25 minutes ago About sharing Israeli soldiers on patrol in the Gaza Strip. By Frank Gardner, Security Correspondent, and Christy Cooney BBC News Hamas, the group which controls the Gaza Strip, has ruled out any more hostage releases until Israel agrees to a “full cessation of aggression”. Israel says it has killed more than 2,000…
4 hours ago About sharing Rudy Giuliani has said he is having financial difficulties because of increasing legal fees and expenses By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington Rudy Giuliani, a longtime associate of former President Donald Trump, has filed for bankruptcy just days after he was ordered to pay $148m (£116m) in a defamation…
18 minutes ago About sharing The US deputy ambassador to the UN, Robert Wood, speaking during a Security Council meeting on Tuesday By Francesca Gillett in London & Nada Tawfik in New York BBC News The US has said it still has serious concerns over a draft UN Security Council resolution on Gaza, just hours…
41 minutes ago About sharing There were huge queues at London’s Euston station By Graeme Baker BBC News Strong winds and strike action have brought misery to thousands of people trying to get away for Christmas. The transport disruption across the UK impacted rail, roads, ports and air travel. All lines to and from London…
26 minutes ago About sharing By Callum May & Chas Geiger BBC News The government has rowed back from increasing the earnings threshold for people who want to come to the UK on family visas to £38,700 a year. Home Secretary James Cleverly announced on 7 December that someone who wanted to bring their partner…
Fans and clubs can be convinced to back new plans for a breakaway European competition, says the head of the organisation behind the new proposal. In 2021, 12 teams signed up to the breakaway European Super League (ESL) designed to rival Uefa competitions. On Thursday, the European Court of Justice ruled that banning clubs from…
At least 15 people are dead and at least 24 more injured after a shooting in central Prague.
25 minutes ago About sharing Kenneth Eugene Smith faces execution over a 1988 murder By Brandon Drenon BBC News, Washington A judge in Alabama will decide if a new method of execution using pure nitrogen gas can be used for the first time. Two other states are considering the method as an alternative to lethal…
27 minutes ago About sharing 18-year-old Arion Kurtaj was a key member of the notorious Lapsus$ cyber crime gang By Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent An 18-year-old hacker who leaked clips of a forthcoming Grand Theft Auto (GTA) game has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order. Arion Kurtaj from Oxford, who has autism, was a…
Iceland’s coastguard is assessing the seismic activity on the Reykjanes peninsula and preparing for future eruptions.