18 minutes ago About sharing By Marianna Spring BBC disinformation and social media correspondent Former England striker and broadcaster Eni Aluko has criticised Elon Musk’s X social network for allowing people to “vomit their hatred unchecked”. Aluko, who faced a wave of abuse after ex-footballer Joey Barton attacked her punditry, told the BBC that black…
2 minutes ago About sharing Mr Biden is on course for a rematch against Mr Trump in the presidential contest By Brandon Drenon in Dearborn, Michigan & Madeline Halpert BBC News President Joe Biden is projected to win Michigan’s Democratic presidential primary comfortably, though thousands of people sent a protest vote during the contest. Activists…
3 hours ago About sharing New rules make it harder to keep chimpanzees and other primates as pets in the UK By Ali Abbas Ahmadi & Helen Catt BBC News The government has been told that new regulations on keeping primates as pets in England falls short of a full ban. The new rules make…
1 hour ago About sharing Watch: Biden’s support for Israel has lost him votes among Arab Americans By Brandon Drenon BBC News, in Michigan Voters in Michigan have been organising for months to send President Joe Biden a message during the state’s primary on Tuesday: “No ceasefire. No vote.” After Mr Biden narrowly defeated Donald…
49 minutes ago About sharing Children are among those who are relying on charities and volunteers for food handouts in Gaza By Alice Cuddy in Jerusalem & Amira Mhadhbi BBC News and BBC Arabic This morning dawned with news of US President Joe Biden’s hopes for an imminent ceasefire between Israel and Gaza, but many…
1 hour ago About sharing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cited a poll showing high levels of support for Israel in the US By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington Popular support for Israel in the US will help it fight “until total victory” over Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday. In a…
7 minutes ago About sharing The King and Queen sent their “most heartfelt thoughts” to Mr Kingston’s family By Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent Thomas Kingston, husband of Lady Gabriella Kingston and son in law of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, has died at the age of 45, Buckingham Palace has announced. He was found…
Karl Jordan Jr, 40, and Ronald Washington, 59, targeted the musician after being cut out of a drug deal.
46 minutes ago About sharing By Lipika Pelham BBC News Several Nato countries, including the US, Germany and the UK, have ruled out deploying ground troops to Ukraine, after French President Emmanuel Macron said “nothing should be excluded”. Mr Macron said there was “no consensus” on sending Western soldiers to Ukraine. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov…
Just now About sharing The five suspects previously charged are (clockwise from top left): Katrin Ivanova, Vanya Gaberova (centre), Bizer Dzhambazov, Orlin Roussev and Ivan Stoyanov A sixth person has been charged with being part of a suspected Russian spy ring operating in the UK. Tihomir Ivanov Ivanchev, a 38-year-old Bulgarian national, from Acton, west…