27 minutes ago About sharing The warnings from Sweden’s defence leaders are being seen as a wake-up call By Paul Kirby BBC News A warning to Swedes from two top defence officials to prepare for war has prompted concern and accusations of alarmism. Civil Defence Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin told a defence conference “there could be…
5 minutes ago About sharing Chris Christie campaigns in New Hampshire. By Kayla Epstein BBC News Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has announced he is suspending his presidential campaign. The Republican, who has run as a harsh critic of Donald Trump, lagged in opinion polls from the outset. Mr Christie had faced pressure to…
3 hours ago About sharing By Philippa Roxby Health reporter Why are diseases more common in some parts of Europe than others, and why are northern Europeans taller than their southern counterparts? An international team of scientists say they have unearthed the answer in the DNA of ancient teeth and bones. The genes which protected…
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny made his first public appearance in a video call since being moved to an Arctic prison.
2 hours ago About sharing Even before she inherited millions of euros, Marlene Engelhorn made clear she planned to give most of it away By Bethany Bell BBC News, Vienna An Austro-German heiress is setting up a citizens group to decide how she should give away much of the fortune she inherited from her grandmother….
1 hour ago About sharing Watch: Armed men interrupt live broadcast and threaten presenter (contains distressing scenes) By James Gregory & Will Grant BBC News in London and Guayaquil Soldiers are on the streets in several cities in Ecuador as the country reels from an unprecedented day of violence. Masked gunmen stormed a public TV…
35 minutes ago About sharing By Sean Seddon & George Wright BBC News Hundreds wrongly convicted in the Post Office scandal could have their names cleared this year, as emergency laws were announced to “swiftly exonerate and compensate victims”. Postal affairs minister Kevin Hollinrake said that hundreds fell victim to a “brutal and arbitrary exercise…
11 minutes ago Comments About sharing By Katy Austin & Tom Espiner BBC News The London to Birmingham stretch of the HS2 railway could cost more than £65bn in current prices, the boss of the company building it has said. Sir Jonathan Thompson said a rise in the cost of materials such as concrete and…
1 hour ago About sharing Medics from the British charity Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) pulled out of al-Aqsa hospital By Alys Davies BBC News Doctors from the UK who have been working at what they say is the only functioning hospital in the central Gaza Strip have told the BBC of their “deep concern”…
10 minutes ago About sharing Watch: Former sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses talk to Breakfast By Marie Jackson BBC News Nine victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal have shared their stories of despair, loss and shame with BBC Breakfast in a powerful and moving interview. They represent just a fraction of the 700-plus sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses…