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Texas Judge Blocks NYC Doctor from Mailing Abortion Pills

In North America, a Texas judge in the U.S has ordered a New York doctor to stop prescribing and sending abortion pills in the mail. The first-of-its kind case could test the limits of a New York law that shields doctors from out-of-state prosecution. Toni Waterman has more.

15 February, 2025

Science & Technology

TikTok Returns to US App Stores After Ban Postponed

TikTok is back on app stores in the United States today after President Donald Trump postponed enforcing a ban of the popular social media platform. The proposed law — passed by Congress, signed by former President Joe Biden, and upheld by the Supreme Court — had ordered TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance to sell the application, or else face a ban in the US. From there, Benji Hyer reports.

15 February, 2025

Business / Economics

India-US agree to boost bilateral trade to $500Bn

India and the US have agreed to boost bilateral trade to 500 Billion Dollars by 2030 as President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met in Washington. The US has also agreed to sell f-35 fighter jets to India. India's Foreign Minister says the two leaders share a close bond - which could define India-US ties for the next four years. Ishan Garg tells us more from New […]

14 February, 2025

Science & Technology

TikTok returns to Apple and Google app stores in the US

TikTok returned to the US app stores of Apple and Google as President Donald Trump delayed a ban on the Chinese-owned social media app. He also assured the tech giants they would not be fined for distributing or maintaining it. Laura Westbrook reports.

14 February, 2025

World

US rejects making Ukraine concessions

European powers have insisted that both they and Ukraine are part of any future peace negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow. This comes after Donald Trump held a phone call with Russia's President Vladimir Putin. Speaking at a NATO meeting in Brussels the U.S. Secretary of Defense insisted that the U.S. wants a diplomatic and peaceful end to the war. William Denselow reports from the Belgian capital where NATO is headquartered. […]

14 February, 2025

Business / Economics

New tariffs to be rolled out from the U.S. to be reciprocal to each country

U.S. President Donald Trump has added another round of tariffs detailed in a memo signed on Thursday. They will be worked out individually on countries proportional to their trade imbalance with the U.S. Caroline Malone reports.

14 February, 2025

World

Fewer than five per cent of US federal workers take payout scheme to resign

The Trump administration will have 75,000 fewer federal workers by September, as part of a payout scheme. They've decided that people must return to in-person work and offered a deal to those who don't want to. Caroline Malone reports.

14 February, 2025

World

UN humanitarian chief asks Security Council to help protect UN staff in Yemen.

United Nations humanitarian chief, Tom Fletcher has appealed to the Security Council to assist in getting UN staff released in Yemen. Several UN staff and other humanitarians are being held captive by Houthi rebels, some for several years. Fletcher says UN aid operations are continuing despite insignificant risks. Jody Jacobs reports.

14 February, 2025

World

US rules out Ukraine returning to pre-2014 borders

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ruled out a return to Ukraine's pre-2014 borders during his first meeting with NATO allies. It's the clearest signal yet the US is prepared to hand over territory to Russia in any potential peace deal. Nick Harper reports from Washington.

13 February, 2025