The government is expected to announce a deal shortly with Labour rebels on its planned benefits changes. Multiple sources tell the BBC existing claimants of the Personal Independence Payment (Pip) will continue to receive what they currently get, as will recipients of the health element of Universal Credit. It is also expected that the support...
The end of Israel’s successful 12 Day War has changed the face of the Middle East already. Gone is the specter of nuclear weapons on ballistic missiles aimed at Tel Aviv, Haifa, and other Israeli population centers. The ballistic missile infrastructure itself has taken massive damage, as has the Iranian drone inventory and production capability....
Oil prices tumbled by nearly 5% on Tuesday after Israel agreed to a ceasefire with Iran after nearly two weeks of conflict. Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, fell to $68 a barrel, which is below the level it was at when Israel launched missiles against Iran’s nuclear sites on 13 June. Prices...
Long-serving all-rounder Paul Walter has signed a new contract with Essex through to the end of the 2028 season. The left-hander has sparkled as a converted opening bat this summer, scoring 495 runs in the County Championship at an average of nearly 62. He has scored two hundreds and two half-centuries in five appearances so...
The UK has a agreed a deal with the European Union over Gibraltar’s status after Brexit. Talks on rules governing the border of Spain and Gibraltar have been ongoing since Britain left the EU in 2020. The UK said the agreement would avoid the need for checks on people and goods crossing the Gibraltar-Spain border....
“Everybody’s known for a few months and just to be here with the Celtic strip on again just feels amazing. “When you move away from home, you grow up, you learn different things. I was in Spain for a year, learning a different language and playing in a different league, so I’m definitely a different...
County Championship leaders Nottinghamshire will have seamer Mohammad Abbas available for the whole summer after he agreed a mid-season extension. The Pakistan bowler, 35, was initially due to be unavailable for the county’s four championship games in June and July before returning in September. However, an agreement has been reached for him to play the...
Boeing has agreed to pay $1.1bn (£811.5m) to avoid prosecution over two fatal airline crashes that killed 346 people. The payments are part of a settlement with the US Justice Department (DOJ) over crashes involving 737 Max jets in October 2018 and March 2019. The agreement includes the US aviation giant paying $444.5m to families...
Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu BBC News Reuters Tamara Lanier, pictured in 2018, has waged a 15 year battle with Harvard over the photos Harvard University has agreed to hand over a set of historic photos believed to be among the earliest depicting enslaved people in the United States. The agreement ends a long legal battle between...
Is this yet another version of the Hamas Hokey Pokey? Or has the threat of a popular uprising in Gaza convinced Hamas to look for the least humiliating option short of Götterdämmerung? Maybe both? Hamas has agreed to a Gaza ceasefire proposal it attributed to US special envoy Steve Witkoff for a Gaza ceasefire, a...
Scott Arfield has opted to remain with Falkirk for their return to the Scottish Premiership return after signing a one-year deal. The 36-year-old midfielder rejoined his first club on a short-term contract in February, helping to seal the Championship title win with nine goals in 13 appearances. The former Burnley and Rangers player left Falkirk...
Sarah Rainsford BBC Rome correspondent Ukrainian presidency handout Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky met Pope Leo at the Vatican earlier this week Italy has backed President Donald Trump’s suggestion the Vatican might mediate talks on negotiating a ceasefire in Ukraine, while he appears keen to step back from the process himself. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s office said...
Well, this was interesting. I’ve only caught a few clips from the Bernie Sanders appearance on the Flagrant Podcast, but you have to hand it to Bernie, he is authentic and is willing to call the balls and strikes as he sees them. At least mostly. No politician is ever totally honest–I think it violates...
Analysis – BBC Radio Cumbria sports editor Paul Newton He may not have been able to keep Carlisle United up – and there are some in the fanbase who feel he had enough time to do so – however, the retention of Mark Hughes has been roundly welcomed in the city. Carlisle were a mess...
BBC A Los Angeles judge has agreed to resentence two brothers who are serving life in prison for the 1989 murders of their parents in a Beverly Hills mansion. Judge Michael Jesic’s ruling in the case of Erik and Lyle Menendez paves the way for the brothers’ release on parole. The pair have acknowledged killing...