2 hours ago About sharing By Henry Zeffman & Phil Kemp BBC News When news broke of men at Westminster being targeted by flirtatious WhatsApp messages from mysterious figures calling themselves “Charlie” or “Abi” many assumed it was a classic honeytrap. Some MPs were quick to point the finger at Russia, China and other “hostile…
36 minutes ago About sharing Cars were set ablaze when settlers stormed al-Mughayyir By Laurence Peter BBC News Violence has erupted during an Israeli search for a missing teenage boy in the occupied West Bank, with a Palestinian man killed and 25 reported hurt in clashes with Jewish settlers. Israeli troops intervened after dozens of…
4 hours ago About sharing The jury process for Donald Trump’s first criminal trial will involve several stages that could last well over a week By Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York On Monday, hundreds of New Yorkers from across the island of Manhattan will find themselves facing a historic prospect: sitting on the jury…
3 hours ago About sharing Ukraine has been defending itself against Russia’s full-scale invasion for two years By Frank Gardner BBC security correspondent The former commander of the UK’s Joint Forces Command has warned that Ukraine could face defeat by Russia in 2024. General Sir Richard Barrons has told the BBC there is “a serious…
1 hour ago About sharing Asya Kazantseva and Ilya Barabanov By Laurence Peter BBC News The Russian justice ministry has labelled two prominent journalists – BBC Russian correspondent Ilya Barabanov and science reporter Asya Kazantseva – as “foreign agents”. Barabanov has written extensively about Russia’s war in Ukraine and the Wagner mercenary group. The BBC…
45 minutes ago About sharing By Vicky Wong BBC News Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, known for his animal prints on leather and textiles, has died aged 83. The fashion house that bears his name announced the death on Instagram but provided no details. Italian news agency ANSA reported that he died at home in…
1 minute ago About sharing The men were ordered from this van and shot By Amy Stewart BBC News NI The killing of 10 men in County Armagh in 1976 was an overtly sectarian attack mounted by the IRA, an inquest has found. Ten Protestant workmen were shot dead when a gang ambushed their minibus…
Angela Rayner says she will quit as Labour’s deputy leader if she has committed a crime over council house claims.
2 hours ago About sharing By Tom Espiner, Ben King & Faarea Masud Business reporters, BBC News Former Post Office managing director Alan Cook has said he will “regret for the rest of my life” an email in which he wrote that subpostmasters had their “hands in the till”. “What I wrote in that email…
8 minutes ago About sharing Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is said to be meeting with top officials over a possible Iran attack By Kathryn Armstrong & Hugo Bachega, Middle East correspondent in London & Jerusalem Israel’s prime minister is to meet top officials to prepare for a possible attack by Iran, local media say….