Iceland volcano: Spectacular footage of eruption
Helicopter shots show the eruption on the island’s coast after weeks of intense earthquake activity.
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Fears of higher oil prices after Red Sea attacks
20 minutes ago About sharing By Nick Edser Business reporter Attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea risk pushing up the price of oil and other goods, analysts have warned. Several firms have paused shipments through the route after vessels were attacked by Houthi rebels in Yemen. The world’s second largest shipping line, Maersk,…
Rishi Sunak: Key pledge targets missed so far
3 hours ago About sharing By Nick Eardley & Anthony Reuben & Robert Cuffe BBC Verify Rishi Sunak is meeting just one of the five priorities he set out at the start of the year, according to BBC analysis. In January, the prime minister pledged to halve inflation, grow the economy, cut UK debt, reduce…
NHS dentistry as we know it ‘gone for good’
1 hour ago About sharing By Nick Triggle Health correspondent The traditional model of NHS dentistry is gone for good, experts are warning. The Nuffield Trust think tank said the service had been cut back so much it was now at the most perilous position in its 75-year history in England. It said restoring services…
Homelessness: ‘I was raped while sleeping under a pier in Blackpool’
1 hour ago About sharing Eve was sleeping rough near Blackpool pier when a man assaulted her at night By Michael Buchanan and Katie Inman BBC News Charities have warned the number of people sleeping rough in the UK is rising. Those sleeping on the streets already face freezing conditions, but in recent weeks there…
Flooded Queensland towns isolated in crocodile-infested waters as supplies dwindle
1 hour ago About sharing Areas around Cairns have received more than 2m (7ft) of rainfall since Thursday By Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney Major flooding in northern Australia has begun to ease but many towns remain isolated in crocodile-infested waters as supplies dwindle. Extreme weather driven by ex-tropical cyclone Jasper has dumped a year’s…
Dame Esther Rantzen: ‘If I were PM, we would vote on assisted dying’
39 minutes ago About sharing By Jacqueline Howard BBC News Dame Esther Rantzen says a free vote on assisted dying would be top of the agenda if she were PM for a day. “I think it’s important that the law catches up with what the country wants,” the veteran broadcaster told Radio 4’s Today programme….
Israel-Gaza: The man held with the hostages Israel mistakenly killed
3 hours ago About sharing Like many from Thailand’s poor north-east, Wichian Temthong left for Israel to find better-paid work By Jonathan Head South East Asia correspondent “Am I lucky or unlucky?” Wichian Temthong pondered the question. “I guess I’m lucky, because I’m still here, still alive.” The 37-year-old farm worker is one of 23…
Earthquake kills more than 100 in north-west China
The 5.9 magnitude quake struck the remote province of Gansu around midnight local time on Monday.
Ukraine war: Kyiv forced to cut military operations as foreign aid dries up
7 hours ago Comments About sharing Ukraine is running low on artillery shells By Abdujalil Abdurasulov and Daniel Thomas BBC News Ukraine has warned it is already being forced to downsize some military operations because of a drop-off in foreign aid. Top general Oleksandr Tarnavskyi said troops faced ammunition shortages along the “entire front line”,…