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French vote tests polarised electorate with right hoping to win control of Paris
Polls consistently put all the candidates, except for Mariani, above the 10% level of votes needed to get through to the second round. And if Mariani were to get more than 5%, he, too, would be allowed to form a pact to merge his list with another’s.
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Senegal approves tougher anti-gay law as rights groups raise concerns
Ousmane Sonko, the longtime firebrand opposition leader appointed prime minister in 2024, had told lawmakers the bill would punish what it describes as “acts against nature” with fines of up to 10,000,000 CFA francs ($17,600; £13,000) and prison sentences ranging from five to 10 years, compared with the current one- to five-year terms in the…
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Justified or not? US military families on fears of Iran war
Nearly two weeks into the US and Israel’s war with Iran, Donald Trump has shown no signs that the ‘excursion’ is coming to a close. As President Trump travelled to Kentucky on Wednesday to speak to supporters, the BBC’s North America editor Sarah Smith spoke to two military families in the state – Iraq veteran…
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Punjab Assembly Speaker Forgoes Salary, Announces Austerity Measures
By Farzana Chaudhry | Lahore, PakistanLAHORE: Speaker of the Punjab Assembly Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan has decided to forgo his salary and several official privileges as part of a nationwide austerity campaign initiated by Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan, and Maryam Nawaz, Chief Minister of Punjab.According to a formal notification issued by the Punjab…
