1 hour ago About sharing The General Frank S Besson is carrying the first load of equipment to build a floating harbour By Tiffany Wertheimer BBC News A US military ship is sailing towards the Middle East, carrying equipment to build a temporary pier off the coast of Gaza, the army says. The support ship,…
4 hours ago About sharing Prof Mererid Evans says Rhod Gilbert “wanted something positive to come out of his experience” By Natalie Grice BBC News “A patient once described it to me as brutal, and it’s really stuck with me, because it’s difficult to go through.” What’s so brutal? It’s the cancer treatment Prof Mererid…
1 hour ago About sharing Some of the work taking place in Gaza to build a new road as seen in the Israeli Channel 14 video uploaded to YouTube on 17 February By Abdirahim Saeed, Tom Spencer, Paul Brown & Richard Irvine-Brown BBC Arabic & BBC Verify The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has finished building…
1 hour ago About sharing The site is often a flashpoint during flare-ups in the Israel-Palestinian conflict By Yolande Knell BBC News, Jerusalem There are renewed fears of violence spreading, particularly to Jerusalem, during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, as a truce remains elusive. Hamas has reiterated a call for Palestinians to step up…
1 hour ago About sharing The student was arrested at the dormitories of Moscow State University By Sofia Ferreira Santos BBC News A student has been sentenced to 10 days in jail in Moscow after renaming his wi-fi network with a pro-Kyiv slogan. The Moscow State University student had titled the network “Slava Ukraini!” which…
1 hour ago About sharing Phoebe was contacted by more than 100 swimmers after speaking out about her bulimia ordeal By Rebecca Woods BBC News, England The first swimmer to speak publicly about abusive practices in the sport said she was proud of the “brave” athletes who had shared their stories to change a culture…
1 hour ago About sharing The Royal Navy frigate downed two drones launched by the Houthis in the latest incident in the Red Sea By Gordon Corera, security correspondent, & Thomas Mackintosh BBC News US, British and French forces say they repelled a series of Iranian-backed Houthi attacks off the coast of Yemen. US military…
Guinness Six Nations: England v Ireland England: (8) 23 Tries: Lawrence, Furbank, Earl Pen: Ford Con: M Smith Drop-goal: M Smith Ireland: (12) 22 Tries: Lowe 2 Pens: Crowley 4 Marcus Smith kicked a last-gasp drop-goal as England stunned Ireland and ended their chance to win back-to-back Grand Slams in a Six Nations thriller at…
22 minutes ago About sharing By Laura Kuenssberg Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg Rachel Reeves often spent school holidays with her grandparents in the Northamptonshire town of Kettering. She’d be taken to do the rounds of other relatives, who would press the odd 20p piece into her and her sister Ellie’s palms for holiday treats….
45 minutes ago About sharing Thousands of people are marching to the US Embassy in the capital By Louisa Pilbeam reporting from the march, & Andre Rhoden-Paul BBC News Tens of thousands of people are marching in central London calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The demonstration, organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC),…