NZ tightens visa rules amid ‘unsustainable’ migration
Applicants for most work visas now have to fulfill minimum skills and work experience requirements.
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Palestinians return to Khan Younis as Israel withdraws troops
As the war in Gaza enters its seventh month, the hopes of over a million Palestinians in their last refuge in Rafah are growing to return to their homes in northern Gaza. Muhammad al-Mughrabi, 32, from Gaza City, currently residing with his family in Rafah, expressed his optimism and hope. He told me on Sunday:…
‘The NHS paid for my mum to go private. She died’
37 minutes ago About sharing Nafisa Khan, pictured with her daughter in 2010, died after an operation at a Spire Healthcare hospital By Monika Plaha BBC Panorama A woman died when a major private healthcare provider failed to transfer her to NHS intensive care quickly enough after she became critically ill. Sabrina Khan said Spire…
‘I’m terrified’ – Post Office victim still fears seeing old customers
37 minutes ago About sharing “I will never come back again” – Sharon visits her old post office By Jon Kay & Vicky Wong BBC News The public inquiry into the Horizon scandal will resume this week, with senior Post Office bosses are among those called to give evidence. Away from the formal hearings, many…
Abolish the Foreign Office, former top diplomats say
42 minutes ago About sharing By James Landale Diplomatic correspondent The Foreign Office should be abolished and replaced by a new Department for International Affairs with “fewer colonial era pictures on the wall”. That is the conclusion of a group of senior former diplomats and officials in a pamphlet proposing a radical reform of Britain’s…
Train strikes: How will you be affected?
40 minutes ago About sharing Rail passengers are being warned of major disruption on Monday as train drivers walkout over pay and working conditions. Staff at 16 train companies have been taking part in rolling one-day walk outs between Friday 5 April and Monday 8 April. But London Underground drivers’ strikes on Monday and in…
Bucha’s wounds still raw two years on
19 minutes ago About sharing Ludmila has finally been able to install a headstone for her husband Valeriy’s grave after two years In March 2022 invading Russian troops occupied the Ukrainian town of Bucha outside Kyiv, leaving a trail of death and destruction which shocked the world. Two years after their departure, the BBC’s Eastern…
Watch: Moment Russ Cook finishes length of Africa run
Russ Cook, nicknamed “Hardest Geezer”, has finished his challenge of running the length of Africa.
Ukraine nuclear plant drone strike prompts warning
18 minutes ago About sharing By Ian Aikman BBC News Russia and Ukraine must avoid actions that “jeopardise nuclear safety”, a UN watchdog has said, after a drone attack on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia power plant. Russia said Ukraine was behind the attack, which it said injured three people. Ukraine has denied involvement. The giant Russian-held nuclear…
Former Wimbledon manager Kinnear dies aged 77
Joe Kinnear: Former Wimbledon and Newcastle manager dies aged 77 Last updated on 2 minutes ago2 minutes ago.From the section Football Former Wimbledon and Newcastle United manager Joe Kinnear has died at the age of 77. Kinnear, who also managed Luton and Nottingham Forest, was diagnosed with dementia in 2015. His family said in a…