39 minutes ago About sharing From left: Heba Alhayek, 29, and Pauline Ankunda, 26, were convicted of offences under the Terrorism Act at Westminster Magistrates’ Court Three women have been found guilty of terrorism offences after they displayed images of paragliders, “celebrating” the Hamas tactics. Heba Alhayek, 29, and Pauline Ankunda, 26, attached images to…
30 minutes ago About sharing More than a million people are packed into a small corner of southern Gaza Negotiations for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza have resumed in Cairo, Egyptian media say. Senior officials from the US, Israel, Egypt and Qatar are meeting as Israel faces strong international pressure to stop…
Just now About sharing Sir Keir Starmer on dropping Labour’s Rochdale candidate: “I took decisive action” Sir Keir Starmer has insisted he took “decisive action” over comments made by Rochdale by-election candidate Azhar Ali about Israel and Jewish people. Labour has been criticised for initially standing by Mr Ali after it emerged he claimed Israel…
3 minutes ago About sharing By Madeline Halpert BBC News The US Senate has approved a long-awaited $95bn (£75.2bn) aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after months of political wrangling. While Democrats were in favour of passing the bill, Republicans were divided and previously voted it down. The package includes $60bn for Kyiv, $14bn…
The retailer’s shops will remain open as usual while the administrators try to save the UK firm.
57 minutes ago About sharing By Emma Saunders Entertainment reporter This year’s Super Bowl was watched by an average of 123.4 million people in the US, making it the most watched broadcast since the 1969 Moon landing. Preliminary US TV ratings put Sunday’s game just behind Apollo 11’s historic landing, which was seen by an…
2 hours ago About sharing Watch: Indian police fire tear gas at protesting farmers By Nikhila Henry in Delhi and Arvind Chhabra in Haryana BBC News Police in northern India have fired tear gas to prevent thousands of protesting farmers demanding minimum crop prices from marching on Delhi. The capital is ringed by razor wire,…
35 minutes ago About sharing By Dearbail Jordan Business reporter, BBC News Once upon a time, there was a magical emporium called The Body Shop. Inside you would find piles of colourful soaps, jars of shimmering bath pearls, rows upon rows of intriguing lotions and, if it was a Saturday, gaggles of teenagers spraying themselves…
Pay, excluding bonuses, grew by 6.2% in the last three months of 2023 compared with the year before.
10 hours ago About sharing Watch: RFK Jr v JFK campaign ad By Madeline Halpert and Mike Wendling BBC News Robert F Kennedy Jr has apologised to relatives after a Super Bowl advert mirrored one broadcast by his uncle John F Kennedy’s campaign in 1960. Mr Kennedy, an environmental lawyer and anti-vaccine activist, is running…