Trump tells US to 'hang tough' over tariffs as Land Rover pauses shipments to country
Summary
US President Donald Trump urges American businesses and the public to "hang tough", insisting he'll deliver "historic" results with his economic plan
Luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) confirms it'll pause shipments to the US after new 25% tariffs on foreign-made cars were introduced
Meanwhile, US and UK businesses express concerns about the impact of Trump's sweeping tariffs after 10% levies kicked in this morning for some countries
The president of the National Black Farmers Association tells the BBC the tariffs are affecting the sector "directly" as an American importer says "the math won't add up"
Big companies like Apple and Nike are already feeling the effects of the new measures as global markets experienced turmoil – with Wall Street's three main indexes dropping by more than 5% yesterda
Jaguar Land Rover pauses shipments to US in April
The UK's luxury car maker, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), says it will "pause" shipments to the US in April, as it considers how to address "the new trading terms" of Trump's tariffs.
"As we work to address the new trading terms with our business partners, we are taking some short-term actions, including a shipment pause in April, as we develop our mid- to longer-term plans," JLR said in an emailed statement to the BBC.
JLR confirmed the temporary export suspension after the Times newspaper reported the plan.
Phone footage appears to contradict Israeli account of killing of Gaza paramedics
Israel says soldiers fired on ‘terrorists’ in ‘suspicious vehicles’ but footage shows clearly marked ambulances using flashing emergency lights
Mobile phone footage of the last moments of some of the 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers killed by Israeli forces in an incident in Gaza last month appears to contradict the version of events put forward by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
The five-minute video, which the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said on Saturday was recovered from the phone of one of the men killed, appears to have been filmed from inside a moving vehicle, and shows a red fire engine and clearly marked ambulances driving at night, using headlights and flashing emergency lights.
Myanmar earthquake: hundreds more confirmed dead
The death toll for Myanmar's earthquake has risen to 3,354 and more than 200 are still missing, said state media. The military junta leader returned after a visit to Bangkok where he met leaders of nearby countries.
Myanmar's state media said the death toll from the earthquake had reached 3,354 on Saturday.
UN aid chief Tom Fletcher arrived in Mandalay city near the epicenter of the earthquake, and lauded humanitarian and community organizations who have been doing relief work. "The UN is here to help - the world must rally behind the people of Myanmar," he posted on X on Saturday.
From India to US detention: Trump's campus crackdown sends warning to foreign students
Indian academic Badar Khan Suri met his Palestinian wife during a humanitarian mission to Gaza in 2011. More than a decade later, his lawyers say his wife’s identity led to his arrest, part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on anti-Gaza war protesters on US campuses. It sends a chilling message to international students eyeing US university degrees.
She was a translator in Gaza. He was an academic from New Delhi on a humanitarian visit to the Palestinian enclave. Their meeting and marriage made headlines in India, where newspapers described the “Indo-Palestinian love story” as “the stuff of Bollywood movies”.
But the narrative took a bad turn in the USA last month. This time, the headlines were terrifying. The Indian academic, Badar Khan Suri, now a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University in Washington DC, was arrested on March 17 outside his home in Virginia. His wife, Mapheze Saleh, a US national of Palestinian origin, was in their apartment when she received a call from Suri around 9pm, asking her to come outside because he was being arrested.
Yakuza mimic methods used by nasty new breed of thugs in Japan
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 5, 2025 at 17:23 JST
Organized crime groups struggling with declining membership and profits are increasingly adopting techniques honed by a new breed of thugs who operate more anonymously courtesy of social media to recruit and carry out criminal activities.
In the past, yakuza groups flaunted their presence by hanging large signs outside their city offices as one way to intimidate businesses in the area.
But the times have changed with repeated crackdowns by the police.
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