13 minutes ago About sharing By Matt Murphy & Natalie Sherman BBC News, in Washington DC & New York The US House of Representatives has approved a landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America. The measure gives the social media giant’s parent company, ByteDance, six months to sell its controlling stake, or the…
52 minutes ago About sharing UNRWA said up to 60 people were believed to have been working at its Rafah distribution centre when it was hit The UN agency for Palestinian refugees says a member of staff was killed and 22 others were injured when Israeli forces hit a food distribution centre in Rafah, in…
29 minutes ago About sharing Killer whales are among five whale and dolphin species that go through menopause By Helen Briggs and Victoria Gill Science correspondents, BBC News Whales that go through the menopause live longer, enabling them to care for extended family, scientists have found. The research gives clues to the origins of menopause,…
17 minutes ago About sharing Diane Abbott has accused Commons Speaker Sir Lyndsey Hoyle of failing democracy for not selecting her to speak at Prime Minister’s Questions. The half-hour session was dominated by a row over comments a Tory donor had allegedly made about Ms Abbott. The MP repeatedly tried to ask the prime minister…
34 minutes ago About sharing Starmer: Is PM proud to be bankrolled by man using racist words? By Brian Wheeler Political reporter Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has resisted opposition calls to return money to a Conservative donor who reportedly said MP Diane Abbott “should be shot”. The PM said Frank Hester’s alleged comments were “wrong”…
Summary The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that could lead to a nationwide ban on TikTok It would require the Chinese tech giant ByteDance to sell its stake in the app within six months or face a ban from US app stores and web hosting platforms It follows previous efforts by American…
23 minutes ago About sharing By Chris Mason Political editor, BBC News Frank Hester. Diane Abbott. Lee Anderson. Azhar Ali. Four people, over the last four weeks or so, who tell us something about money, power, individuals and institutions. And also tell us something about language and labels. Their capacity to anger, enrage, offend. It…
1 hour ago About sharing Head Jason Ashley shared images of food served at the school with parents By Stephen Stafford BBC News, Southampton A head teacher has asked “how difficult is it to bake a potato?” in a despairing letter to parents about the state of food at his own school. Jason Ashley, head…
2 hours ago About sharing Watch: Hollinrake questioned if he’d take £10m from Tory donor By Henry Zeffman, chief political correspondent, & Andre Rhoden-Paul BBC News A Tory minister has said his party would take another £10m from a donor who allegedly made comments about Diane Abbott that No 10 called “racist”. Donor Frank Hester…
2 hours ago About sharing The UN said the convoy was able to use an Israeli military road that runs along the Gaza border fence to reach the north By David Gritten BBC News The UN says a new land route has been used to deliver food to northern Gaza for the first time in…