Author: Trendici
My New Year’s resolution? Same as last year. And the year before that. For the past three years, my stated personal aim has not been to finally locate a bolt of pristine Missoni fabric for an eight-valve Integrale, or even to wean myself off cru Barbaresco, but to tee up a full evaluation of the road test unicorn du jour: Gordon Murray’s T50. We wouldn’t normally give chase for this long. Once a new car has been on the scene for more than a year, the impetus for an exhaustive road test at MIRA withers. Two years is pushing it,…
Anna FosterPresenter, Today programmeUN Photo / Alba García RuizAntonio Guterres told the BBC some believe “the power of law should be replaced by the law of power”The US is acting with impunity and believes its power matters more than international law, the head of the UN has told the BBC.Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, António Guterres said Washington’s “clear conviction” was that multilateral solutions were irrelevant.What mattered, he continued, was the “exercise of the power and influence of the United States and sometimes in this respect by the norms of international law”.His comments come weeks after the US…
Ford boss Jim Farley has given the strongest hint yet that a forthcoming new SUV for Europe will take the Bronco name, outlining global ambitions for the fabled off-roader. As reported by Autocar, Ford is preparing to launch a chunky new SUV inspired by its iconic US-market 4×4 to serve as an indirect replacement for the Focus, which was last year retired after 27 years. The new American-flavoured crossover will be produced in Valencia, Spain, alongside the closely related Kuga SUV. It will arrive in 2027, six years after Ford revived the Bronco after a 25-year-break to serve as a Jeep Wrangler rival. Since its return, the…
Tom BatemanBBC News, Minnesota BBC accompanies ICE observer on the lookout for agents in MinneapolisWith 1,500 troops reportedly on standby to deploy to Minnesota, tensions are rising in the state as protests continue against Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. US officials say they are targeting the “worst of the worst” but critics warn migrants with no criminal record and US citizens are being detained, too.”It could be anybody,” says Sunshine, as she drives around her neighbourhood, St Paul – one of the so-called Twin Cities, along with Minneapolis. Snow and ice swirl over the tarmac in the bitter wind.Sunshine is not…
Adrienne MurrayBusiness reporter, HelsinkiAker Arctic TechnologyFinland leads the world when it comes to the design and construction of icebreakersAs President Donald Trump continues to insist that the US needs to own Greenland, his wider focus on the Arctic region has seen Washington order new icebreakers.For these ships, which can sail through seas covered in solid ice, the US has gone to the world expert – Finland.Temperatures are sub-zero inside Aker Arctic Technology’s ice laboratory, as the scale model of an icebreaker cruises down a 70m-long simulation tank.It ploughs a neat channel through the frozen surface of the water.Undergoing testing at…
A huge explosion at a factory in northern China has killed two people and injured 84 others, with five people still missing, state media reported. The blast happened at around 15:00 local time (07:00 GMT) Sunday at Baogang United Steel plant in Inner Mongolia, causing noticeable tremors in the area.Footage online showed the explosion sending large plumes of smoke into the sky, while the ground was littered with debris, including collapsed ceilings and pipes. Five among the dozens hospitalised suffered serious injuries, state media reported. Authorities are investigating the cause of the blast.Baogang United Steel is a major state-owned iron…
The prime minister will take to the Downing Street lectern this morning, after another extraordinary weekend of diplomatic turmoil prompted by US President Donald Trump.Sir Keir Starmer knows that people and businesses in the UK will expect him to respond, in front of the cameras, to the prospect of the UK and European allies being hammered by more US tariffs.It is the latest twist in the row over Greenland, the autonomous Danish territory Trump wants to get his hands on.Trump has said he will impose new taxes on eight US allies – Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden…
Saidu BahBBC Africa Eye, MakeniBBCFoday Musa has not seen his children for nearly two yearsFoday Musa looked broken as he listened to the last voice message he received from his son. It is 76 seconds long and the young man sounds desperate. He is crying, begging for his father’s help.”It’s so hard to hear. Hearing his voice hurts me,” Musa told BBC Africa Eye, which was given exclusive access to a police unit that helped him as he searched for two of his children who had fallen victim to scammers.It was in February 2024 that Musa’s 22-year-old son and 18-year-old…
It’s not yet a full year since European leaders buckled up for President Trump’s second term, and now this rollercoaster ride feels it has reached its most dangerous turn yet.The occupant on the White House is dangling the threat of economic punishment over the heads of countries that are supporting the territorial integrity of an EU member, Denmark. Leaders will hold an emergency EU summit about this in the coming days. If the European Union fights back with similar countermeasures, then it risks a full-blown trade war with the US.If it doesn’t take action, will Trump conclude the bloc of…
At least five people have been killed and dozens more injured after two high-speed trains derailed following a collision in southern Spain on Sunday evening.The accident happened near the town of Adamuz, close to the city of Cordoba, when a high-speed train travelling from Malaga to Madrid derailed and crashed onto a neighbouring track, rail network operator Adif said.A second train travelling in the opposite direction, from Madrid to Huelva, also derailed. Andalusian emergency services said at least 25 people were seriously injured, with others suffering minor injuries. According to Adif, the crash happened about ten minutes after the train…