James Fitzgerald

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Tom Geoghegan |James Fitzgerald

Mark Carney will return to the Canadian parliament with a strengthened mandate, after his Liberal Party triumphed in a snap election that he called soon after becoming prime minister. Although one of his most pressing tasks is to deal with his US counterpart President Donald Trump - who has targeted Canada with trade tariffs and even vowed to make the country the 51st state of America - Carney has also promised action on a range of domestic issues. 1.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Paul Kirby |James Fitzgerald |Tom Geoghegan

The US and Ukraine have signed a deal that will give Washington access to some of the war-torn country's natural resources. Months in the making, it sets up an investment fund that Ukraine hopes will cement US assistance as the country struggles to repel Russia three years after the invasion. The BBC has seen a draft of the deal but not the final text. Based on that and the public statements from both sides, here are seven key takeaways.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | James Fitzgerald

US President Donald Trump has acknowledged he does have the ability to bring back a man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, but that he will not do so. Kilmar Ábrego García was removed from the US in March. Judges all the way up to the US Supreme Court have ruled that this was done in error, and that Trump's team should help "facilitate" his return. Trump had previously denied having the power to bring Mr Ábrego García back to his home in Maryland.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | James Fitzgerald

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3 weeks ago | politico.eu | James FitzGerald |James Fitzgerald

LONDON — The U.K.’s growth forecast was slashed on Tuesday as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) handed some bleak news to Chancellor Rachel Reeves just as she arrives in Washington, DC. In its latest World Economic Outlook, the IMF, which is hosting global finance ministers in the U.S. capital this week, revised U.K. growth for 2025 down from 1.6 to 1.1 percent, and down 0.1 percentage points to 1.4 percent for 2026.