4 hours ago About sharing This year’s United Nations (UN) climate change meeting is taking place in Dubai, from 30 November to 12 December By Justin Rowlatt Climate editor, BBC News You are going to be hearing a lot about COP28 over the next two weeks. The world’s most important climate meeting, beginning on Thursday,…
The trio launched The Grand Tour on Amazon in 2016 after their departure from the BBC’s Top Gear.
1 hour ago About sharing By Chas Geiger BBC Politics Dominic Raab has rejected a claim by a former cabinet colleague that many of the key government decisions at the start of the Covid pandemic were taken by Dominic Cummings. Sajid Javid told the Covid inquiry that then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson was content for his…
Society / November 29, 2023 A Rando Trump Judge Just Blew a Giant Hole in the Voting Rights Act In a shocking decision, Judge David Stras joined with fellow GOP appointee Raymond Gruender to make the VRA virtually unenforceable in seven states. Elie Mystal Ad Policy Judge David Ryan Stras is sworn in for his…
1 hour ago About sharing Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer claims Rishi Sunak has “lost his marbles” by cancelling a meeting with the Greek PM By Brian Wheeler & Nick Beake BBC News Rishi Sunak has accused the Greek prime minister of trying to “grandstand” over the Parthenon Sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles….
The I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here star has left on medical grounds, the ITV show says.
12 minutes ago Comments About sharing By Ian Youngs Entertainment & arts reporter BBC Two’s Newsnight is to be cut back and have its format overhauled as part of a plan to save money in the corporation’s news department. The long-running show will lose its dedicated reporters, be shortened by 10 minutes and drop its…
1 hour ago About sharing By Tom Gerken Technology reporter Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is facing a class action lawsuit in the US over his promotion of Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world. The plaintiffs claim his endorsement led to them make loss-making investments. They are seeking damages of “a sum exceeding” $1bn (£790m)….
The report said the UAE planned to use its role as host of UN climate talks to strike oil and gas deals.
Culture / November 29, 2023 Seeing My Japanese American Heritage Through Ansel Adams’s Lens A photographer excavates personal history through reconstruction of Adams’s World War II photographs of Japanese Americans interned at the Manzanar Relocation Center. Joseph Maida Ad Policy My great aunt Katherine, a nisei Japanese American from Hawai‘i, and my great uncle Joe, a…