8 hours ago About sharing Scherzinger joked she had dreamed of many musical roles – but Norma Desmond had never been one of them By Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Sunset Boulevard was the big winner at Sunday’s Olivier Awards, equalling the record for the most prizes for a musical at the ceremony. Its seven wins…
28 minutes ago About sharing Sir Salman Rushdie on the stabbing attack By Alan Yentob & Noor Nanji BBC Sir Salman Rushdie has spoken in chilling detail to the BBC about what he remembers of the attack two years ago, in which he was stabbed on stage. The Booker Prize-winning author said his eye was…
12 minutes ago About sharing Joel Cauchi killed five women and one man before being shot dead The man who went on a stabbing rampage in a Sydney shopping centre appears to have targeted women, police say. Joel Cauchi, 40, sent the crowded Westfield Bondi Junction complex into panic on Saturday when he began stabbing…
9 minutes ago About sharing Watch: Witnesses describe moment Sydney mall attack A knife-wielding man who killed six people in a Sydney shopping centre before being shot dead has been identified by Australian police. Joel Cauchi, 40, walked through the crowded Westfield Bondi Junction complex on Saturday afternoon, fatally wounding five women and a man….
5 hours ago About sharing Ashlee Good, 38, who was killed in the stabbings at a Sydney shopping centre, has been described as a “beautiful person” By Doug Faulkner BBC News A mother who died protecting her baby from a knifeman at a Sydney mall on Saturday was an “outstanding human”, her family has said….
2 hours ago About sharing Israeli and US aircraft and air defence systems shot down 99% of the drones launched by Iran. By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, White House The White House has warned Israel that the US will not participate in any retaliatory strikes on Iran, senior administration officials have said. Over 300…
7 hours ago About sharing Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu convened a war cabinet to discuss the attack, which has been condemned by President Joe Biden and the UN Secretary General By Frank Gardner BBC security correspondent The Israeli military says 99% of the missiles and drones fired by Iran overnight were intercepted without hitting their…
55 minutes ago About sharing The Americans helped Israel greatly in defending against Iran’s missile attacks, and in return want restraint By Jeremy Bowen BBC Middle East editor Israel’s war cabinet has used a tried-and-trusted phrase to describe its next moves against Iran. Israel would respond “in the manner and at the time of our…
1 hour ago About sharing Watch: Sirens ring through Jerusalem as objects shot down from sky By Raffi Berg, Tom Spender and Jonathan Beale, defence correspondent BBC News Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel after vowing retaliation for a deadly strike on its consulate in the Syrian capital Damascus. Israel has not said it…
7 minutes ago About sharing Watch: Sirens ring through Jerusalem as objects shot down from sky By Doug Faulkner BBC News Iran has warned Israel that any “reckless” retaliation to its unprecedented aerial attack would receive a “much stronger response”. More than 300 drones and missiles were launched at Israel by Iran overnight, following the…