16 minutes ago About sharing Crown Prince Frederik and his wife Princess Mary in 2018 By George Wright BBC News Danes were given a surprise on New Year’s Eve as Queen Margrethe II announced her abdication. The world’s only reigning queen and the longest-serving living monarch in Europe will step down on 14 January, which…
25 minutes ago About sharing Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II announced her surprise abdication in a new year TV address on Sunday evening. The 83-year-old is the longest-serving living monarch in Europe, having taken the throne after the death of her father King Frederik IX in 1972. Here’s a look at her half-century reign in pictures….
Margrethe II, who has reigned for 52 years, will step down on 14 January to be replaced by her son.
51 minutes ago About sharing President Félix Tshisekedi will be sworn in for a second term on 20 January By Emery Makumeno in Kinshasa & Joseph Winter in London BBC News President Félix Tshisekedi has been declared the winner of Democratic Republic of Congo’s election, which has been condemned as a “sham” by several opposition…
Kate Vokes, 54, and her son Archie, 22, were killed in an avalanche in the French Alps.
Throughout his career, the writer was a vocal critic of Western foreign policy.
1 hour ago About sharing The USS Gravely shot down two ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen By Adam Durbin BBC News A US warship has shot down two missiles fired from Yemen, after responding to a call for aid from a container ship that had been struck in the Red Sea. The…
31 minutes ago About sharing By Doug Faulkner & Iain Watson BBC News Former No 10 adviser Dominic Cummings says he met Rishi Sunak twice in the past year to discuss political strategy and how to defeat Labour. Writing on his blog, Boris Johnson’s right-hand man turned arch-critic said the current prime minister had asked…
9 hours ago About sharing Ellie always wanted to be a model but says she did not see anyone who looked like her on magazine covers When Ellie Goldstein was born in December 2001, doctors said she would never be able to walk or talk due to having Down’s syndrome. She soon proved them wrong….
38 minutes ago About sharing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un spoke on Sunday as the five-day annual meeting came to an end By Nick Marsh in Seoul & Francesca Gillett BBC News North Korea plans to launch three more spy satellites next year as part of efforts to ramp up its military, the country’s…