John Pilger: Campaigning Australian journalist dies
Throughout his career, the writer was a vocal critic of Western foreign policy.
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US Navy helicopters destroy Houthi boats in Red Sea after attempted hijack
1 hour ago About sharing The USS Gravely shot down two ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen By Adam Durbin BBC News A US warship has shot down two missiles fired from Yemen, after responding to a call for aid from a container ship that had been struck in the Red Sea. The…
Dominic Cummings: Sunak wanted me to secretly work on election strategy
31 minutes ago About sharing By Doug Faulkner & Iain Watson BBC News Former No 10 adviser Dominic Cummings says he met Rishi Sunak twice in the past year to discuss political strategy and how to defeat Labour. Writing on his blog, Boris Johnson’s right-hand man turned arch-critic said the current prime minister had asked…
Vogue model Ellie Goldstein: ‘Doctors said I wouldn’t walk or talk’
9 hours ago About sharing Ellie always wanted to be a model but says she did not see anyone who looked like her on magazine covers When Ellie Goldstein was born in December 2001, doctors said she would never be able to walk or talk due to having Down’s syndrome. She soon proved them wrong….
North Korea says it will launch three new spy satellites in 2024
38 minutes ago About sharing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un spoke on Sunday as the five-day annual meeting came to an end By Nick Marsh in Seoul & Francesca Gillett BBC News North Korea plans to launch three more spy satellites next year as part of efforts to ramp up its military, the country’s…
Ukraine war: Russia launches fresh drone assault on Kyiv and Kharkiv, officials say
38 minutes ago About sharing Russia has been striking Kharkiv in recent days By George Wright BBC News Ukraine is again under attack by Russian drones, officials say, after two days of major aerial assaults by both sides. There are reports of explosions in Kyiv and Kharkiv, where the mayor said residential buildings were on…
American bully XL dogs must now be kept on a lead
15 minutes ago About sharing American bully XL dogs in England and Wales must be kept on a lead and muzzled in public now that a new law has come into effect. Breeding, selling or abandoning them is also illegal as of New Year’s Eve. Owners who want to keep their bully XL after an…
Venice to ban large tourist groups and loudspeakers
The new rules will come into effect in June and are part of an effort to ease the impact of tourism.
Teenager Littler beats legend Van Barneveld at World Darts
11 minutes ago About sharing Luke Littler will now face Brendan Dolan on New Year’s Day in the World Championship quarter-finals Luke Littler continued his historic run at the PDC World Darts Championship with a sensational 4-1 victory over five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld to reach the quarter-finals. The 16-year-old powered past the Dutchman…
Chris Mason: Get ready – general election talk will dominate 2024
12 minutes ago About sharing By Chris Mason, political editor BBC News In the blizzard of guesswork about politics in the coming year, there’s a fact as solid as a lump of coal at the bottom of your Christmas stocking. The election campaign has to begin in 2024, and it looks likely it will end,…