1 hour ago About sharing Lee Anderson would have kept job had he apologised – Dowden The deputy prime minister has declined to say whether it was Islamophobic for Lee Anderson to say London Mayor Sadiq Khan is controlled by “Islamists”. Oliver Dowden also said Mr Anderson, who was suspended as a Tory MP after…
5 hours ago About sharing Cillian Murphy said it was “extremely special” to win an award voted for by fellow actors By Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Oppenheimer continued its dominance of awards season as it scored several major prizes at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards on Saturday. Christopher Nolan’s film won best film cast,…
One of the people we’ll be hearing from on today’s programme is Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas. She has told the BBC that leaders risk ignoring lessons from the 1930s and 1940s if they do not bolster support for Ukraine. In a striking warning, Kallas has said that war could expand “very fast in Europe,…
6 hours ago About sharing By Keiligh Baker BBC News As Serhiy slowly began to regain consciousness in his hospital bed in Kyiv, he realised he couldn’t see, speak, or feel his legs – but he could hear his wife Valeria’s voice. Comforted, he lost consciousness again. It was a pattern that lasted weeks. The…
9 minutes ago About sharing Rishi Sunak has warned of the dangers of polarisation and hatred in politics, following a fractious week in Westminster. He was speaking after Tory MP Lee Anderson was suspended from his party for refusing to apologise for comments about Mayor of London Sadiq Khan. The prime minister did not directly…
37 minutes ago About sharing Watch: ‘Joe, you’re fired’ – Trump focuses on Biden as Haley fights on By Sam Cabral BBC News, in Columbia, South Carolina Donald Trump is one step closer to the Republican presidential nomination after a massive win over Nikki Haley in South Carolina. The former president won his primary opponent’s…
43 minutes ago About sharing Women joined the festival for the first time in its 1,250 year history By Shaimaa Khalil Tokyo correspondent The sea of chanting, nearly-naked men tussle, push and shove towards the shrine. “Washoi! Washoi!” they yell – let’s go, let’s go. It is scene that has barely changed in the 1,250…
25 minutes ago About sharing SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn declared no confidence in the Commons Speaker after this week’s chaos The SNP says it will push for another Commons debate on Gaza following the chaotic vote on the conflict on Wednesday. There was uproar in the Commons when Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle allowed MPs…
The US says the allies targeted 18 sites, including missile storages, drones and radars.
3 hours ago About sharing The authorities are investigating the motives for both of the unrelated incidents By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News Police in Vienna are investigating the deaths of four women and a teenage girl in a 24-hour period. Three women were stabbed to death by a man in a brothel in Austria’s capital…