55 minutes ago About sharing Labour’s deputy campaign coordinator says her party needs to rebuild trust with Muslim voters, amid an apparent backlash over its stance on Gaza. The party’s position on the Israel-Hamas war appears to have dented its support in Muslim areas in England’s local elections. Labour’s Ellie Reeves admitted it had “a…
14 hours ago Comments About sharing By Chris Mason Political editor, BBC News There has been lots of noise and lots of numbers. And, for plenty of us, not a lot of sleep. And there are still more results to come this weekend. But how do things look right now? Firstly, dire election results are…
A woman who had to travel from Wales to England for an abortion says the experience was traumatic.
2 hours ago About sharing As many as 100,000 people are expected to visit Malmo for the competition By Adrienne Murray Reporting from Malmo Security is being tightened for the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden’s third city Malmo, with large demonstrations planned to coincide with the event and the country already on high alert. Police…
Analysis4:19 Professor Sir John Curtice Professor of politics at University of Strathclyde Though some key results will only be counted on Saturday, the results of the local elections have for the most part been deeply disappointing for the Conservatives. Some losses were inevitable. Most of the seats being elected on Thursday were previously contested in…
A song praising Mr Kim has got TikTok hooked – but experts say it could be hiding something more sinister.
Israeli authorities said they were investigating the death of orthopaedic surgeon Dr Adnan Al-Bursh.
27 minutes ago About sharing By Sam Francis Political reporter, BBC News The Conservatives have endured one of their worst local election results in a decade in the last big test of public opinion before a general election. The Tories lost nearly half the seats they contested, with only a handful of council and mayoral…
Labour would have won 34% and Tories 25% if local results were replicated across the country, says Sir John.
Elyakim Libman was a security guard at the Nova music festival when Hamas attacked on 7 October.