4 hours ago About sharing By Anthony Zurcher North America correspondent At a press briefing in Tel Aviv on Tuesday – after a day of meetings with Israeli leaders – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was surprisingly upbeat. Answering a question about the future of Gaza, he said he had just delivered a “new”…
1 hour ago About sharing Aberdeen captain Emily Osborne’s answer led to Amol Rajan’s much-sampled response: “We need Jungle, I’m afraid” By Amol Rajan BBC University Challenge host In idle moments this week, of which there have been fewer than usual, I have wondered about the precise circumstances that led Nathan Filer, a best-selling writer…
Kevin Hollinrake said that people “must be held to account” over the scandal.
17 minutes ago About sharing By Simon Jack Business editor The Post Office may have underpaid more than £100m in tax while overpaying its senior executives, according to tax experts. Dan Neidle of Tax Policy Associates says the Post Office paid less tax by deducting payments to victims of the Horizon scandal from its profits….
The expenses are for a failed lawsuit the former president filed against the paper and its reporters.
It was the first known sighting of what looks to be an albino Omura’s whale off Thailand.
1 hour ago About sharing Sir Tony Blair was Labour prime minister between 1997 and 2007 By Helen Catt Political correspondent Sir Tony Blair was warned the Horizon IT system at the centre of the Post Office scandal could be flawed before it was rolled out, a document shows. A handwritten note from the then-Labour…
3 hours ago About sharing Watch: ‘Distorted factual picture’ presented by South Africa – Israeli lawyer tells ICJ By Raffi Berg in London & Anna Holligan at The Hague BBC News Israel has said South Africa has distorted the truth in its case to the International Court of Justice, where it is accusing Israel of…
1 hour ago About sharing Watch: Fighter jets strike targets in Yemen By Jeremy Bowen BBC international editor It is time to stop talking about the risk that the war in Gaza will spread elsewhere in the Middle East. It has already happened. Hopes for containing what is happening rest on the fact that it…
4 minutes ago About sharing Nightingale’s family described her as “a pioneer, trailblazer and an inspiration to many” By Ian Youngs & Noor Nanji BBC News Radio 1 DJ Annie Nightingale, the station’s first female presenter, who went on to become its longest-serving host, has died at the age of 83. Nightingale joined the station…