BBC News·Thursday, December 18, 2025

BBC News - Thursday, December 18, 2025

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The EU is deciding whether to loan tens of billions of euros of Russian money to fund Ukraine's military and economic needs.

A court finds Frédéric Péchier guilty of contaminating infusion bags with substances that caused cardiac arrest or hemorrhaging.

The order to place cannabis in the same category as Tylenol with codeine marks the most significant change in US drug policy since 1971.

The former tech executive says she was bombarded with abusive and threatening messages after being filmed with her boss on the 'kiss-cam'.

Measures include fresh penalties for 'those who spread hate' as well as new powers to cancel or refuse visas.

The rapper, who has been sentenced in absentia, had admitted to smoking a cannabis joint on stage at a festival last year.

The company behind President Trump's Truth Social platform makes a surprising move into the energy sector.

He was known for covering the Vietnam and Gulf Wars - and for interviewing both Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden.

The air force personnel have been released but have not yet returned home, Nigeria says.

In an address, Trump touted his achievements during 11 months back in office, and blamed Democrats for lingering economic pain.