11:38 Kayla Epstein Reporting from outside court Today’s the day we will have opening arguments for Donald Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial – the first ever criminal trial of a US president. We will hear the Manhattan District Attorney’s office and Trump’s lawyers make their opening pitch to the jury, outlining the full sweep of their…
1 hour ago About sharing Maj Gen Aharon Haliva (L) – seen here in Gaza in December – is the most senior figure to resign over the 7 October attacks By David Gritten BBC News The Israeli military’s intelligence chief has resigned, saying he took responsibility for the failures before Hamas’s attack on Israel on…
16 minutes ago About sharing By Francesca Gillett BBC News Two men have been charged with spying for China after allegedly providing information which could be “useful to an enemy”. Christopher Berry, 32, and Christopher Cash, 29, are accused of giving “articles, notes, documents or information” to a foreign state under the Official Secrets Act….
It is more than four months since the government’s Rwanda bill was introduced in the House of Commons. It’s more than two years since the policy to send some asylum seekers in the UK to Rwanda. But today might be the day the legislation is finally passed. Rishi Sunak certainly hopes so. “We will sit…
47 minutes ago About sharing Footage from smart motorway accidents By Steve Andrewson, Richard Bilton & Rory Tinman BBC Panorama The technology behind England’s smart motorway network stops working on a regular basis, the BBC has discovered. Figures obtained by Panorama have revealed hundreds of incidents when crucial safety equipment was out of action. A…
31 minutes ago About sharing Watch: There are still three suspects out there, says Stephen Lawrence’s mother By Daniel De Simone Home Affairs Correspondent The Met Police has apologised to Stephen Lawrence’s mother for breaking a promise to answer questions raised by a BBC investigation into his murder. Baroness Doreen Lawrence was promised an explanation…
1 hour ago About sharing Anderson entering a press conference in Syria after his release in 1991 US journalist Terry Anderson, who was held hostage for nearly seven years during Lebanon’s civil war, has died aged 76. Anderson was the chief Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press when he was captured by Islamist militants…
9 minutes ago About sharing By Ian Casey BBC News Rishi Sunak insists his policy to process asylum seekers in Rwanda will become law, even if it means MPs sitting late into the night to pass it. There has been a prolonged stand-off over the bill between the two Houses of Parliament over the past…
23 minutes ago About sharing By William McLennan, Colin Campbell and Abby Newbery BBC England Investigations Thousands of posts offering deadly drugs known as nitazenes have been found on X and the music platform SoundCloud by a BBC investigation. Nitazenes – more deadly then heroin – have recently been linked to nearly three deaths a…
First-time buyers depend on two high incomes or parental support, the Building Societies Association says.