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Thousands of homes still without power after Storm Gerrit
57 minutes ago About sharing Properties have been flooded in Cupar, Fife About 14,000 homes are still without power after Storm Gerrit brought blizzards and flooding to Scotland. Properties have been flooded in Cupar, Fife, while drivers were stranded by snow on the A9 in the Higlands on Wednesday evening. The road was shut at…
‘My elderly father found a new partner – then vanished from my life’
8 hours ago About sharing Carolyn Stephens with her father Vincent in Ghana, 1994 By Sue Mitchell & Ben Milne BBC News When her elderly father found a new partner, Carolyn Stephens was stopped from seeing him, and then left helpless as he vanished from her life. In 2012, Carolyn waved goodbye to her 78-year-old…
Czech mass shooting: Gunman confessed to shooting baby in woods
7 hours ago About sharing Watch: Dramatic videos from Prague as people are seen leaping from building ledge By Rob Cameron & James Gregory BBC News The gunman who killed 14 people at a university in Prague confessed to an earlier double murder in his suicide note, Czech police have said. The note found in…
Storm Gerrit: ‘Tornado’ damages 100 homes in Stalybridge
Rooves are torn off houses, trees are blown down and walls collapse during Storm Gerrit.
Israel Gaza war: Israeli minister warns Hezbollah over border fighting
33 minutes ago About sharing Fighting on the Israeli-Lebanese border earlier this week By James Gregory BBC News Israel’s military will act to remove Hezbollah from the border with Lebanon if its attacks continue, an Israeli minister has warned. Benny Gantz said the IDF would intervene if the world and the Lebanese government did not…
Jacques Delors: Tributes pour in for architect of modern EU
12 minutes ago About sharing The dreams of integration of Jacques Delors, seen here in 2012, faced stiff UK opposition By James Gregory BBC News Political leaders have paid tribute to former European Commission President Jacques Delors, who has died aged 98. Serving from 1985 to 1995, Delors helped create the single market allowing the…
Ukraine war: US releases last military aid for Kyiv for now
3 hours ago About sharing A Ukrainian soldier near the front line in Donetsk this week By Mike Wendling BBC News The White House has approved another tranche of US military aid to Ukraine worth some $250m (£195m). The latest package includes air defence, artillery and small arms ammunition, and anti-tank weapons, US officials say….
China is ramping up the pressure for Taiwan’s election
1 hour ago About sharing Campaigning is in full swing for Taiwan’s presidential election on 13 January By Rupert Wingfield-Hayes BBC News, Taiwan The December sun is baking on the Heng Chun peninsula, the tongue of land that juts out from the bottom end of Taiwan into the Philippine Sea. A half-smoked cigarette pokes from…