24 minutes ago About sharing Iran is the seventh largest oil producer in the world By Peter Hoskins & Nick Edser Business reporters Oil prices fell in early Asian trade after Iran’s reprisal attack on Israel over the weekend. Brent crude – a key benchmark for oil prices internationally – was lower but still trading…
7 hours ago About sharing By Lora Jones BBC News Universal Credit (UC) will need to change to meet the challenges of an older and sicker population, a new report suggests. The number of benefit claimants who are out of work due to ill health has almost doubled since 2013, says the Resolution Foundation. The…
6 minutes ago About sharing The Rwanda scheme was designed as a deterrent to small boat crossings By Nick Eardley, political correspondent & James Gregory BBC News Parliament will resume voting on the government’s controversial Rwanda bill on Monday as MPs return to the Commons. It comes as reports suggest the UK held talks with…
Footage shows projectiles being intercepted after Iran attacked Israel with drones and missiles.
8 hours ago About sharing Scherzinger joked she had dreamed of many musical roles – but Norma Desmond had never been one of them By Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Sunset Boulevard was the big winner at Sunday’s Olivier Awards, equalling the record for the most prizes for a musical at the ceremony. Its seven wins…
28 minutes ago About sharing Sir Salman Rushdie on the stabbing attack By Alan Yentob & Noor Nanji BBC Sir Salman Rushdie has spoken in chilling detail to the BBC about what he remembers of the attack two years ago, in which he was stabbed on stage. The Booker Prize-winning author said his eye was…
12 minutes ago About sharing Joel Cauchi killed five women and one man before being shot dead The man who went on a stabbing rampage in a Sydney shopping centre appears to have targeted women, police say. Joel Cauchi, 40, sent the crowded Westfield Bondi Junction complex into panic on Saturday when he began stabbing…
9 minutes ago About sharing Watch: Witnesses describe moment Sydney mall attack A knife-wielding man who killed six people in a Sydney shopping centre before being shot dead has been identified by Australian police. Joel Cauchi, 40, walked through the crowded Westfield Bondi Junction complex on Saturday afternoon, fatally wounding five women and a man….
5 hours ago About sharing Ashlee Good, 38, who was killed in the stabbings at a Sydney shopping centre, has been described as a “beautiful person” By Doug Faulkner BBC News A mother who died protecting her baby from a knifeman at a Sydney mall on Saturday was an “outstanding human”, her family has said….
2 hours ago About sharing Israeli and US aircraft and air defence systems shot down 99% of the drones launched by Iran. By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, White House The White House has warned Israel that the US will not participate in any retaliatory strikes on Iran, senior administration officials have said. Over 300…