Jeffrey Epstein: US court releases list of people connected to financier
The disgraced millionaire mixed with figures from the worlds of politics, business and royalty.
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Bomb threats cause evacuations at multiple US statehouses
25 minutes ago About sharing The Kentucky statehouse in Frankfort was one of the buildings targeted by swatters By Max Matza BBC News State capitol buildings in at least six states were evacuated on Wednesday after being targeted by bomb threats. A Kentucky secretary of state spokeswoman said the threat came in “a mass email…
Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn Colorado ban
The Trump campaign says the state’s decision was an “unconstitutional act of election interference”.
Mason: Starmer seeks new year boost before 2024 election
11 minutes ago About sharing By Chris Mason, political editor BBC News Politics is waking from its Christmassy slumber. And I know what you are thinking: never mind all the noise, tell me when the general election is going to be. Well, I would if I could, but I can’t – because we don’t know…
Junior doctors’ strike: Some hospitals request staff return to work
9 minutes ago About sharing Junior doctors have walked on the first day of a six day walkout By Nick Triggle Health correspondent NHS bosses have made more than 20 requests for striking junior doctors in England to be allowed to cross the picket line to help out services. None of the requests made on…
Luke Humphries beats Luke Littler to win PDC World Darts Championship
7 minutes ago Comments About sharing Luke Humphries hit 23 maximums and averaged more than 103 in his PDC world final win over Luke Littler By Phil Cartwright BBC Sport England’s Luke Humphries defeated teenager Luke Littler 7-4 in a gripping final at Alexandra Palace to win his first PDC World Championship title. Littler, 16,…
Saleh al-Arouri: Hamas leader’s death ‘won’t go unpunished’, says Hezbollah chief
41 minutes ago About sharing Hasan Nasrallah had previously said that any killings in Lebanon would be a red line By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News Hasan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, says the killing of Hamas’s powerful deputy leader will “not go unpunished”. Saleh al-Arouri died in a drone attack in Beirut on Tuesday. Israel…
Francoise Bornet: Woman in Robert Doisneau’s Paris kiss photo dies aged 93
2 hours ago About sharing Francoise Bornet pictured in 2005 with her husband – not the same man as her former boyfriend who featured in the photo By Steven McIntosh and Hugh Schofield BBC News The woman who appeared in a famous photograph of a couple kissing on the street in Paris has died aged…
Storm Henk: Billing Aquadrome evacuated after severe flooding
Parts of the East Midlands have been severely affected by flooding and strong winds, brought by Storm Henk.
Japan Airlines: Coastguard plane not cleared for take-off, transcripts show
1 hour ago About sharing Watch: First pictures of plane on fire on Tokyo runway By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News A coastguard aircraft involved in a fatal collision at Tokyo’s Haneda airport was not cleared for take-off, Japanese authorities have said. The smaller aeroplane collided with a Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger jet on the runway…