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Iraqi authorities have vowed to try to repatriate all stolen artefacts A 2,800-year-old stone tablet has gone on display in Iraq after being returned by Italy following nearly four decades. The artefact is inscribed with complete cuneiform text - a system of writing on clay in an ancient Babylonian alphabet. Italian...
The 52-date tour is currently only scheduled to play in the US It's been five years since Taylor Swift last went on tour, during which time she's released four albums, including the Grammy Award-winning Folklore. Her live absence - enforced by the pandemic - was clearly a source of frustration, because her first show...
The Maremma sheep dogs' white coat means farmers can easily distinguish them from predators such as wolves Specially-trained guardian dogs from the Alps could be used to help protect new born lambs from sea eagles. Highland falconers are training two Maremma sheep dogs to look out for the large birds of prey in the s...
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The island has slowly been reclaimed by nature Just off the Pembrokeshire coast lies a long-deserted island fort that has slowly been reclaimed by nature. For decades Stack Rock Fort off Milford Haven has been disturbed onl...
Warning have been put in place at some north coast beaches Potentially toxic blue-green algae have been spotted at fresh locations along the north coast, Northern Ireland environmental authorities have warned. The bacteria were found at Portstewart and Castlerock beaches earlier this week. Red flag warnings were ext...
There have been calls for Orkney to become part of Norway Orkney councillors have voted to investigate alternative methods of governance amid deep frustrations over funding and opportunities. Council leader James Stockan said the islands had been "held down" and accused the Scottish and UK governments of discriminati...
The heat and rubble has hindered the search for survivors Six bodies have been found after an explosion flattened a four-storey apartment building in the southern French city of Marseille. Officials said two others remained unaccounted for and rescue efforts continued in the La Plaine district. A firefighter told AF...
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. At the wheel of a 'world first' self-driving bus ready to take to the roads in Scotland The UK's first full-sized driverless buses have started operating for passengers in Edinburgh. The autonomous vehicles, operated by Sta...
Fraudsters who offer to help people illegally pass their UK driving tests are advertising their services widely across social media, the BBC has found. More than 600 pages, groups and accounts exist on Facebook and TikTok promising licences without taking tests - with thousands of followers. Some suggest lookalikes t...
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Keir says people's circumstances should not hold them back and "you don't have to change who you are, just to get on". Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to improve children's speaking skills, as part of a drive ...
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. "Humans are a bit boring - it will be like, goodbye!" That's the personal prediction - that artificial intelligence (AI) will supplant humans in many roles - from one of the most important people you've probably never heard ...
Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the UK's Covid inquiry, on the fourth day of public hearings. This phase, or module, is one of six and is examining how prepared the UK was for the pandemic. From 10:00, we're expecting to hear from global health expert Prof Sir Michael Marmot and public health expert ...
Jamie Sansom said he hopes to be back at the school before pupils break for summer A teacher who was stabbed at a school said he is recovering well and has been "boosted" by messages of support. Jamie Sansom was attacked in a corridor at Tewkesbury Academy, Gloucestershire, just after 09:00 BST on Monday. The maths ...
Wrexham's co-owner Ryan Reynolds burst into the post-match press conference after his team's promotion back to the Football League, to ask for a player's shirt. Reynolds joked times were hard for showbiz after a reporter asked if he would sell former England and Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Foster's shirt.
The Illegal Migration Bill is set to become law after the government won a final series of votes in the Lords. The legislation is central to the prime minister's pledge to stop small boats crossing the English Channel. Under the bill, the home secretary has a legal duty to detain and remove anyone entering the UK ill...
We’re now hearing from Richard Scorer, principal lawyer of law firm Slater and Gordon, who is reading out a statement representing 11 victims' families. Scorer says today's report has been deeply painful, but eye-opening. The report provides less information than the families wanted, but they say it is clear there wa...
US actor Tom Sizemore, known for roles in Saving Private Ryan and Black Hawk Down, has died at 61, his manager says. Sizemore found fame in the 1990s, often playing supporting roles as tough guys - usually military, police or criminal. His other credits included Natural Born Killers, Pearl Harbor and Heat. But he als...
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tory Budget shows 'just how out of touch they are' - Starmer Sir Keir Starmer has accused the chancellor of "dressing up stagnation as stability" in his Budget. The Labour leader also criticised plans to abolish the pension...
Video caption: Footage of Connor Chapman's attack, which killed Elle Edwards, is released. Footage of Connor Chapman's attack, which killed Elle Edwards, is released. CCTV footage shown at the trial captured Connor Chapman firing at the pub from a car park, next to the stolen Mercedes he used to travel to the Lighthou...
Who would be a prime minister or a first minister with predecessors keeping as… busy… as this? There are many, many differences between the story of Boris Johnson and the story of Nicola Sturgeon. But, politically what unites them is what has happened makes the business of being prime minister - or First Minister of ...
Baroness Falkner is the head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission The head of Britain's equality watchdog is being investigated after bullying and discrimination allegations were made by staff. The claims against Baroness Falkner, and other members of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) board, were...
Hundreds of vulnerable children will be in illegal accommodation this winter because there are no places for them in children's homes, care providers say. In March, the government extended a ban on unregulated homes to children in care aged 16 and 17, following BBC investigations. The BBC found some had been forced t...
Kauan Okamoto said he was sexually abused by Johnny Kitagawa from the age of 15 Another former J-pop star has said he was the victim of sexual abuse by Johnny Kitagawa, a revered Japanese music producer who died in 2019. Kauan Okamoto said he was abused up to 20 times from 2012-2016, beginning when he was 15 and in a...
The seaweed, pebbles and sand make Pwllheli look like an aquatic mammal This photo of Pwllheli harbour looks so much like a dolphin you might think it was built on porpoise. The aerial snap was taken in Gwynedd by Rhys Jones at the start of the month. He shared it on a Facebook forum called Pwllheli Drone Photos. "I...
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Where's Vladimir Putin? That's what we were wondering most of Monday - two days after a dramatic insurrection by the Wagner Group that saw a convoy of mercenary fighters headed to Moscow. A spokesman for Mr Putin announced ...
British Transport Police said the alleged assault happened on a train from Aberdare to Cardiff Central A man was sexually assaulted on a train after lewd comments were made towards him, police say. The incident happened at about 12:50 BST on 1 July, on a train from Aberdare to Cardiff Central. The victim walked past...
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Pausing Ofsted inspections would be the "empathetic, human, correct thing to do", says the sister of a head teacher who took her own life after an inspection - as the watchdog announces some changes to how it works. Ruth Pe...
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Passengers had to be helped down from The Big One in Blackpool Passengers on the UK's highest rollercoaster had to walk down its tracks to safety after the ride was halted due to sudden strong winds. The Big One at B...
Last updated on .From the section Golf -8 -6 -5 -3 S Scheffler (US), B DeChambeau (US), H English (US), S Bennett (US), SW Kim (Kor), P Barjon (Fra), M Hughes (Can) The US Open first round featured record lows, two holes-in-one and a charging Rory McIlroy as the tournament returned to Los Angeles after a 75-year abse...
A missile launch by North Korea sparked confusion in northern Japan, where an evacuation order was abruptly retracted A missile launch by North Korea sparked confusion in northern Japan, where an evacuation order was issued and then retracted within 30 minutes. Sirens blared across Hokkaido and residents were told to...
Pavel Kuzin was killed in Bakhmut amid brutal fighting around the eastern Ukrainian city Staff sergeant Pavel Kuzin took his position at the machine gun - the only soldier still able to fight. Everyone else in his troop lay dead or injured. Suffering from shell-shock and with one arm bandaged, the 37-year-old fired a...
When the BBC's director general, Tim Davie, took over in 2020, he declared his founding principle to be "impartiality". Three years later, a row over that principle and how it applies across the corporation has created a crisis that has quite clearly caught managers by surprise. Familiar, fixed points in the weekly T...
Captain Sir Tom Moore became famous for his fundraising efforts during the first coronavirus lockdown The £38m raised by Captain Sir Tom Moore when he walked 100 laps of his Bedfordshire garden is "not under investigation", the charity which received it has said. NHS Charities Together said money it received for its ...
Tyler McDermott was found with a gunshot injury on Norman Road Two men have been arrested after a teenager died in a shooting in north London. Tyler McDermott, 17, was found by the emergency services on Norman Road in Tottenham at about 04:20 BST on Thursday and died on Friday . The Met said two 19-year-olds have be...
Emily Lewis was on a day out with her family when the crash happened A speedboat skipper who was going too fast before a crash that fatally injured a teenage passenger has been given a suspended prison sentence. Michael Lawrence, 55, was convicted of failing to maintain a proper lookout and a safe speed before the cr...
In an emotional message S Club confirmed they would be continuing with their October tour S Club 7 have confirmed they will be embarking on a planned tour after the death of Paul Cattermole - but without remaining member Hannah Spearritt. In a video posted to the group's official Instagram page, the other five member...
Surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic are using magnets to help control their work The tiny, tweezer-like set of metal jaws was in place. Gently gripping the patient's gall bladder. But the grasping device was not physically connected to anything - it appeared to be levitating inside the person's body. In reality, the jaw...
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. France has seen a quieter night of protests over the death of a teenager shot by police at point-blank range, the interior minister says. There were fewer arrests compared to previous nights - 719 - with the worst clashes i...
This is the worst leak of US intelligence for 10 years. Not since former National Security Agency employee Edward Snowden and former US Army soldier Chelsea Manning published classified documents has so much supposedly secret intelligence leaked into the public domain. The damage is on several levels. Russia now know...
It’s worth remembering that the complainants in this case have a legal right to lifelong anonymity. That's because they are alleged victims of a sexual offence, which means by law their names cannot be published. We also need to ensure that the information we tell you does not lead to jigsaw identification. That's w...
Quinten carries EpiPens in case he goes into anaphylactic shock Parents of a six-year-old with food allergies have said they faced an "uphill battle" to get a good selection of school meals for him. Quinten from Powys has a severe allergy to dairy, egg, soya and nuts. His dad Kam said he "always feels like the odd o...
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The bus fare arrest is a big community concern and our communication could have been better, the Met's Ch Supt Andy Brittain tells BBC London The Met Police has referred itself to the police watchdog over the treatment of a ...
Australia's most-decorated living soldier Ben Roberts-Smith is appealing against a landmark defamation judgement which found he committed war crimes. A judge last month ruled articles alleging the Victoria Cross recipient had murdered four Afghans were true. It was the first time in history any court has assessed cla...
Berlusconi was a major public figure in Italian business, broadcasting, and politics In the labyrinthine world of Italian politics, Silvio Berlusconi was the supreme wheeler-dealer - a man who merged business and public life like no other. His flamboyant personality struck a chord with the Italian electorate, which c...
Fawziyah Javed was pregnant when she died A man's description of his wife as a "disease" was relevant to his state of mind moments before he allegedly murdered her, a court has heard. Kashif Anwar, 29, from Leeds, Yorkshire, denies pushing his pregnant wife Fawziyah Javed, 31, to her death at Arthur's Seat in Septemb...
Water companies released raw sewage into rivers and seas in England for more than 1.75 million hours last year. There were an average of 825 sewage spills into waterways per day, the data shows - down 19% on the previous year. But the Environment Agency put the fall largely down to drier weather, not water company ac...
Military forces have been deployed to Cyprus to help evacuate British citizens stuck in Sudan The UK's first evacuation flight carrying British nationals from Sudan has landed in Cyprus. More flights are expected tonight and on Wednesday, as the military attempts to get hundreds out of the war-torn country during a 7...
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The debt ceiling explained - in under 90 seconds President Joe Biden and Republican leaders have expressed cautious optimism that a deal to raise the US debt ceiling is within reach, following emergency talks at the W...
The company behind Boots the Chemist is to close 300 of its branches throughout the UK over the next 12 months. The US-owners of the pharmacy chain said they will shut down stores in close proximity to each other as part of plans to "consolidate" the business. The BBC understands there will be no redundancies and sta...
Plant more trees - one of the report's recommendations Government backing for new oil and coal, airport expansion plans and slow progress on heat pumps show that the UK has lost its leadership on climate issues, a government watchdog warns. The Climate Change Committee (CCC) described government efforts to scale up c...
Thousands of troops have been sent in to Manipur to help stop the violence At least 30 people have been killed in ethnic clashes in the north-eastern Indian state of Manipur, officials say. The violence began earlier this week after a rally by indigenous communities against moves to grant tribal status to the main et...
Last updated on .From the section Swimming Britain's three-time Olympic swimming champion Adam Peaty says he has been in a "self-destructive spiral" but hopes he is coming out the other side. The 28-year-old pulled out of the British Championships earlier this month citing mental health issues. He was not included i...
CBI head Rain Newton-Smith said the result was an "important milestone" The CBI has won a key confidence vote over its future after members overwhelmingly backed the lobby group following a series of scandals. The CBI said that 93% of the 371 members who voted backed its plans to reform the organisation. Rain Newton...
Mustafa Suleyman co-founder of DeepMind and founder of Inflection AI The co-founder of leading AI firm DeepMind, which started as a UK company and was sold to Google, says the UK should encourage more risk taking if it wants to become an AI superpower. Mustafa Suleyman added that he does not regret selling DeepMind t...
Olivia was shot when a gunman burst into her house and opened fire A jury has retired to consider its verdict in the trial of a man accused of murdering Olivia Pratt-Korbel. Thomas Cashman is accused of shooting the nine-year-old girl and injuring her mother Cheryl Korbel, 46, after chasing a man into their Liverpool...
US prosecutors have charged a man with stealing the famous red slippers worn by Judy Garland's character Dorothy in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. The valuable shoes were found in an FBI operation in 2018 - after being taken from a museum in August 2005 - but no arrests were made at the time. On Tuesday, federal pro...
Some students in Wales will either be unable to graduate on time, or have to do some without their final marks Some students in Wales will not graduate on time or with their final grades due to a marking boycott. Cardiff University confirmed some would graduate with an unclassified degree while Swansea University sai...
The impounded cars have been transferred to a charity delivering donated vehicles to Ukraine Cars confiscated from drunk drivers in Latvia are being sent to Ukraine, under a new scheme designed to help the war effort there. Eight seized vehicles left a car pound in the capital, Riga, on Wednesday and are due to cross...
The attack happened at the Cantinho Bom Pastor kindergarten in Blumenau At least four young children have been killed by a man wielding a hatchet in a kindergarten in the city of Blumenau in southern Brazil, local officials say. Another four children were injured by the 25-year-old man who entered the creche at aroun...
Carl O'Keeffe died in hospital days after being injured inside the indoor cave experience in Keswick A man has died a week after getting stuck inside an indoor caving experience at a Lake District climbing centre. Carl O'Keeffe was trapped in the narrow tunnel at Kong Adventure in Keswick for hours and was only freed...
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Crews were sent to tackle the flames on the hottest day of the year for Scotland Firefighters are tackling a wildfire which broke out south of Inverness. Crews and six fire engines were sent to the Daviot area, near the Auc...
The body of a teenage boy has been found in the River Eden in Carlisle and another teenager is in critical condition, police have said. A 14-year-old was airlifted to hospital after four teenagers got into difficulty on Friday. Emergency services had been searching for a 15-year-old boy who was missing. No formal id...
NBCUniversal chief executive Jeff Shell has left the US media and entertainment giant following an allegation against him of sexual harassment, its parent company has said. His departure comes after an outside firm conducted an investigation over a complaint about Mr Shell's conduct. The network's parent company Comc...
It’s been a long evening. The repeated roll-calls of senators, to go through amendments, has given the impression of a slow pace. But of course this legislation’s actually been expedited through the Senate due to Monday’s deadline. That’s when the US Treasury says the country could run out of money to pay all its bil...
The Duchess of York is recuperating with family after having a single mastectomy following a diagnosis for breast cancer. Sarah Ferguson, 63, who was formerly married to Prince Andrew, was given the news after a routine mammogram screening. Her spokesman said: "She was advised she needed to undergo surgery which has ...
No-one has been convicted of Daniel Morgan's murder The family of murdered private detective Daniel Morgan has reached a settlement with the Met Police, 36 years after his murder. Mr Morgan, 37, was found with an axe in his head in the car park of a pub in Sydenham, south-east London in 1987. The Metropolitan Police...
M23 rebels say they are withdrawing from several captured villages Angola says it will send a military unit to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, days after a truce it brokered failed to end fighting. Both sides in the conflict - the M23 rebels and government troops - have accused each other of breaking the ceasef...
The Prince and Princess of Wales visited St Thomas Church in 2022 The Prince and Princess of Wales have offered to help replace items stolen from a food bank. St Thomas Church in Swansea had food, drink, baby toys and even bikes stolen on Saturday evening. The Reverend Steve Bunting said he received the unexpected c...
Howell Williams smashed the glass above the classroom door which allowed pupils to escape A teacher who smashed a window to help his students to safety during the 1966 Aberfan disaster has died aged 82. Howell Williams, from Treharris, was just 25 when the colliery spoil tip collapsed, engulfing Pantglas Primary Scho...
Blade Runner 2099 is a TV series based on the iconic series of films, which began with 1982's Blade Runner starring Harrison Ford The filming of the major TV series Blade Runner 2099 in Belfast has been delayed. BBC News NI understands a strike by Hollywood TV and film writers is one of the factors behind the postpon...
Twitter has applied a temporary limit to the number of tweets users can read in a day, owner Elon Musk has said. In a tweet of his own, Mr Musk said unverified accounts are now limited to reading 1,000 posts a day. For new unverified accounts, the number is 500. Meanwhile, accounts with "verified" status are currentl...
Peter Murrell's home has been searched by police Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has been released without charge by the police, pending further investigation into party finances. Mr Murrell, 58, the husband of former first minister Nicola Sturgeon, was arrested on Wednesday morning. He was questioned while...
Right, we'll be back here at 10:45 BST for day four at Wimbledon. It's going to be a classic with Briton Liam Broady, playing Casper Ruud, first up on Centre Court. And then, tomorrow evening, two-time winner Andy Murray takes on fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the second round. We'll see you then, take care!
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The government is discussing plans for supermarkets to introduce a cap on the price of basic food items to help tackle the rising cost of living. A voluntary agreement with major retailers could see price reductions on basic food items like bread and milk. Food prices rose by 19.1% in the year to April - its second h...
The Pablo Picasso housing estate in Nanterre, west of Paris, where 17-year-old Nahel lived with his mother Calm has returned to La Grande Borne. Local mafia again exercise lazy control from the doorways of this vast housing estate south of Paris; their guns on show, their faces hidden. After days of riots, there is n...
Doug Paulley, one of four disability campaigners who had brought the case against the government, said they now planned to appeal against the latest ruling A ruling which decided a survey used to inform the government's National Disability Strategy was "unlawful" has been overturned at the Court of Appeal. The strate...
Many of the fatal accidents involve farm machinery An average of more than five people every year died on Northern Ireland's farms in the past decade. New figures from the Health and Safety Executive NI (HSENI) show 53 people were killed between January 2013 and December 2022. It comes as the Farm Safety Foundation ...
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Patti Henry's cousin tells what the gift of a bench in her memory has meant to her family The family of a murder victim whose body has never been found has revealed how a charity set up in memory of sales executive Moira Jon...
Turkish voters are faced with a momentous choice which will affect their country's political and economic future Turks are at a historic turning point - whether to keep their leader of more than 20 years or change to a more pro-Western path and roll back some of his sweeping presidential powers. President Recep Tayyi...
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The impact of the 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Taiwan Rescuers in Taiwan are working to reach more than 600 stranded people, a day after the island experienced its worst earthquake in 25 years. One survivor has recounted how...
First LV= Insurance Ashes Test, Edgbaston (day five of five) Australia somehow prevailed in one of the all-time great Ashes Tests to beat England by two wickets and take a 1-0 lead in the series. On an unbearably tense final day of another Edgbaston classic, ninth-wicket pair Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon added an unbr...
"We pray together, we cry together," says community representative Michael Tsifidaris In a brightly lit hall on an industrial estate, rows of empty chairs are arranged in front of a plain wooden lectern. Hamburg's Jehovah's witnesses have cancelled all services following Thursday's deadly shooting in another meeting ...
Last updated on .From the section Cricket England and Australia will pay tribute to the victims of the Nottingham attacks on day one of the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston on Friday. Players and management will wear black armbands, while there will also be a moment's silence before play starts. The same tributes will ...
Vivienne Groom says she feels she has been "penalised" for caring for her elderly mum A woman has told of her shock after the government seized £16,000 left to her by her mother because she was overpaid her carer's allowance. Vivienne Groom was prosecuted for failing to declare her minimum wage Co-op job while also c...
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend: Teigen said she had always wanted four children Model Chrissy Teigen has said "our hearts and our home are full" after welcoming her fourth child with singer John Legend. Their son, Wren Alexander Stephens, was born via surrogate with the couple thanking her for "this incredible gift"....
Last updated on .From the section Women's Football Chelsea manager Emma Hayes will face no action after she appeared to shove Arsenal manager Jonas Eidevall at the end of Sunday's League Cup final, the Football Association has said. Hayes appeared to push away Eidevall at full-time of Arsenal's 1-0 victory. It follo...
Lucy Letby, 33, is accused of murdering babies on a neonatal ward One of nurse Lucy Letby's "favourite ways of killing and trying to kill children" on a hospital neonatal unit was by injecting air, a prosecutor has told her trial. Ms Letby is alleged to have murdered seven babies and attempted to murder 10 others bet...
Military personnel from across the UK have been requested to take part in the 6 May coronation More than 6,000 armed forces members will take part in King Charles's coronation, making it the largest military ceremonial operation in 70 years. Personnel from across the UK and the Commonwealth will join processions in L...
Mystery surrounds the health of top Chechen commander Adam Delimkhanov (pictured in 2020) Image caption: Mystery surrounds the health of top Chechen commander Adam Delimkhanov (pictured in 2020) And it's with that quick recap of some of today's key events that we'll close this live coverage. The day started with news...
Artificial-intelligence experts generally follow one of two schools of thought - it will either improve our lives enormously or destroy us all. And that is why this week's European Parliament debate on how the technology is regulated is so important. But how could AI be made safe? Here are five of the challenges ahead....
The rain warning is in place until 10:00 GMT on Thursday Disruptive rain is forecast for Northern Ireland from this afternoon with a weather warning issued by the Met Office. Travel disruption is expected as the rain becomes more persistent later on Wednesday. It is due to last until later on Thursday morning, with ...
Silicon Valley pioneer and philanthropist Gordon Moore has died aged 94 in Hawaii. Mr Moore started working on semiconductors in the 1950s and co-founded the Intel Corporation. He famously predicted that computer processing powers would double every year - later revised to every two - an insight known as Moore's Law....
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gary Lineker will return to present Match of the Day after he was taken off air amid an impartiality row following his criticism of the government's new asylum policy. BBC director general Tim Davie said an independent revi...
Stockton Rush III was born in California in 1962 into a family that made its fortune from oil and shipping. Stockton Rush wanted to be known as an innovator. It didn't seem to matter how he did it. Bright, driven, born into wealth, his dream was to be the first person to reach Mars. When he realised that was unlikel...
Deputy first minister John Swinney has revealed that he repeatedly tried to leave the Scottish government over the last seven years. Mr Swinney told the BBC that Nicola Sturgeon "wouldn't countenance" his offers to make way in 2016 and 2021. He also came "incredibly close" to resigning over the controversial system o...
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Harrowing video shows people holding on to aircon units as hospital burns Twelve people have been detained by police for questioning after a hospital fire in Beijing killed at least 29, most of them patients. The fire, amon...
Darya Dugina was vocal in her support for the Russian government over the invasion of Ukraine The daughter of a close ally of Russia's President Vladimir Putin has been killed in a suspected car bombing. Darya Dugina, 29, died after an explosion on a road outside Moscow, Russia's investigative committee said. It is ...
Last updated on .From the section Man City Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has broken the record for most goals in a Premier League season. The Norwegian scored his 35th league goal of the campaign against West Ham to move past Alan Shearer and Andrew Cole's previous best of 34. Haaland had already set a reco...
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) says it is "considering multiple proposals" to host the event in 2026, amid continued uncertainty over its long-term future. Last week, Singapore joined Malaysia in ruling out a bid, after the Australian state of Victoria withdrew as the original host in July because of rising co...