Man shot after stabbings at Sydney mall
Crowds flee shopping centre after reports of multiple stabbings, with unconfirmed reports of several killed.
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The honeytrap mystery is even stranger than we thought
2 hours ago About sharing By Henry Zeffman & Phil Kemp BBC News When news broke of men at Westminster being targeted by flirtatious WhatsApp messages from mysterious figures calling themselves “Charlie” or “Abi” many assumed it was a classic honeytrap. Some MPs were quick to point the finger at Russia, China and other “hostile…
Deadly violence after boy vanishes in West Bank
36 minutes ago About sharing Cars were set ablaze when settlers stormed al-Mughayyir By Laurence Peter BBC News Violence has erupted during an Israeli search for a missing teenage boy in the occupied West Bank, with a Palestinian man killed and 25 reported hurt in clashes with Jewish settlers. Israeli troops intervened after dozens of…
‘No easy task’ – The hunt for an impartial Trump jury
4 hours ago About sharing The jury process for Donald Trump’s first criminal trial will involve several stages that could last well over a week By Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York On Monday, hundreds of New Yorkers from across the island of Manhattan will find themselves facing a historic prospect: sitting on the jury…
Ukraine could face defeat in 2024. Here’s how that might look
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…
BBC Russian journalist branded ‘foreign agent’
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…
Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli dies
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…
Kingsmills massacre a planned IRA attack – inquest
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: I will step down if I committed criminal offence
Angela Rayner says she will quit as Labour’s deputy leader if she has committed a crime over council house claims.
Ex-Post Office boss regrets ‘subbies with their hand in the till’ email
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…