These four students have created an app to help teenagers talk about being bullied and get access to counselling. For Me was originally a school project but the NSPCC’s Childline has turned it into reality. “I hope that young people now realise they have somewhere to go,” one of the creators, Laura Hindle, tells Newsbeat. … Read more
President Donald Trump has stood by claims he was wiretapped under Barack Obama, telling visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel: “At least we have something in common, perhaps.” US intelligence agencies under Mr Obama reportedly monitored Mrs Merkel’s phone, sparking an angry response. But both Republican and Democratic congressional leaders have said they do not believe … Read more
The US government has no evidence to back up President Donald Trump’s claim that his predecessor, Barack Obama, ordered intelligence agencies to spy on him during the 2016 election campaign, according to sources who have seen classified Justice Department documents. The Justice Department on Friday said it delivered documents to congressional committees responding to their … Read more
US President Donald Trump on Friday repeated his charge that predecessor Barack Obama had ordered a wiretap against him, rejecting rising calls from Republicans and Democrats to withdraw the charge and apologize. Speaking at a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Trump answered a question on the wiretap allegation by referring to the … Read more
Forty-two people have been killed when a boat carrying Somali refugees off the coast of Yemen was fired at from a helicopter, the International Organisation for Migration says. Women and children were among those killed when the vessel was hit near the Bab al-Mandeb strait, the IOM said. Images from the scene showed a boat … Read more
Donald Trump has said he did not “make an opinion” over claims the UK’s GCHQ spy agency carried out wiretapping on him during the US election campaign. Speaking at a press conference in Washington, Mr Trump said the White House had quoted a legal commentator who appeared on US TV channel Fox News. GCHQ rejected … Read more
The White House will not repeat claims that British spies snooped on Donald Trump, Britain said on Friday after the UK spy agency dismissed them as “utterly ridiculous” in a rare public denial. Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesman reiterated the GCHQ agency’s denial of a report — which had been repeated by the US president’s … Read more
Britain’s communications intelligence agency GCHQ has issued a statement denying it wiretapped Donald Trump during the US presidential campaign. The unusual move by the agency came after White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer cited claims first made on US TV channel Fox News earlier this week. GCHQ responded by saying the allegations were “nonsense, utterly … Read more
Britain’s communications intelligence agency GCHQ has issued a statement denying it wiretapped Donald Trump during the US presidential campaign. The unusual move by the agency came after White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer cited claims first made on US TV channel Fox News earlier this week. GCHQ responded by saying the allegations were “nonsense, utterly … Read more
There are “no indications” that Trump Tower was under surveillance by the US government before or after the election, a Senate committee has said. The statement from Republican Senator Richard Burr, Senate Intelligence Committee chairman, dismissed Donald Trump’s claim his phones were tapped. Mr Trump had accused his predecessor Barack Obama of wiretapping Trump Tower … Read more
President Donald Trump’s controversial allegation that the Obama administration wiretapped his Trump Tower in New York wilted further Thursday when two top US senators said they saw no evidence to back the claim. Republican Richard Burr, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and the committee’s Democratic vice chair Mark Warner, said in a statement that … Read more
McDonald’s is investigating an apparent hack into its Twitter feed following a briefly-posted diatribe against President Donald Trump, the fast-food giant said Thursday. The fake tweet offered an uncharitable appraisal of Trump, saying, “You are actually a disgusting excuse of a President and we would love to have Barack Obama back, also you have tiny … Read more
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has defended swingeing budget cuts to his own department proposed by President Donald Trump. Speaking in Japan, he said the level of state department spending in the past had been “simply not sustainable” and he willingly accepted the “challenge”. If Congress backs the budget, and that is far from … Read more
President Donald Trump is defending his frequent — and often incendiary — use of Twitter by saying that the social media platform lets him bypass the “dishonest” press. “Maybe I would not be here if it wasn’t for Twitter,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News late Wednesday. “I get such a fake and … Read more
Latest: We Blend Our Vision With Truth & Enlightenment Michael Flynn paid to represent Turkey’s interests during Trump campaign The candidate he was advising last fall was running on a platform of America First. The client he was working for last fall was paying him more than $500,000 to put Turkey first. Michael T. Flynn, … Read more
The candidate he was advising last fall was running on a platform of America First. The client he was working for last fall was paying him more than $500,000 to put Turkey first. Michael T. Flynn, who went from the campaign trail to the White House as President Trump’s first national security adviser, filed papers … Read more
US Republican leaders grappled Wednesday with the possibility that their much-awaited Obamacare replacement bill goes down in flames, as rebels within the party demand sweeping changes before they get on board. Seven years after Barack Obama’s landmark health care reforms became law — a period when Republicans repeatedly tried and failed to yank Obamacare out … Read more
Rebounding from a self-inflicted banknote crisis to deliver his party a stunning victory in state polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dominance mirrors that of India’s early independence leaders and bodes well for his re-election in 2019, analysts say. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party won a surprise absolute majority in Uttar Pradesh at the weekend, a result … Read more
The UN secretary general is seeking an additional 320 police for the peace keeping mission in the central Africa country, as tensions over long-delayed elections have caused violence to spread into new areas of the vast territory. According to a new report by Antonio Guterres, the UN chief told the UN Security Council that the … Read more
South African authorities have been asked to appear at the International Criminal Court on April 7 over the country’s failure to arrest Sudan President Omar Hassan al-Bashir during a visit two years ago, the acting chief state law adviser said on Wednesday. The country failed to carry out an international arrest warrant for Sudanese President … Read more