19 minutes ago About sharing The Lala Lallia star dune in Morocco is 100m high By Georgina Rannard Science reporter The age of one of Earth’s largest and most complex types of sand dune has been calculated for the first time. Star dunes – or pyramid dunes – are named after their distinctive shapes and…
59 minutes ago About sharing The fighting has reduced much of Gaza to rubble and many of the victims were women and children US Vice-President Kamala Harris says people in Gaza “are starving” and has urged Israel to “significantly increase the flow of aid” there. She said “there must be an immediate ceasefire for at…
7 hours ago About sharing Israel will be represented by Eden Golan at this year’s contest By Henri Astier BBC News Israel’s public broadcaster has requested changes to the lyrics of a song submitted for this year’s Eurovision contest. Organisers barred it last week for breaking rules on political neutrality. Israeli broadcaster Kan had pledged…
4 hours ago About sharing Mia was described as “creative, kind, entrepreneurial and highly intelligent” during an inquest into her death Metropolitan Police said it was returning a sim card and mobile phone, which it lost, to the family of a schoolgirl who took her own life after she was bullied. Mia Janin, 14, died…
It was later revealed they belonged to Cleveland Police, and had escaped their local stable.
Thousands of criminals escape, as the capital Port-au-Prince descends further into gang violence.
Mr Sharif got parliament’s backing after a deal shut out supporters of his jailed predecessor Imran Khan.
13 hours ago About sharing By Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent The Royal Family has had a difficult start to 2024 – uncertain in the face of health problems and surrounded by a backwash of rumour and speculation. So what will they have to do to get back on track? And what are some of the…
30 minutes ago About sharing Hunt: We will only cut taxes in a responsible way By Becky Morton & Laura Kuenssberg BBC Politics Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said he wants to move towards lower taxes, but will only do so in “a responsible way”. He told the BBC it would be “unconservative” to cut taxes…
1 hour ago About sharing Max Verstappen and Christian Horner celebrate victory at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer The controversy surrounding Red Bull boss Christian Horner is “driving people apart”, says the father of the team’s F1 champion Max Verstappen. An anonymous email including messages purporting to involve…