15 minutes ago About sharing The mural has been painted to make it look like tree foliage An artwork which appeared overnight on the side of a building near Finsbury Park in London is suspected of being by street artist Banksy. A mass of green has been painted behind a cut-back mature tree to look…
5 hours ago About sharing By Noor Nanji Culture reporter Steve Harley, the frontman of British rock band Cockney Rebel, has died at the age of 73. His best known song was Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) which went to number one in the charts in 1975. The musician had still been…
44 minutes ago About sharing Watch: Videos on social media show a large bear bounding down the pavement before lunging at a man By Rob Cameron BBC News, Prague Two people are in hospital after being attacked by a bear in the Slovak town of Liptovský Mikuláš, emergency services said. A 49-year-old woman suffered an…
20 minutes ago About sharing Many have packed up their belongings and fled the Haitian capital (file photo) By Will Grant BBC News, Cap-Haitien, Haiti As the passengers from Port-au-Prince disembark at the bus terminal in Cap-Haitien, the harrowing journey is evident on their faces. The trip out of the beleaguered Haitian capital city involves…
1 hour ago About sharing Rafah is filled with more than a million Palestinians who have fled other parts of Gaza By Nathan Williams BBC News Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reaffirmed his determination to launch an offensive in Rafah, defying international criticism. The city is crammed with some 1.5 million Palestinians from other…
2 minutes ago About sharing Watch: Tories ‘don’t have race problem’, says Mark Harper By Sam Francis Political reporter, BBC News A senior cabinet minister has denied the Conservative Party has a problem with race after accepting at least £10m from a donor who is accused of racism. Transport Secretary Mark Harper said he was…
We’re bringing you live footage from Iceland, where a volcano has erupted on the Reykjanes Peninsula for the fourth time since December. A state of emergency has been declared and lava is spilling towards Grindavik, which has already been evacuated. Read our full news story here. Click or tap the play button above to watch…
Laura Kuenssberg is joined by Mark Harper MP, Jonathan Ashworth MP and Earl Spencer.
Russia’s defence ministry says its forces have destroyed dozens of drones in several regions across the country as the election continues. The biggest attack has happened in the southern region of Krasnodar, where an oil refinery was targeted. Vladimir Rogov, a Russian-installed leader in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, has said today that two Ukrainian drones attacked…
23 minutes ago About sharing Keith Doolin and his mother, Donna Larsen, are worried about his transfer to another California prison By Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York California is transferring everyone on death row at San Quentin prison to other places, as it tries to reinvent the state’s most notorious facility as a rehabilitation…