US markets up after court blocks Trump tariffs

The White House is to appeal against a US court ruling which blocks Donald Trump's policy on tariffs. The Court of International Trade ruled he exceeded his authority when imposing levies on imports from almost every country. Meanwhile, Elon Musk has announced that he's leaving his temporary position in Donald Trump's cost-cutting task force. Also, a court hearing has been talking place in which Harvard University is challenging an attempt by the Trump administration to prevent it from enrolling foreign students. Our North America correspondent gives context, and we speak to Americans who voted for Donald Trump about what they think about his presidency so far.

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, who has died aged 87, was a titan of modern African literature - a storyteller who refused to be bound by jail, exile and illness. We discuss his legacy with three writers from Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana.

We also get details about a case in South Africa where a woman has been convicted of kidnapping and trafficking her six-year-old and sentenced to life in prison, along with her two accomplices.

Presenter: Mark Lowen.

(Photo: File photo of Donald Trump, Issue date: Tuesday May 27, 2025. Credit: Niall Carson/PA Wire)