25 minutes ago About sharing By Alys Davies BBC News UK MP Layla Moran says her relatives are among hundreds of civilians trapped in a Catholic Church in Gaza City as Israeli forces operate nearby. The Liberal Democrat says her family are “days away from dying” without access to water or food. Her relatives and…
The Archbishop of Canterbury described the moment as a “glitch” in exclusive footage from an upcoming documentary.
37 minutes ago About sharing The Destroyer HMS Diamond only recently arrived in the region By Emily Atkinson BBC News A British warship has shot down a suspected attack drone in the Red Sea, the defence secretary has said. HMS Diamond, a Type 45 Destroyer, successfully destroyed the target on Saturday, Grant Shapps said. The…
57 minutes ago About sharing Watch: The BBC’s Rushdi Abualouf says Mr Abudaqa “would bring joy to any place” By Vicky Wong BBC News The funeral has been held of an Al Jazeera cameraman who was killed by an Israeli drone strike on Gaza. Samer Abu Daqqa was wounded in the strike on a school…
1 hour ago About sharing By Laura Kuenssberg Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg How did politics and politicians fare in 2023? In the next couple of weeks there’ll be plenty of mulling over this year’s big events, from the Coronation to Eurovision (with a by-election – or six – thrown in). We’ll all have our…
Derbyshire Police say a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is being held in custody.
Nasa has released video of the strongest solar flare emitted by the Sun for several years. On Thursday, the space agency’s Solar Dynamics Observatory caught the X2.8 burst on its camera that constantly monitors the Sun. This is the largest since September 2017 when a X8.2 flare was recorded. Nasa’s classification of X is reserved…
2 hours ago About sharing By Nick Beake BBC Europe Correspondent in southern France Nestled in the foothills of the Pyrenees, with the River Aude flowing gently through, Quillan could lay claim to one of the most picturesque scenes in all of France. It was here that British 17-year-old Alex Batty, missing since going on…
1 hour ago About sharing Ncuti Gatwa is the long-running sci-fi show’s 15th Doctor By Lizo Mzimba Entertainment correspondent For the first time in six years, Doctor Who is part of BBC One’s Christmas Day line-up. And there’s a new Doctor taking control of the Tardis. Ncuti Gatwa’s 15th Doctor has already been seen in…
1 hour ago About sharing By Lucy Williamson BBC News, Jerusalem There was speculation over whether another uprising was brewing in the West Bank, even before the Hamas attacks on Israel in October. Frequent raids by the Israeli army, emboldened by a hard-right Israeli government – following deadly attacks by Palestinians, and violent attacks on…