4 minutes ago About sharing By Paul Seddon Politics reporter Rishi Sunak has promised billions more for defence in the coming years, saying the world is the most dangerous it has been since the Cold War. The prime minister said UK military spending would rise to 2.5% of national income by 2030, in a move…
1 hour ago About sharing Many children are among the more than 360,000 displaced by the violence By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Three million children in Haiti are in need of humanitarian assistance as continuing gang violence hampers aid delivery, the head of the UN children’s agency, Unicef, has said. Catherine Russell said the situation…
Minutes of a board meeting held on 16 July 2013 are being shown, with Alex Perkins and Paula Vennells among the attendees listed in the document. Crichton did not attend this meeting and inquiry counsel Julian Blake asks why she was absent from the meeting. “Because I was waiting outside to be called in,” Crichton…
16 minutes ago About sharing Several young men turned round to face the police, brandishing long sticks and throwing flares or firecrackers By Andrew Harding BBC News, northern France We could see from the shore that the migrants’ inflatable boat was in trouble. It was overcrowded, with people clambering on the sides, and others standing…
4 minutes ago About sharing The latest arrest comes after three suspects were detained in a separate case on Monday By Jessica Parker in Berlin & Paul Kirby in London BBC News Prosecutors have arrested a man working for a far-right politician on suspicion of spying for China. They have identified the man as Jian…
A new photograph has been released to mark the sixth birthday of Prince Louis.
Home Affairs correspondent Tom Symonds watches as migrants set off from France for the UK.
16 minutes ago About sharing By Sam Francis Political reporter, BBC News Despite the “landmark” passage of the Rwanda bill, illegal small boat crossings will not stop until regular deportation flights to Rwanda begin, the illegal migration minster has said. Parliament approved plans to send some asylum seekers to the African country late on Monday…
17 minutes ago About sharing Government borrowing was higher than forecast in the last financial year, according to official figures. Borrowing – the difference between spending and tax income – reached £120.7bn in the year to March, the Office for National Statistics said. While it is lower than the previous year, it was £6.6bn more…
9 hours ago About sharing South Sudanese asylum seeker Daniel Diew was sent to Rwanda from Libya after trying to reach Europe seven times By Barbara Plett Usher BBC Africa correspondent, Rwanda Hope Hostel in Rwanda has been ready to receive Britain’s unwanted migrants for 664 days. Now, after the UK Parliament approved the legislation,…