9 hours ago About sharing By Lyse Doucet Chief international correspondent These are shape-shifting times in the Middle East. This week, out of the blue, Iran suddenly attacked targets in “friendly” Pakistan, sparking an unprecedented tit-for-tat across their volatile border and a sharp spike in tension on a far edge of the grievous Israel-Gaza war….
12 minutes ago Comments About sharing Norrie moved into the last 16 for the first time on his sixth Australian Open appearance By Jonathan Jurejko BBC Sport at Melbourne Park Australian Open 2024 Venue: Melbourne Park Dates: 14-28 January Coverage: Commentary every day from 07:00 GMT on Tennis Breakfast on Radio 5 Sports Extra and…
There were also ‘plumes of smoke’ seen across the city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
20 minutes ago About sharing By Dominic Hughes Health correspondent, BBC News Sexual health services in England are at breaking point, according to local councils who are responsible for running the clinics. They say that soaring rates of infections are threatening to overwhelm services and the government needs to provide extra funding. Since 2017, more…
The fatal blaze in Henan province on Friday night happened at a village school for young children.
15 minutes ago About sharing By Harrison Jones BBC News The Treasury and HMRC are among 21 public sector organisations being asked by MPs to reveal details of any contracts handed to Fujitsu after the Post Office computer system scandal. The Commons Treasury Committee says it wants to discover the extent to which taxpayers’ money…
3 hours ago About sharing Large parts of Gaza have been destroyed by Israeli air strikes By Rushdi Abualouf BBC News As Israel intensifies its offensive on Khan Younis, Palestinians in Gaza have spoken of their fears for the future. Some of the heaviest battles in Gaza in recent days have been around the southern…
3 hours ago About sharing Tata says the switch could slash the site’s emissions by around 85% a year By Felicity Evans Money editor, Wales Workers have been left stranded by Tata Steel’s announcement of 2,800 job losses as part of a move to greener steel, say campaigners. Greenpeace Policy Director Doug Parr said it…
2 hours ago About sharing Michelle Mone and her husband, Doug Barrowman continue to face questions By Phil Kemp BBC News A former lawyer for Baroness Mone has apologised to the BBC for false statements he made about money her husband, Doug Barrowman, gave to the Conservative Party. Lawyer Jonathan Coad told BBC News in…
23 minutes ago About sharing The Baur Foundation’s Museum of Far Eastern Art in Geneva has more than 9,000 artefacts of Japanese and Chinese culture from the 10th to the 19th Centuries By Thomas Mackintosh BBC News, Geneva On the night of 1 June 2019, a grey Renault Koleos pulled up outside Geneva’s Museum of…