11 hours ago About sharing By Danai Nesta Kupemba BBC News Caught in a culture war, South Africa’s hottest music sensation Tyla is in the crossfire of an online debate over the word she uses to describe her racial identity – “coloured”. Before her rise to fame, the 21-year-old made a video proudly talking about…
9 hours ago About sharing O’Neal enjoyed a long career in Hollywood and maintained a friendship with Love Story co-star Ali MacGraw With his rugged good looks, Ryan O’Neal was one of Hollywood’s most recognisable stars. While his contemporary Warren Beatty seduced with dark intensity, O’Neal charmed with his boy-next-door appeal. His career took him…
44 minutes ago About sharing By Jeremy Bowen BBC international editor At the end of the war that started on 7 October lies a big, unknown place called the future. The old status quo was dangerous and painful, especially for Palestinians living under Israeli occupation. But it was familiar. Then after 7 October it was…
1 hour ago About sharing President Emmanuel Macron looked on as France’s Chief Rabbi Haïm Korsia lit a candle for the first night of Hanukkah By Hugh Schofield BBC News, París Emmanuel Macron has been accused of betraying the French Republic after he took part in a Jewish ceremony inside his official residence, the Elysée…
44 minutes ago About sharing Ukraine’s first lady spoke to the BBC amid a political stand-off in the US which has seen support held up By Laura Kuenssberg Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg Olena Zelenska has warned that Ukrainians are in “mortal danger” of being left to die if Western countries don’t continue their financial…
30 minutes ago About sharing Yasmin is starring alongside David Tennant, who has reprised the role for the drama’s 60th anniversary By Pete Allison & Riyah Collins BBC Newsbeat “There’s a lot of keyboard warriors that have such a strong opinion on the roles that I play.” After her breakout role in Heartstopper, Yasmin Finney…
34 minutes ago About sharing Ruth Perry was the head at Caversham Primary School in Reading By Branwen Jeffreys & Sallie George Education editor It’s a moment dreaded by head teachers – when the phone rings to tell you government inspectors are on the way to assess your school. For Ruth Perry that call came…
10 hours ago About sharing By Merlyn Thomas and Ethar Shalaby BBC Verify and BBC Arabic As Israel presses its military offensive across Gaza, the army has been repeatedly advising some two million civilians to move to a “humanitarian zone” smaller than London’s Heathrow Airport. Al-Mawasi is a narrow strip of land by the Mediterranean…
3 hours ago About sharing Dr Darla Zelenitsky and Dr Francois Therrien with the full tyrannosaur fossil By Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News The last meal of a 75-million-year-old tyrannosaur has been revealed by scientists – two baby dinosaurs. Researchers say the preservation of the animal – and of the small, unfortunate creatures it…
The actor is known for his roles in Love Story, What’s Up, Doc? and Paper Moon.