US Secretary of State Antony Blinken may have been in China since Wednesday evening, but it wasn’t publicly confirmed that he would meet Chinese President Xi Jinping until about an hour before the meeting. We’ve just seen TV footage of them in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Both sides are likely to…
Five migrants, including a child, were killed in a crush on board a boat crossing the Channel.
57 minutes ago About sharing By Fergal Keane BBC News, Jerusalem A baby rescued from her dying mother’s womb after an Israeli air strike in southern Gaza has died, the BBC has learned. Baby Sabreen al-Sakani was delivered by Caesarean section in a Rafah hospital shortly after midnight on Sunday. Amid chaotic scenes doctors resuscitated…
The Question Time audience were surprised when Chris Philp answered an audience member’s question about DR Congo.
2 hours ago About sharing By Michael Buchanan BBC News Five women have accused a judge of bullying and sexist behaviour during employment tribunal hearings. One woman told BBC News Judge Philip Lancaster had shouted at her at least 16 times, while another said she feared for any woman appearing before him. The women, who…
39 minutes ago About sharing Watch: Ashley Judd speaks to the BBC after Weinstein conviction overturned By Graeme Baker & Nadine Yousif BBC News Hollywood actress Ashley Judd says the overturning of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction is a “hard day for survivors”. “But we live in our truth,” Ms Judd told…
47 minutes ago About sharing Steve Young, 52, is one of the UK patients enrolled on the trial By Michelle Roberts Digital health editor An important trial of the world’s first “personalised” mRNA vaccine against the deadliest form of skin cancer – melanoma – is now under way in the UK. Steve Young, 52, from…
48 minutes ago About sharing Watch: Gaza protesters clash with police at Emory University By Bernd Debusmann Jr in New York and Mike Wendling BBC News Police have made arrests at Atlanta’s Emory University and University of Southern California cancelled a graduation ceremony as campus protests against the war in Gaza continue. Emory officials said…
6 minutes ago About sharing By James Cook Scotland Editor Humza Yousaf has been in office for barely a year but his future as first minister is already hanging in the balance. His handling of a deal with the Scottish Green Party, which he inherited from his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon, is the source of much…
Gary Roden quits days after he was criticised for telling BBC some grassroots music venues are “poorly run”.