1 hour ago About sharing Watch: How a major US bridge collapsed after being struck by a ship By Bernd Debusmann Jr and Tom Bateman BBC News, Baltimore By the time the crew of the Dali, a massive 948ft (289m) container ship, realised what was happening, it was already far too late. The vessel –…
22:33 Helen Ward Former Chelsea and Wales striker on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra Devastating, the players on the pitch have given their absolute everything and the reaction from the crowd suggests their are behind their team. My heart breaks for Dan James, he’s come up with so many moments for his country and just…
1 hour ago About sharing By Jack Fenwick BBC Politics The UK Treasury sent staff to work at a Chinese bank accused of being “dominated by the communist party” in the last three years, the BBC can reveal. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was set up in 2015 as a Beijing-based rival to the…
1 hour ago About sharing Displaced Palestinians were reportedly killed in an overnight Israeli air strike on a building in Rafah By David Gritten BBC News Israel says Hamas’s rejection of a current proposal for a Gaza truce deal with Israel shows the “damage” done by the UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire….
21 minutes ago About sharing The UK’s approach to China is “more robust” than most of its allies, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said. It comes after some MPs criticised the response to cyber-attacks against the Electoral Commission and UK politicians, which the government has blamed on Beijing-linked hackers. Ministers are facing growing calls to…
Armed forces minister James Heappey is also standing down, with replacements expected shortly.
2 hours ago About sharing By Alistair Coleman BBC Monitoring North Korea’s state television channel has censored a BBC gardening programme – by blurring out presenter Alan Titchmarsh’s trousers. Central TV aired a 2010 edition of Alan Titchmarsh’s Garden Secrets for its morning audience, but made sure that viewers could not see his jeans. Jeans…
The clip showed a stampede in a New York subway station and was replaced with the scenes cut.
50 minutes ago About sharing By Katie Razzall & Larissa Kennelly & Darin Graham & Emma Saunders BBC News The British Museum has launched proceedings against a former staff member who they believe stole and damaged at least 1,800 of its items. It has asked the High Court to order the disclosure of eBay and…
BBC Verify analyses the collision between the container ship and the Key Bridge in Baltimore