blockade cutting off oil, the island’s healthcare has been wrecked, access to clean water lost and babies put at risk,
The Caribbean island that calls Colombia a coloniser
Locals on San Andrés blame the mainland for crime and corruption
A tour of Brazil’s wildly polarised politics
Lula and Bolsonaro voters don’t agree on much. But they all hate the corruption that plagues Brazil.
Canada to create powerful financial crimes agency as US weakens its approach
Cryptocurrency ATMs also face ban,
Mexico’s cartel crackdown hits top ranks – but will it fuel Jalisco violence?
Arrest of potential next leader found hiding in drainage pipe highlights renewed tactics – and fears of cartel infighting
‘Historic breakthrough’: Colombia climate talks end with hopes raised for fossil fuel phaseout
Nearly 60 countries back voluntary roadmaps to wean world off coal, oil and gas,
US charges Sinaloa governor and other Mexican officials with drug trafficking offences
Indictment accuses high-level officials in Sinaloa of offences such as drug trafficking,
Thousands of US hockey fans sing Canadian anthem amid tensions between neighbor countries
Fans in Buffalo, only a few miles from Ontario,
Global forest loss slows but El Niño fires could threaten progress
The loss of tropical rainforests eased last year, according to new analysis, but scientists warn they are still disappearing rapidly.
Colombian election reflects on ‘total peace’ promise as violence surges again
As the country prepares to elect a new president,
Families sue OpenAI over failure to report Canada mass shooter’s behavior on ChatGPT
New lawsuits allege employees urged company to notify authorities months before deadly Tumbler Ridge attack
US supreme court conservatives seem to favor ending TPS for Haitians and Syrians
Nine justices were hearing Trump administration that it has authority to strip immigrants’ temporary protected status
Indian billionaire’s son offers to house Pablo Escobar’s hippos at his private zoo
Anant Ambani revives offer to transport 80 animals, all descendants of Colombian drug kingpin’s pets,
US soldier pleads not guilty to charges of betting on Nicolás Maduro’s ouster
Prosecutors allege Gannon Van Dyke won $400,000 using insider information to bet on Maduro raid on Polymarket
Mexican cartel commander arrested while trying to hide in a drainage ditch – video
Audias Flores, known as ‘El Jardinero’, was considered a potential successor to ‘El Mencho’,
The other life of US soldier accused of betting on Maduro's removal
The Army officer charged with using classified information to win $400,000 is also a real estate investor with rave reviews on Airbnb.
Mexican special forces arrest top commander of powerful cartel
Arrests of Audias Flores and César Alejandro ‘N’ prompt armed roadblocks,
Logging, murder and money: can Mexico’s ancient forests be saved from the cartels?
In the Sierra Tarahumara,
Mexico warns US involvement in anti-drug operation should not to be repeated
Claudia Sheinbaum says Mexico was not aware of US participation until four officials were killed in car crash
Bomb blast on Colombia highway leaves 21 dead amid pre-election violence
President blames dissident Farc faction for attack on Pan-American Highway that also injured 36 people in south-western region
‘It’s like a slow death’: a jailed mother and her daughter on why prison is a sentence for them both
Valentina was seven when Ivonne first went to jail in Ecuador for selling drugs.
Weather tracker: Torrential rain in southern China leads to flooding fears
Heatwaves reach 45C across India as unseasonably cold weather affects parts of central Canada Widespread heavy rain is sweeping over southern China. By Wednesday, rainfall totals are expected to exceed 100mm across many parts of Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Hunan provinces, and in some areas as much as 150-200mm.
Making history and facing Neymar - Lingard on life in Brazil
In his first major interview since moving to Brazil, Jesse Lingard talks to the BBC about his new life, and Manchester United.
US strike kills three on alleged narco boat as campaign death toll hits 185
Military video shows boat moving swiftly in water before explosion leaves it in flames The US military said on Sunday three men were killed when it struck a boat it claimed was “engaged in narco-trafficking operations” in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. This latest strike – which follows dozens of similar attacks on alleged drug boats in recent months – brings the US campaign’s death toll to at least 185, according to a tally compiled by Agence France-Presse.