47 minutes ago About sharing Biden to Xi: ‘It’s paramount we understand each other’ By Max Matza in San Francisco & Gareth Evans in Washington BBC News The US and China have agreed to resume military-to-military communications in an effort to ease rising tensions, President Joe Biden says. “We’re back to direct, open, clear communications,”…
1 hour ago About sharing The Care Quality Commission has been conducting focused inspections because of concerns about maternity care By Catherine Burns & Alison Benjamin Health Correspondent & BBC Verify England’s healthcare regulator has told BBC News that maternity units currently have the poorest safety ratings of any hospital service it inspects. BBC analysis…
1 hour ago About sharing Billpayers, charities and businesses are being urged to give their views on daily standing charges on energy bills, as part of a review, Regulator Ofgem said it wanted to open the debate over the charges, including opinions on how to change the system. Currently, energy customers pay a fixed daily…
55 minutes ago About sharing Australian actress Debicki, who plays Princes Diana, has also appeared in Tenet, The Great Gatsby and Guardians of the Galaxy By Yasmin Rufo Entertainment Reporter The final series of Netflix’s The Crown launches on Thursday, with the first four episodes set to be released. Season six of the royal drama…
31 minutes ago About sharing Gen Gwyn Jenkins, right, pictured with the former Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, received warnings about SAS raids. By Hannah O’Grady and Joel Gunter BBC Panorama One of the UK’s most senior generals was warned in writing in 2011 that SAS soldiers were claiming to have executed handcuffed detainees in Afghanistan….
Environment / November 15, 2023 The Single Most Dangerous Expansion of Fossil Fuel in the World America’s growing exports of liquefied natural gas pose a grave climate danger. Bill McKibben Ad Policy A large liquified natural gas transport ship sits docked in the Calcasieu River on June 7, 2023, near Cameron, La. (Jon Shapley /…
A number of Labour MPs are expected to defy their party leader over the issue in a Commons vote.
5 minutes ago About sharing Rishi Sunak said he did not agree with the Supreme Court ruling but accepted its decision By James Gregory & Dominic Casciani, legal correspondent BBC News The government is introducing emergency legislation to mark Rwanda as a safe country, the prime minister says, after the UK Supreme Court ruled the…
9 minutes ago About sharing Starbucks Workers United said this year’s Red Cup walkout would be bigger than in 2022 The union representing thousands of Starbucks workers in the US is staging a walkout on one of the coffee chain’s busiest days of the year. The action comes amid a bitter fight between Starbucks and…
Politics / November 15, 2023 Republicans Get Ready to Rumble After House Democrats narrowly averted a shutdown, GOP congresspeople are in brawling mode. Chris Lehmann Ad Policy Senate Armed Services Committee members Senators Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Joe Manchin (R-W.Va.) and Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) talk before a hearing of the National Security Agency and US Cyber…