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US President Donald Trump has defended sweeping tariffs on imports that have sent shockwaves through global stock markets.

Asian stocks plunged on Monday to levels not seen in decades, as European markets in the UK and Germany also saw big falls on opening.

Trump said "sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something" as his top officials stressed that the tariffs would be implemented as planned.

US banking giant JP Morgan has predicted a 60% chance of a US and global recession following the president's tariffs announcement.

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Stock markets have plunged in Asia, as President Donald Trump's tariffs continue to send shockwaves around the world.

Earlier, US stock market futures were sharply down, indicating that Wall Street shares will fall when they open.

Donald Trump, speaking to reporters on Air Force One, has defended his tariff policy, saying "sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something".

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BBC Tech Now reporter Alasdair Keane finds out how a new science centre is playing a major role in the conservation of some of the world’s most threatened species.

The International Centre for Zoo Science in Chester, UK, is equipped with state-of-the-art technology to assess the health of plants and animals.

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Tech Now reporter Adrienne Murray has taken to the skies in Sweden to explore developments in electric flight.

She heads behind the scenes at Heart Aerospace, the hybrid-electric airplane maker, to see the tech powering the company’s first full-scale demonstrator airplane.

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Campaigner Esther Ghey has told the BBC she is "frustrated" at the government's approach to online safety, warning that "young people are losing their lives".

Ms Ghey's child Brianna, 16, was murdered in February 2023 by two 15-year-olds, one of whom had been watching violent content online. Brianna herself had viewed material that encouraged self-harm.

Ms Ghey also said she would now consider Emma Jenkinson, the mother of one of Brianna's killers, "a friend", having first met her in March last year.

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In the most visible protest against President Donald Trump since he began his second term, thousands turned out in cities across the US with placards and signs.

The protests came on the day President Trump's import tariffs on countries around the world came into effect, which is already having an impact on economies.

Meanwhile, Elon Musk has said the US could have a 'zero-tariff' partnership in the future.

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Israel's army has admitted its soldiers made mistakes over the killing of 15 emergency workers in southern Gaza on 23 March.

Israel originally claimed troops opened fire because the convoy approached "suspiciously" in darkness without headlights or flashing lights - but mobile phone footage released on Saturday, filmed by one of the paramedics who was killed, showed the vehicles did have lights on as they answered a call to help wounded people.

Meanwhile, two UK MPs have been detained in Israel as they attempted to enter the country and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Washington DC on Monday for a sit-down with US President Donald Trump.

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Newly-released mobile phone footage shows the moment Israeli soldiers opened fired on a convoy of ambulances in Gaza, killing 15 rescue workers. The video contradicts the Israel Defence Forces account of the incident, in which they claimed the vehicles had been travelling without headlights or emergency flashing lights and appeared to be a threat.

The video, released by the Palestine Red Crescent Society shows the clearly-marked ambulances with headlights and emergency flashing lights switched on. The PRCS said the video was obtained from the phone of a paramedic who was killed in the Israeli attack.

In response to the new video, the IDF told the BBC: "All claims, including the documentation circulating about the incident, will be thoroughly and deeply examined to understand the sequence of events and the handling of the situation".

The video shows the marked vehicles drawing to a halt on the edge of the road, lights still flashing, and at least two emergency workers stepping out wearing reflective clothing. Shooting can then be heard lasting for several minutes as the man filming says prayers. He is understood to be one of the dead paramedics.

The footage was found on his phone after his body was recovered from a shallow grave one week after the incident. The bodies of the eight paramedics, six Gaza Civil Defence workers and one United Nations employee were found buried in sand, along with their wrecked vehicles. It took international organisations days to negotiate safe access to the site.

Israel claimed a number of Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants had been killed in the shooting, but has not provided any evidence for that claim or explained the alleged threat to its troops.

Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Dan Johnson.

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There was a bright spot for Democrats this week after a liberal judge beat her conservative rival in the most expensive judicial election in US history.

Susan Crawford beat Brad Schimel despite being backed by President Donald Trump's billionaire adviser Elon Musk.

The results came amid reports that Elon Musk could soon leave his prominent role in Donald Trump's administration.

The White House has described the reports as "garbage" and that Musk would only leave when his work at DOGE was complete.

And, Justin has been chatting to an economist from The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank which backs Trump's global tariffs policy.

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US President Donald Trump has granted TikTok a second 75-day extension to comply with a law that requires the hugely popular video app to either sell its US operation or face a ban in the country.

"We do not want TikTok to 'go dark'," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "We look forward to working with TikTok and China to close the Deal." The platform is currently owned by Chinese company ByteDance.

Trump's first extension was granted after he took office in January and was set to expire on Saturday.

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