The government has expressed concerns about the timeline for implementing assisted dying, the BBC understands, before measures were tabled to delay when it could be available. Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP bringing the bill, said she was “disappointed” to be proposing deferring when it must be in force by until 2029. Some MPs expressed concern...
At least 18 people have been killed and 19 injured as South Korea’s wildfires continue to ravage the country’s southeast, according to the latest numbers from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety. The “unprecedented” crisis remains critical, according to acting president Han Duck-soo, who said the fires are “rewriting the record books for the...
Americans in Washington DC are reacting to a Signal group chat leak where a journalist was inadvertently added to a chat where US national security officials discussed a planned military strike. The revelation has raised questions about why high-ranking officials discussed such sensitive matters on a potentially vulnerable civilian app. US Director of National Intelligence...
Family handout Sarah Everard was was kidnapped, raped and murdered in 2021 by a Met Police officer Sarah Everard’s parents are campaigning for tougher sentencing for serious violent and sexual criminals as part of a new campaign group being launched in Parliament. Ms Everard, 33, was abducted, raped and murdered by Metropolitan Police officer Wayne...
Greig Watson BBC News, Nottingham PA Media Maternity services at the trust are at the centre of the largest inquiry of its kind in the NHS The healthcare watchdog has apologised over delays to the publication of its report into maternity services in Nottingham, which is subject of the largest inquiry of its kind in...
Several front pages lead on the chancellor’s Spring Statement on Wednesday, including the Guardian which reports on concerns about what Rachel Reeves could announce. The paper says she is due to promise to “secure Britain’s future” by boosting defence spending, but adds there is “mounting speculation that she will be forced to raise taxes” in...
BBC This is the gravest crisis for Western security since the end of World War Two, and a lasting one. As one expert puts it, “Trumpism will outlast his presidency”. But which nations are equipped to step to the fore as the US stands back? At 09.00 one morning in February 1947, the UK ambassador...
Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Reuters Thousands of people in Turkey have turned out for a seventh night of protests which have so far seen more than 1,400 people detained, including students, journalists and lawyers. The nightly unrest began last Wednesday when the city’s Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu – who is seen as the President Recep Tayyip...
Optomen Television Stacey and Joe first met on the set of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! We might feel like we know Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash already. We have seen them live off rice and beans in the Australian rainforest in I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! We have...
The injury-time chaos warped the narrative arc of the game. Wales had dominated for 90 minutes but looked to have fallen for a sucker punch when substitute Joe Allen’s backpass was picked off by Bojan Miovski, whose goal had sparked jubilant celebrations among the home players and fans. Then came the bedlam as Wales disposed...
US Vice-President JD Vance will join his wife Usha in travelling to Greenland on Friday, a visit that follows Donald Trump’s threats to take over the island. The couple will go to the Pituffik Space Base to receive a briefing on Arctic security issues and meet members of US forces stationed there, according to the...
Bernd Debusmann Jr at the White House & Brandon Drenon on Capitol Hill BBC News, Washington DC Watch: Key reactions to reports of a leaked group chat involving Trump officials US President Donald Trump and his intelligence chiefs have played down a security breach that saw a journalist invited into a Signal group chat where he reported seeing national security officials...
Branwen Jeffreys Education Editor Getty Images The University of Sussex has been fined £585,000 by the higher education regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), for failing to uphold freedom of speech. It follows the case of Prof Kathleen Stock, who left the university in 2021 after being accused of transphobia for her views on sex...
Wales boss Craig Bellamy lauded his “incredible group” of players as they claimed a dramatic 1-1 draw in their World Cup qualifier with North Macedonia in Skopje. The hosts appeared destined to secure all three points as Bojan Miovski capitalised on Joe Allen’s loose pass to score in the first minute of added time. But...
Players are not “listened to” over their scheduling concerns, says England captain Harry Kane. The next international window takes place between 2-10 June following the conclusion of the Premier League season on 25 May and the Champions League final on 31 May. Kane’s Bayern Munich are also set to be involved in the new expanded...