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…
Clashes erupt between security forces and farmers protesting at the presence of President Macron.
Six Nations 2024: Scotland v England Scotland (17) 30 Tries: Van der Merwe3 Cons: Russell 3 Pens: Russell 3 England (13) 21 Tries: Furbank, Feyi-Waboso Cons: Ford Pens: Ford 2 Drop goal: Ford Duhan van der Merwe became the first Scotland player to score a Calcutta Cup hat-trick as the hosts racked up a fourth…
This used to be a “big tent” event for conservatives of all stripes; these days it’s more or less a Trump convention. An ad repeatedly plays on the giant plasmas between speeches asking people to vote – not on whom Republicans should nominate for the election – but simply: “Who should be President Trump’s vice…
26 minutes ago About sharing By Mark Lowen BBC News, Valencia On Thursday a fire swept through a 14-storey apartment block in the Spanish city of Valencia, killing 10 people. The BBC’s Mark Lowen has spoken to the last couple to be rescued from the inferno. “Once we jumped from our flat to a balcony…
2 hours ago About sharing By Laura Kuenssberg Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg Big events can shake everything. Small moments come to matter too. I remember day one of the EU referendum campaign – Vote Leave had just unveiled their infamous £350m slogan. At the campaign’s first big rally in Manchester I asked Boris Johnson…
Alexei Navalny’s body has been returned to his mother more than a week after he died in a Russian prison.