Copenhagen’s historic stock exchange in flames
There was shock as the 17th Century building’s spire collapsed in the fire.
April 2024
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Unemployment jumps as UK jobs market stalls
The jobless rate rose by 4.2% between December and February, official figures show.
Israel vows retaliation over Iran attack after calls for restraint
Israel’s allies have strongly condemned Iran’s drone and missile attack, but urged Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to show restraint. French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday called for calm, and said his country will do everything possible to avoid an escalation. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said G7 countries were working on a package of coordinated measures against…
Sydney church stabbing declared a ‘terrorist’ attack
1 hour ago About sharing Watch: Police disperse hundreds of protesters that gathered outside the church after the stabbing By Tiffanie Turnbull & Simon Atkinson BBC News, Sydney Australian police have declared Monday’s stabbing at a Sydney church a religiously motivated “terrorist act”. A 16-year-old boy was arrested after a bishop, a priest and churchgoers…
The pro-Kremlin troll and the false Sydney attack claims
1 hour ago About sharing Simeon Boikov, known as Aussie Cossack online, fled to the Russian consulate in Sydney last year By Marianna Spring Disinformation and social media correspondent “I never falsely suggested anything,” Simeon Boikov tells me. Under the alter ego “Aussie Cossack”, he posted untrue speculation that a 20-year-old Jewish university student was…
MPs to vote on smoking ban for Generation Alpha
56 minutes ago About sharing By Jennifer McKiernan & Helen Catt BBC Politics MPs will debate plans for some of the world’s toughest anti-tobacco laws on Tuesday. Rishi Sunak wants to make Generation Alpha, born since 2009, the UK’s first smoke-free generation in a major public health intervention. Anyone turning 15 from this year would…
Difficult search begins for impartial Trump jury
20 minutes ago About sharing Donald Trump is the first former president to ever go on trial By Madeline Halpert & Kayla Epstein BBC News, New York Donald Trump’s unprecedented criminal trial began on Monday with half of a group of potential jurors ruled out within minutes on impartiality grounds. Mr Trump denies falsifying business…
Truss endorses Trump to win US presidential race
24 minutes ago About sharing Former PM Liz Truss says she hopes Donald Trump wins the next US election By Chris Mason, political editor & Sam Francis, political reporter BBC News Liz Truss has endorsed Donald Trump to win this year’s US presidential election, saying the “world was safer” when he was in the White…
Israel war cabinet meets to discuss Iran response
21 minutes ago About sharing The war cabinet also met on Sunday, as seen in this Israeli government handout By Ido Vock BBC News Israel’s war cabinet has met to discuss its response to Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile attack. Israel did not make public whether a decision had been reached. Its allies have strongly…
Pro-Palestinian protest blocks Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge was blocked for hours during a pro-Palestinian demonstration.