17 minutes ago About sharing Soprano Lise Davidsen and conductor Marin Alsop receive the audience’s applause By Mark Savage BBC Music Correspondent The stifling heat of the Royal Albert Hall failed to dampen the spirits of eager Prommers, who celebrated the festival’s Last Night in typical style. With temperatures in the 30s, the crowd nonetheless…
1 hour ago About sharing Two men have been arrested under the Official Secrets Act, the Met Police has confirmed. The Sunday Times reported that one of the men, in his 20s, is a parliamentary researcher accused of spying for China. It is reported he had links to several Tory MPs, including security minister Tom…
58 minutes ago About sharing Many buildings in Moulay Brahim, Al Haouz province, have been completely destroyed By Laurence Peter & Maria Zaccaro BBC News The death toll from a powerful earthquake in Morocco has soared to more than 2,000, with a similar number of injured. The interior ministry says more than 1,400 have serious…
5 hours ago About sharing Mr Kim attended the parade with his young daughter By Maria Zaccaro BBC News North Korea has marked the 75th anniversary of its founding day with a parade attended by Russian diplomats and a Chinese delegation. The Friday event in Pyongyang’s Kim Il Sung Square featured uniformed paramilitary brigades. North…
3 hours ago About sharing By Soutik Biswas and Vikas Pandey G20 summit, Delhi The G20 summit in India has agreed on a joint declaration, including a statement on the war in Ukraine. On the first of their two-day meeting, G20 leaders denounced the use of force for territorial gain but stopped short of directly…
39 minutes ago About sharing Watch: The four-day hunt for Daniel Khalife… in 79 seconds By Alex Kleiderman BBC News Terror suspect Daniel Khalife has been arrested in west London after a four-day manhunt, police have said. Scotland Yard said the 21-year-old former soldier was detained just before 11:00 BST in the Chiswick area –…
1 hour ago About sharing Watch: Deadly 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocks Morocco A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.8 has struck central Morocco, killing at least 296 people, the country’s interior ministry says. The epicentre was in the High Atlas Mountains, 71km (44 miles) south-west of Marrakesh, at a depth of 18.5km, the US Geological Survey said….
An earthquake in central Morocco has killed hundreds of people with reports some remain trapped under rubble.
6 hours ago About sharing Beachgoers had to run when a cliff collapsed at West Bay in August Recent footage of people running from collapsing cliffs is a stark reminder of the dangers of our coast. But on one stretch of Dorset’s Jurassic Coast, major cliff falls are soon followed by an influx of fossil…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pays tribute to him as a “formidable leader”.