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Will Andretti Break the Grid? The Hurdles in Joining Formula 1
Formula One might be on the brink of a dramatic turn as Andretti Global makes a grand yet controversial bid to join the exclusive racing league in 2025. The Andretti team has invested millions in constructing a Formula 1 test car in line with 2023 regulations, signaling their serious intent and commitment to becoming part…
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NZ city wants end to Celine Dion speaker battles
By Antoinette Radford BBC News She’s topped the charts around the world, has a legion of fans and has won countless awards for hits like Think Twice and My Heart Will Go On. But one New Zealand town says it has had enough of Celine Dion, after car drivers joined a craze of blasting out…
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Britney Spears: ‘It’s refreshing to see her in control’, say fans
By Iqra Farooq & Riyah Collins BBC Newsbeat Seeing Britney Spears tell her own story in her own words is something her fans have wanted for years. “To get something from Britney’s actual mouth, is just extremely special to us,” says superfan Lucy Rose, who has spent most of her career touring the UK as…
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Michael Cohen: Trump’s former ‘fixer’ to testify in NY fraud case
By Chloe Kim & Kayla Epstein BBC News, in court Former US President Donald Trump is at his civil fraud trial in New York as his ex-lawyer gives evidence against the man for whom he once vowed he would “take a bullet”. Cohen spent a decade as Mr Trump’s “fixer” before turning on him in…
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US politician Jeff Wilson arrested on Hong Kong gun charge
A US politician has been arrested in Hong Kong for having a gun in his carry-on luggage on a flight. Jeff Wilson, a Republican senator from Washington state, was arrested at Hong Kong International Airport after arriving from San Francisco. He appeared in court on Monday charged with carrying a firearm without a licence, and…
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Car workers strike costing GM $200m a week
By Natalie Sherman Business reporter, New York Car workers in the US have expanded their strike again, just hours after General Motors (GM) warned investors that costs from the industrial action remained unpredictable. The US car giant said the industrial action was expected to cost the company roughly $200m (£164m) each week. Executives declined to…
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Donald Trump looms large in choosing new House Speaker
By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Capitol Hill The spectre of former President Donald Trump loomed large over the US Capitol on Tuesday as House Republicans met to choose a new Speaker candidate. While Mr Trump has not publicly endorsed a candidate, he has had a contentious relationship with the frontrunner, Minnesota’s Tom Emmer. It…
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Third Trump lawyer, Jenna Ellis, pleads guilty in Georgia subversion case
By Brandon Drenon BBC News A third former lawyer to Donald Trump has pleaded guilty in an election subversion case in the US state of Georgia. Jenna Ellis is the fourth of 19 co-defendants to plead guilty in a deal with Fulton County prosecutors. She is accused of drafting a letter intended for top Georgia…
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Hamas-run health ministry says Israeli strikes kill 700 Gazans in 24 hours
By David Gritten BBC News More than 700 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, the Hamas-run health ministry says. Israel’s military said it had struck 400 “terror targets” and killed several Hamas commanders over the same period. It also declared that it would not…
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Gaza family tell of desperate journeys to border in search of safety
By Hamzah Abbas & Lauren Hirst BBC News A father-of-four in Gaza has told of his family’s repeated desperate attempts to reach the border with Egypt in the hope of escaping to safety. Emad Abuaassi fled from the north with his wife and children as the Israel airstrikes began. In voice notes sent to the…