Canada has formally requested a renewal of the North American free trade agreement with the US and Mexico, called the USMCA, as the July deadline to renegotiate the pact looms.

In Tuesday's notice of renewal, Canada-US trade minister Dominic LeBlanc requested that the deal be renewed for another 16 years, calling the agreement "highly beneficial" to all three countries.

It comes as LeBlanc is in Washington

A British couple jailed in Iran on espionage charges have lost an appeal against their 10-year sentence, according to their family.

Lindsay and Craig Foreman were arrested in January 2025 while passing through Iran on a round-the-world motorcycle trip.

They were accused of spying - charges they adamantly deny - and were sentenced in February. Both are currently on hunger strike in Tehran's Evin prison.

Two men from Mozambique were killed in South Africa's Mossel Bay, authorities have said.

In an earlier statement, the Mozambican government said five of its nationals had been killed "as a direct consequence of xenophobic attacks". But the police in South Africa did not give a motive and an investigation is ongoing.

Tensions have been rising in South Africa in recent weeks following protests calling for tougher action against illegal

Ghana's new bill criminalising LGBTQ+ activities will undergo scrutiny before it is officially approved, the president has said.

Speaking during a visit to the UK, John Mahama said his legal council and attorney general would "sit on it because it was a private members' motion... [and] not a government bill".

"We will look at it and make sure that everything is in order," Mahama

Instagram says it has resolved an issue which saw hackers trick its AI support tool into giving them access to other users' accounts.

According to claims shown in screenshots and videos shared on social media, Instagram's AI chatbot allowed users to "hijack" accounts in recent days.

Hackers could reportedly change passwords for other accounts by faking their location and then asking the AI to change the emails associated with them.

In a response to another post on X, Stone said claims the vulnerability was used to hack into

A Donald Trump-supporting influencer and PR executive has admitted to assaulting a woman by pulling her hair at a London Underground station.

Melissa Rein Lively was reported by the woman over the incident at Bond Street station on the evening of 11 October.

Rein Lively, 40, accepted a conditional caution, while an assault by beating charge against her was withdrawn, Westminster Magistrates' Court heard on Tuesday. She

Cara Delevingne says her debut songs are inspired by getting sober and mental health challenges she has faced.

The 33-year-old is known all over the world for her modelling work, and has also acted in major productions including Suicide Squad and Only Murders in the Building.

Now she's moved into the world of music, with her first two songs, I Forgot and Out of My Head, released last Friday.

Delevingne told

As one of the stars of MTV's hit show The Hills in the 2000s, Spencer Pratt quickly became one of reality television's favourite villains.

But could the 42-year-old former publicist-turned Celebrity Big Brother contestant soon win himself a new role: mayor of the second largest city in America?

The Republican political outsider has risen in the polls since announcing his intention in

US pop star Sabrina Carpenter has been granted a temporary restraining order against a man following a series of what she called "deeply alarming" incidents at her home.

In court documents seen by the BBC's US partner CBS, lawyers for Carpenter said she was seeking a full court order against William Applegate, who she alleges tried to force his way into her house in Los Angeles last month and returned twice more.

The singer said the incidents had left her in