At dawn on Wednesday 17 April, a small group of students pitched their tents at Columbia University, demonstrating against Israeli military action in Gaza and calling on their university to stop doing business with companies they see as supporting the war. The next afternoon, the Columbia president Minouche Shafik made a decision that would ignite…
Thomas O’Halloran was stabbed in the neck and chest by Lee Byer in a “motiveless” attack, a court hears.
29 minutes ago About sharing Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg joined Volodymyr Zelensky in a joint media breifing By Vicky Wong BBC News Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia is taking advantage of the slow delivery of Western weapons to go on the offensive. His comments come after the US agreed a $61bn (£49bn) package of…
1 hour ago About sharing Local officials said Israel carried out further deadly air strikes overnight in the southern Gaza town of Rafah By David Gritten BBC News US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said he is “hopeful” Hamas will accept Israel’s latest proposal for a Gaza truce and hostage release deal. He called…
Look back on a turbulent time in Scottish politics which concluded with the first minister quitting his job.
1 hour ago About sharing Broadcaster Esther Rantzen has said she “begs” MPs to attend a debate in Parliament on assisted dying. It was triggered after over 200,000 people signed a petition calling for dying people to be able to ask for medical assistance to end their lives. It will take place at 16:30 on…
12 minutes ago About sharing the remains were found at Kersal Dale in Salford on 4 April By Marc Waddington & Tom Mullen BBC News Two men have been charged with murder after a man’s torso was found wrapped in plastic at a nature reserve. Michal Jaroslaw Polchowski, 68, and Marcin Majerkiewicz, 42, both of…
21 minutes ago About sharing Humza Yousaf intends to continue as first minister until a new SNP leader is selected By Angus Cochrane BBC Scotland News The contest to become Scotland’s seventh first minister will soon begin after Humza Yousaf announced he is to resign. The embattled SNP leader, under threat from two motions of…
Watch as Humza Yousaf pays an emotional tribute to his family and says politics is “a brutal business” as he resigns as first minister.
2 hours ago About sharing By Christy Cooney BBC News British and Irish ministers are set to meet as tensions grow over the UK’s policy on migrants. The Irish government says it’s seeing an influx of asylum seekers coming from Northern Ireland because they are “fearful” of being sent to Rwanda. And it says it…