April 2025
Explosion at Iran port
At least 500 people have been injured in a massive explosion at a port in the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas.
Reported - 26/04/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx251yyvwr3o
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/26/huge-explosion-in-iranian-port-wounds-at-least-people
Pope Francies funeral
Pope Francis' funeral has taken place in the Vatican, and his coffin is in the church in Rome where he will be buried.
Reported - 26/04/25
Virginia Giuffre dies
Virginia Giuffre, who accused Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse, has died by suicide.
Last month she had posted online that she was hospitalised following a vehicle collision.
Reported - 26/04/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cql67qk0dd3o
26 killed in Kashmir terror attack
26 people have been killed by gunmen at a tourist resort in Pahalgam, Kashmir.
India has closed the main border crossing with Pakistan in response.
Reported - 23/04/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwynx7kgyqvo
Earthquakes hit Istanbul
Multiple earthquakes, including a 6.2-magnitude tremor, have struck near Istanbul, injuring at least 151 people.
Reported - 23/04/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9djn06l9z2o
Pope Francies dies
Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died aged 88.
Reported - 21/04/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/crknlnzlrzdt
Gunmen kill 12 at Ecuador cockfight
Police in Ecuador say have arrested four people in connection with an attack by gunmen at a cockfighting ring in which 12 people died.
The shooters wore replica police and military uniforms.
Reported - 20/04/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm241v1w2vro
Colombia declares health emergency
Colombia has declared a nationwide health emergency after at least 34 people died of yellow fever, according to official figures.
Reported - 17/04/25
Supreme Court backs 'biological' definition of woman
Judges at the UK Supreme Court have unanimously ruled that a woman is defined by biological sex under equalities law.
Reported - 16/04/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg7pqzk47zo
El Salvador will not return man deported from the US in error
El Salvador will not return Kilmar Ábrego García, whom the US government deported to his home country where he is being held in a mega-prison.
Reported - 14/04/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9vedkm7w2do
https://www.ft.com/content/dd9467c5-b4c4-48e6-acf0-7f74277ad263
Birmingham bin strike to continue
A strike by bin workers in Birmingham is set to continue after the latest pay offer by the city council was "overwhelmingly" rejected.
Reported - 14/04/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd9ljx8qdqdo
UK takes control of British Steel under emergency powers
The UK government is taking control of Chinese-owned British Steel after emergency legislation was rushed through Parliament in a single day.
Reported - 12/04/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg17g39x41o
US special envoy meets Putin
US envoy Steve Witkoff met Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg on Friday, as Donald Trump urged the Russian president to "get moving" on a ceasefire in Ukraine.
Reported - 11/04/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crm3kxxx8x9o
Helicopter crash kills 6
Six people, including three children, were killed after a helicopter carrying a family of tourists crashed into the Hudson River in New York.
Reported - 11/04/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy6j9peen4o
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/04/10/helicopter-hudson-river-crash-live-latest/
Dominican Republic nightclub collapse
At least 184 people have been killed and more than 150 injured after a roof collapsed at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic's capital Santo Domingo, officials have said.
Reported - 09/04/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq80yw3y292o
Stock markets continue to plunge
European stock markets plunge in early trading, following stock market slumps across Asia.
The drop is in response to the tariffs that US President Donald Trump introduced on Wednesday, but didn't come into effect until Saturday.
Reported - 07/04/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce3qnyr7y94t
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/07/europe-markets-live-news-stocks-tariffs-economy.html
Rules on UK car firms relaxed ahead of 2030 petrol vehicles ban
The UK government has said it is stepping in to help the British car industry by making the rules on manufacturers going all-electric more flexible.
Reported - 06/04/25
Hungary withdraws from International Criminal Court
Hungary is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), its government has announced.
The move was confirmed after Israel's leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted under an ICC arrest warrant, arrived in Hungary for a state visit.
Reported - 03/04/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c807lm2003zo
UK bills rising
A series of essential household bills are rising at the start of April, with warnings that single parents are among the hardest hit.
Water bills, energy prices and council tax are all going up today, as well as other common taxes and utility bills.
Reported - 01/04/25