3 hours ago About sharing Ukraine has been defending itself against Russia’s full-scale invasion for two years By Frank Gardner BBC security correspondent The former commander of the UK’s Joint Forces Command has warned that Ukraine could face defeat by Russia in 2024. General Sir Richard Barrons has told the BBC there is “a serious…
1 hour ago About sharing Asya Kazantseva and Ilya Barabanov By Laurence Peter BBC News The Russian justice ministry has labelled two prominent journalists – BBC Russian correspondent Ilya Barabanov and science reporter Asya Kazantseva – as “foreign agents”. Barabanov has written extensively about Russia’s war in Ukraine and the Wagner mercenary group. The BBC…
45 minutes ago About sharing By Vicky Wong BBC News Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, known for his animal prints on leather and textiles, has died aged 83. The fashion house that bears his name announced the death on Instagram but provided no details. Italian news agency ANSA reported that he died at home in…
1 minute ago About sharing The men were ordered from this van and shot By Amy Stewart BBC News NI The killing of 10 men in County Armagh in 1976 was an overtly sectarian attack mounted by the IRA, an inquest has found. Ten Protestant workmen were shot dead when a gang ambushed their minibus…
Angela Rayner says she will quit as Labour’s deputy leader if she has committed a crime over council house claims.
2 hours ago About sharing By Tom Espiner, Ben King & Faarea Masud Business reporters, BBC News Former Post Office managing director Alan Cook has said he will “regret for the rest of my life” an email in which he wrote that subpostmasters had their “hands in the till”. “What I wrote in that email…
8 minutes ago About sharing Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is said to be meeting with top officials over a possible Iran attack By Kathryn Armstrong & Hugo Bachega, Middle East correspondent in London & Jerusalem Israel’s prime minister is to meet top officials to prepare for a possible attack by Iran, local media say….
7 hours ago About sharing McKellen was praised by critics who said he was “magnetic” as Falstaff By Yasmin Rufo BBC News Over the past six decades, Sir Ian McKellen has taken on the role of almost all of William Shakespeare’s male protagonists, but there was one particular character he was “never attracted to” and…
29 minutes ago About sharing Dr Victoria Rose and a colleague were in the European Gaza hospital near Khan Younis in late March A British surgeon who recently returned from Gaza has told the BBC how she was struck by the high number of wounded children she operated on. Dr Victoria Rose said a “huge…
1 hour ago About sharing By Andy Verity BBC economics correspondent The Bank of England’s economic forecasting system has “serious deficiencies” that need to be modernised, according to a review. The independent report by Dr Ben Bernanke, former head of the US central bank, found staff used outdated systems that should be overhauled or replaced….