58 minutes ago About sharing Rafah is sheltering more than a million people who have been forced to flee other parts of the Gaza Strip By Nada Tawfik and James FitzGerald BBC News, New York and London The US has proposed a draft resolution at the UN Security Council which calls for a temporary ceasefire…
11 minutes ago About sharing During his time on Strictly, Windsor partnered with Deborah Meaden, Lisa Riley, Anita Dobson and Patsy Kensit By Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Robin Windsor, a former professional on Strictly Come Dancing, has died aged 44. He appeared on the BBC One show from 2010 until 2013, partnering with Patsy Kensit,…
3 hours ago About sharing Watch: ‘Putin killed Alexei’, says Navalny’s widow By Sarah Rainsford Eastern Europe correspondent For years, Yulia Navalnaya was a near-constant presence by her husband’s side. At political protests and court hearings she would be there, often holding his hand. In 2020 when Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a nerve agent,…
3 hours ago About sharing A court martial ruled Joe Ousalice’s sexuality was “prejudicial to good order and naval discipline” By Josh Parry LGBT & Identity producer A veteran who was sacked from the Navy for his sexuality says he fears he will die before he gets compensation from the UK government. Joe Ousalice was…
1 hour ago About sharing The body of Andriy Dubnytsky was later identified in a video posted online by Russians By Abdujalil Abdurasulov BBC News, Kyiv Last week, Ukrainian forces surrendered the eastern city of Avdiivka, which they had for months been desperately defending against a brutal Russian onslaught. The conquest of Avdiivka represents a…
1 hour ago About sharing Thibodaux. a 36-year-old white alligator, had 70 coins removed from his stomach By Chloe Kim BBC News, New York An alligator at a US zoo had to undergo surgery after veterinarians discovered 70 coins in the animal’s stomach. The coins were found in a rare, 36-year-old leucistic alligator, which has…
1 hour ago About sharing Flowers outside the Russian embassy in Copenhagen – just one of the cities where tributes have been paid By Adam Durbin BBC News The family of Alexei Navalny, the Putin critic who died in a Russian prison, have reportedly been told his body will not be released for two weeks….
57 minutes ago About sharing By Andy Verity BBC economics correspondent David Cameron’s government knew the Post Office had ditched a secret investigation that might have helped wrongly accused postmasters prove their innocence, the BBC can reveal. The 2016 investigation trawled 17 years of records to find out how often, and why, cash accounts on…
Crystal Palace have appointed former Eintracht Frankfurt boss Oliver Glasner as their new manager. The 49-year-old Austrian replaces Roy Hodgson, who stepped down on Monday so Palace could “bring forward their plans to appoint a new manager at the end of the season”. Palace are 16th in the Premier League after 10 defeats in the…
54 minutes ago About sharing Ex-Post Office chair ‘seeking revenge’ – Badenoch By Michael Race Business reporter, BBC News The Business Secretary, Kemi Badenoch, has said claims by the former Post Office chair that he was told to delay compensation payments for sub-postmasters are “completely false”. Henry Staunton said he was told to stall payouts…