Brazil have sacked manager Dorival Junior after losing 4-1 to arch-rivals Argentina in World Cup qualifying. They sit fourth in the South American group, having lost five of 14 games, although are still well placed to qualify for the 2026 finals. The 62-year-old, who has managed a host of Brazilian clubs, had been in charge...
A woman gave birth to a baby on a street in Bangkok shortly after a hospital evacuation following tremors from an earthquake in Myanmar. The patient was lying on a stretcher as hospital staff surrounded her and delivered the baby. Patients from both King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital and BNH Hospital were gathered in a park,...
England have won 20 of their previous 22 Six Nations matches against Wales, and given the strong team named by Mitchell, matching their average winning margin (over the last eight championship wins) of 46 points looks likely. World player of the year Ellie Kildunne, who scored two tries against Wales in last year’s 46-10 victory,...
‘We’re trying to bring democracy back’: BBC reporter speaks to protesters on the ground in Istanbul I had just sent my family a message saying how happy I was to be back in Turkey, where I used to live, and how it felt like coming home. Then, the phone in my hotel room rang. “We...
Prominent figures, including several Jewish leaders, have stayed away from an international conference on antisemitism held in Jerusalem, in protest at the inclusion of politicians from across Europe associated with the far right. Those who declined to attend included Israel’s own president and the chief rabbi of the UK, Sir Ephraim Mirvis. At the conference,...
The government has threatened to override the body advising judges in England and Wales in a row over how ethnic minority offenders should be sentenced, days before new rules are set to take effect. It comes after the Sentencing Council refused a request from Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood for it to rethink new instructions for...
Charlotte Andrews & Briony Leyland BBC News Reporting fromWinchester Crown Court Dorset Police Nasen Saadi had a “deeply-suppressed rage towards society and women”, the judge said A criminology student who had a “grievance against women” has been jailed for attacking two friends in a frenzied stabbing on a beach in Bournemouth. Nasen Saadi, 21, must...
Footage from Myanmar and Thailand has revealed widespread damage following a powerful earthquake. Dozens of videos and images of the aftermath have been posted on social media. BBC Verify’s Jake Horton has been assessing the footage to try to build up a picture of what happened. Produced by Mohamed Shalaby. Verification by Emma Pengelly, Paul...
On Saturday high pressure will sit to the south of the UK with an area of low pressure moving across northern parts. That means cloud and outbreaks of rain will affect Scotland and Northern Ireland – potentially spoiling the chance to witness the partial solar eclipse – and will spread into Wales, northern and western...
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola does not believe his squad deserve any of the £97m prize money the club would pocket by winning the Club World Cup. World governing body Fifa has announced the performance-related rewards for this summer’s expanded 32-team event in the United States. Europe’s major clubs are expected to get the lion’s...
Brighton forward Danny Welbeck reminisces with ex-Seagulls striker Glenn Murray about his FA Cup exploits over the years, as he prepares for this season’s quarter-finals. Watch Football Focus on Saturday at 11:30 GMT on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website & app, followed by Brighton v Nottingham Forest from 17:00 GMT. WATCH:...
Helen Bushby Culture reporter BBC BBC Studios already sells adverts on BBC podcasts outside the UK The BBC has “decided to rule out” placing adverts on some of its podcasts for UK listeners on sites such as Apple and Spotify. Last year, the corporation revealed it planned to put ads in some of its podcasts...
Author LJ Smith, whose best-selling Vampire Diaries novels were turned into a hit TV show, has died at the age of 66. Lisa Jane Smith published the original four-book series, about a love triangle involving two vampire brothers and an orphaned young woman, in 1991 and 92, before releasing another Vampire Diaries trilogy in 2009-11....
Dan Martin BBC News, Leicester BBC Madeleine McCann went missing during a family holiday in Portugal in 2007 Two women have appeared in court after being charged as part of an investigation into the alleged stalking of Madeleine McCann’s family. A lawyer acting for Julia Wandel, 23, from Lubin in south-west Poland, made an unsuccessful...
The King has been seen in public for the first time since he went to hospital after experiencing temporary side effects from his cancer treatment. He cancelled a trip to Birmingham on Friday on medical advice after spending a short period of time in hospital on Thursday, Buckingham Palace said. The monarch, 76, left his...