Iran’s foreign minister has admitted that “excessive and serious” damage was done to the country’s nuclear sites in the recent US and Israeli bombings. Abbas Araghchi told a state broadcaster on Thursday evening, an assessment of the damage is being carried out by the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran. But, just hours earlier, Iran’s Supreme...
Angela Ferguson BBC News, Chester Cheshire Police Photos on Instagram showed Watkin posing with designer handbags A “charismatic and persuasive” conman who promised his victims high returns on investments in high-end Hermes handbags but instead spent their money on a “glamorous and luxurious lifestyle” has admitted fraud. Jack Watkin, who appeared in Channel 4’s Rich...
Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York Reuters Mr Combs’ lawyers have yet to present their case, but must defend a client who has already admitted domestic abuse Prosecutors in New York are set to rest their case in the weeks-long federal sex-trafficking and racketeering trial of rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs. The 55-year-old music mogul is...
Martin Lindsay BBC Investigations, North East & Cumbria Supplied The Read sisters Jenny, Wendy and Christina were abused as children The Church of England has apologised to three sisters who say they were “fobbed off” after reporting historical child sex abuse claims. Jenny, Wendy and Christina Read said they were “frequently” abused as young children...
Merlyn Thomas & Emma Pengelly BBC Verify BBC The Israeli military has admitted to BBC Verify that it conducted a previously unacknowledged strike on the al-Mawasi area of southern Gaza, which reportedly killed at least one Palestinian and injured 30 others. The strike took place on Sunday – hours after 31 Palestinians were killed in...
A man has admitted killing his wife as she pushed their baby in a pram through Bradford, but denied her murder. Habibur Masum, 26, stabbed 27-year-old Kulsuma Akter as she walked through the Westgate area of the city on 6 April last year. The baby was unharmed. Appearing at Bradford Crown Court, Masum, of Leamington...
Max Verstappen says that “frustration” led to his collision with George Russell during the Spanish Grand Prix and that the move “was not right and shouldn’t have happened”. Russell said that the Formula 1 world champion “let himself down” by appearing to drive deliberately into the British driver’s Mercedes in Barcelona. The Red Bull driver,...
May is the month when student athletes from around California go through a series of competitions in Track and Field events to decide who will make it to the state level competition at the end of the month. Briefly, here’s how it works. Every high school is part of a local league consisting of a...
A Syrian man has admitted carrying out a knife attack in the German town of Solingen last August in which three people were killed. “I have committed a grave crime, I am prepared to accept the verdict,” Issa al H said in a statement read out by his defence lawyers at the start of his...
A professional footballer has admitted his involvement in a plot to smuggle £600,000 worth of drugs from Thailand into the UK. Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, 34, was arrested after 60kg (9.44st) of cannabis was found in suitcases arriving at London Stansted Airport, Essex, on 2 September. He was sacked by Scottish club Greenock Morton after being charged,...
The body which runs Nigeria’s university-entrance exams has admitted to a “technical glitch” which compromised some results of this year’s tests, after nearly 80% of students got low grades. Students have complained about not being able to log in to the computers, questions not showing up and power cuts making it impossible to take the...
I like Megan McArdle. A lot. She is one of the better columnists in the Pravda Media, writing from her perch at the Washington Post in a generally dispassionate manner, which is rare these days. But…there is always a but, isn’t there…she has developed blind spots that baffle me. Perhaps it comes from spending so...
Journalism has a long-standing adage: “If your mother says she loves you, check it out.” The point is clear: sources you talk to are motivated, facts can be wrong, spun, taken out of context, or outright lies. Since a journalist’s job is to present to the readers/viewers/listeners as accurate a picture of reality as they...
Jordan Peck / Getty Images Oghenochuko Ojiri arrives at court on Friday An art expert who has worked on the BBC’s Bargain Hunt has admitted failing to report a series of high-value art sales to a man suspected of financing the proscribed group Hezbollah. Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53, pleaded guilty to eight counts under the Terrorism...
A major conservation charity linked to Prince Harry has admitted that human rights abuses were committed by its rangers in Congo-Brazzaville, following an independent review into allegations made by members of the Baka community against African Parks rangers. In a report published last year by the British newspaper the Mail on Sunday, community members accused...