7 hours ago About sharing Awaab Ishak died after he was exposed to mould at his home in Rochdale By George Lythgoe & Rumeana Jahangir BBC News Some residents living in social housing in Rochdale blighted by damp and mould said they had been told they were breathing too much. The group, who shared their…
1 hour ago About sharing King Carl XVl Gustaf of Sweden, Queen Margrethe ll of Denmark and King Harald V of Norway celebrate Margrethe’s 40th jubilee in 2012 By Laura Gozzi BBC News When Queen Margrethe II of Denmark steps down on Sunday, many Danes will be bereft. Now that she is abdicating in favour…
32 minutes ago About sharing By Charlie Northcott, Helen Spooner & Tamasin Ford BBC Africa Eye The BBC unmasks, for the first time, how the late Nigerian televangelist TB Joshua faked the miracles that drew millions of people to his church. The preacher, who is accused of widespread abuse and torture spanning almost 20 years,…
Lloyd Austin is in “good condition” and has resumed some of his duties, the Pentagon says.
3 hours ago About sharing Palestinians mourn as they wait to collect the bodies of friends and relatives killed in an airstrike on January 13, 2024 in Rafah, Gaza. By Lipika Pelham BBC News Ten people in a house sheltering two displaced families in Rafah were among 135 people killed in Israeli strikes over the…
The Kremlin labels the bestselling author, Boris Akunin, a foreign agent over his stance on Ukraine.
2 hours ago About sharing Mr Lai, pictured here at a rally outside the party headquarters during the presidential election in Taipei By Rupert Wingfield-Hayes BBC News, Taiwan Beijing called him a “troublemaker” and a dangerous “separatist”. Now he will be Taiwan’s next president. China’s claims over Taiwan are not new – it sees the…
3 hours ago About sharing Satellite photos released on Friday purport to show damage in Hudaydah after US-UK strikes on Friday By Frank Gardner, security correspondent and Malu Cursino BBC News President Biden says the US has delivered a “private message” to Iran about the Houthis in Yemen after the US carried out a second…
50 minutes ago About sharing By Laura Kuenssberg Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg “To wake up and find out your country has bombed another country is serious indeed”. As a former minister put it, you are not alone if you heard the headlines on the radio, or a news alert pinged on your phone saying…
21 minutes ago About sharing Mr Lai won 40% of the vote, beating his two opponents comfortably By Tessa Wong BBC News, Taipei Taiwanese voters have chosen William Lai as their president in a historic election, cementing a path that is increasingly divergent from China. The result is likely to anger Beijing, which calls Mr…