2 hours ago About sharing Thousands poured onto the streets if Beirut for the funeral of Saleh al-Arouri By Hugo Bachega Middle East correspondent, Beirut Thousands of people have attended the funeral in Beirut of Saleh al-Arouri, the top Hamas leader assassinated in a suspected Israeli attack in the Lebanese capital two days ago. Crowds…
10 hours ago Comments About sharing By Smitha Mundasad Health reporter An expert microbiologist has hailed the discovery of a potential new class of antibiotics that could treat lethal hospital infections as “very exciting”. The new compound, zosurabalpin, worked “extremely well” in test-tubes and mice, Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership scientific director Prof Laura…
14 minutes ago About sharing Watch: Scenes from outside the Iowa school shooting By Chloe Kim BBC News, New York A student shot six people, one of them fatally, at a high school in the US state of Iowa before taking his own life on the first day back from holiday break, police said. A…
The British actress is widely known for playing Winifred Banks in the 1964 Disney musical.
Nick Lupton’s home, next to the River Severn in Worcestershire, has been flooded eleven times since 2016.
1 hour ago About sharing Bill Clinton (left) and Michael Jackson (right) have not been accused of any wrongdoing, while Prince Andrew denies the accusations against him The names of dozens of people connected to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were made public with the release of court documents. Who are they? Public figures…
Darts sensation Luke Littler speaks to BBC Sport’s Matt Graveling about the final of the World Darts Championship as well as people joking about his age.
29 minutes ago About sharing Watch: Moment crowds disperse after deadly bomb blasts in Iran The Islamic State group (IS) has said it carried out a bomb attack in Iran on crowds marking the anniversary of spymaster Qasem Soleimani’s assassination by the US. The attack in Kerman in southern Iran killed 84 people and wounded…
52 minutes ago Comments About sharing Keir Starmer says Labour would offer a “decade of national renewal” in government By Paul Seddon & Becky Morton Political reporters Sir Keir Starmer has insisted there are real dividing lines between Labour and the Conservatives ahead of the looming general election. The Labour leader dismissed criticism his policies…
39 minutes ago About sharing By James Gregory & Michael Sheils McNamee BBC News Parts of the UK are experiencing another day of disruptive weather, with heavy rain and hundreds of flood alerts and warnings in place. A Met Office yellow warning for rain covering the south of England came into force at midday and…