Month: May 2025

As Americans grow more fearful that sweeping tariffs could reheat inflation or even trigger a recession, the world’s largest fast-food chain said it’s noticing a broader hit to traffic.

Ukraine and the US have signed a much-anticipated natural resources deal, after months of tense negotiations. The deal – which says the US will share profits from future sales of Ukraine’s mineral and energy reserves – aims to incentivise Washington to invest further in Ukraine’s defence and reconstruction. Also in the programme: Syrian officials say they have regained control of a Damascus suburb which had seen a surge in fighting between a Druze militia and government troops; and we look at the children’s book The Gruffalo. Are you excited about the first new book in more than 20 years? (Photo: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko sign the deal. Credit: Reuters, picture obtained from social media. Yulia Svyrydenko via Facebook)