US & Canada

Floor collapse injures 30 at US university

Dramatic footage showed a large section of the floor give way during a party in South Carolina.

Lioness kills father of her cubs at zoo

Lioness Zuri attacked the father of her cubs, Nyack, who had lived with her for eight years.

Gorbachev warns on US nuclear treaty plan

Viral search for Yosemite proposal couple

Witches cast spell on Brett Kavanaugh

Features & Analysis

The Republican who changed his mind over guns

Anthony Zurcher North America reporter

Life as a man isn’t always easy either

Returning to a city that no longer exists

The big US election issue that's not Trump

How California is changing the US

  • 16 October 2018
  • From the section Business
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Should Canada's pot convicts get amnesty?

Our experts

Is this the most successful month of the Trump presidency?

Rising approval ratings, campaign promises kept... the president is in a good moment but divisions persist.

16 October 2018
Nick Bryant New York correspondent

US mid-term elections: The Republican who changed his mind over guns

A planned school shooting prompted Phil Scott's u-turn - now he's reaping a political whirlwind.

22 October 2018
Anthony Zurcher North America reporter

The truth about false assault accusations by women

We should be sceptical of the notion that women lie about sexual abuse, says BBC's Katty Kay.

18 September 2018
Katty Kay Presenter, BBC World News

From 'alternative facts' to rewriting history in Trump's White House

The Trump administration has crossed a line in truth and transparency, the BBC's Jon Sopel says.

25 July 2018
Jon Sopel North America editor

Business

US: China 'not a currency manipulator'

  • 18 October 2018
  • From the section Business

Trump to pull US out of postal treaty

  • 18 October 2018
  • From the section Business

Canada legalises sale and use of cannabis

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