1 hour ago About sharing By Jack Fenwick BBC Politics The UK Treasury sent staff to work at a Chinese bank accused of being “dominated by the communist party” in the last three years, the BBC can reveal. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was set up in 2015 as a Beijing-based rival to the…
1 hour ago About sharing Displaced Palestinians were reportedly killed in an overnight Israeli air strike on a building in Rafah By David Gritten BBC News Israel says Hamas’s rejection of a current proposal for a Gaza truce deal with Israel shows the “damage” done by the UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire….
21 minutes ago About sharing The UK’s approach to China is “more robust” than most of its allies, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said. It comes after some MPs criticised the response to cyber-attacks against the Electoral Commission and UK politicians, which the government has blamed on Beijing-linked hackers. Ministers are facing growing calls to…
Armed forces minister James Heappey is also standing down, with replacements expected shortly.
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2 hours ago About sharing By Alistair Coleman BBC Monitoring North Korea’s state television channel has censored a BBC gardening programme – by blurring out presenter Alan Titchmarsh’s trousers. Central TV aired a 2010 edition of Alan Titchmarsh’s Garden Secrets for its morning audience, but made sure that viewers could not see his jeans. Jeans…
50 minutes ago About sharing By Katie Razzall & Larissa Kennelly & Darin Graham & Emma Saunders BBC News The British Museum has launched proceedings against a former staff member who they believe stole and damaged at least 1,800 of its items. It has asked the High Court to order the disclosure of eBay and…
BBC Verify analyses the collision between the container ship and the Key Bridge in Baltimore
38 minutes ago About sharing Mr Assange’s lawyers say he faces up to 175 years in US prison, if convicted By Ian Aikman BBC News The US must provide assurances that Julian Assange will not receive the death penalty if convicted, before a UK court rules on whether he can appeal against his extradition. The…
Up next is Steve Brine, of the health select committee, who quotes Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and asks the PM to identity which parts of the NHS are “woefully inefficient”. Sunak responds that the NHS has it’s own productivity plan – not decided by the government – and suggests it needs to adopt new digital technology….