Monty Don to leave Gardeners' World after more than 20 years

Monty Don is to step down as the host of Gardeners' World after more than 20 years, the BBC has announced.

The 71-year-old, who is the programme's longest-serving head gardener, will leave at the end of the current series.

Israeli forces kill Palestinian man and withhold his body near Nablus

Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man amid raids and arrests across the occupied West Bank.

Israeli forces shot and killed a 29-year-old man in the town of Aqraba, south of Nablus. They then withheld his body, Palestine’s Wafa news agency reported.

‘Limit overshoot, peak, decline’: A new global goal for climate change?

The signing of the Paris Agreement by 200 countries in 2015 was a rare moment of global unity, and the euphoria was real.

To cheers and tears, the international climate treaty was approved by nearly every country in the world. Fundamental to the agreement was a commitment to keeping temperatures from rising beyond 1.5C (2.7F) above the pre-industrial levels of the mid 19th-century.

US police fear Meta smart glasses could be used to secretly record them

In January, the New York Police Department’s counterterrorism unit sent out a memo warning police officers about a new potential “security and counterintelligence” threat: Ray-Ban Meta glasses.

The memo directed officers to “conduct thorough inspections of all eyewear permitted within inmate cells” and cautioned that people who have been arrested could use these glasses, equipped with small cameras and microphones, to record inside police facilities. The memo cited two examples of such videos posted on social media.

Chris Rokos: UK's third-biggest taxpayer to leave for Greece

A hedge-fund billionaire and one of the UK's richest taxpayers has decided to leave the UK for Greece, the BBC understands.

Chris Rokos plans to open an office in Athens, according to reports. Greece has generous tax rules for wealthy foreigners earning overseas income.

UK to announce trade ban on goods from illegal Israeli settlements

UK to announce trade ban on goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

The United Kingdom will announce a trade ban on goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, a government minister said, according to British media reports.

Eiffel Tower reopens after protest over removing women staff

The operating company that runs the Paris landmark said a Hindu religious delegation had requested that ‘interactions with women’ be limited during its visit.

The Eiffel Tower has reopened after staff walked out over the removal of women staff during a weekend visit by a Hindu religious delegation.

‘It breaks my heart’: far-right’s big election victory sparks dismay in German state capital

Maryam and her best friend were ambling through Magdeburg toward the railway station, talking over the dramatic events of the previous evening and the surge by the far-right Alternative für Deutschland to a historically high vote in the Saxony-Anhalt elections.

US-Canada tariffs: Canada braces for prolonged trade war as counter-tariffs on US take effect

Canada's retaliatory tariffs on a range of US goods came into effect on Tuesday, with no sign of a trade deal on the horizon.

The counter-tariffs will apply to nearly C$28bn ($20bn; £15bn) worth of American products, from steel to furniture to cotton T-shirts, and will be as high as 50%.

Hijacking pirates exploit regional chaos to return to seas off Somalia

The scourge of Somali piracy targeting cargo ships and smaller dhows off the Horn of Africa has returned to levels not seen in a decade, driven by a convergence of factors including disruptions to the shipping industry caused by the US-Israeli war against Iran and a resurgence of political instability in Somalia.