Part of the Series Voting Wrongs As part of a broader push to both vilify immigrants and suppress voting rights, Republicans in Congress and multiple states are pushing legislation requiring voters to produce documents, such as passports and birth certificates, to prove their citizenship before registering to participate in elections. Experts are warning that proof...
Russia says it will send a delegation to Istanbul on Monday for a second round of peace talks with Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow’s conditions for a temporary truce were being developed and would be discussed in Turkey. Ukraine has said it remains committed to dialogue but will not send a delegation until...
A host of global white-ball talent will be jetting over to take part in the men’s Blast. North Group Bears were dealt a blow on the eve of the tournament as Beau Webster will now miss out after being called up by Australia for the World Test Championship, while Hasan Ali will be unavailable for...
Amorim may be waiting a long time if he wants the section of support who despise the Glazer family – and are now starting to assess Sir Jim Ratcliffe in a similarly negative light – to put on a unified front. Then there are the fans who sit in front of the directors’ box, many...
The RNLI is reminding beachgoers to stay safe and to learn to “float to live” if they find themselves in trouble in open water. The charity said it was expecting beaches to be busy over the May half term – from Monday 26 to Friday 30 May. It said from Saturday, 66 beaches across Devon,...
Tino Livramento and Jarell Quansah have returned to the England Under-21 squad as Euro 2025 looms large – but Manchester United’s Kobbie Mainoo has not been selected. Head coach Lee Carsley has named a 29-man group for a training camp at St George’s Park and will need to trim the squad by six players before...
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has ordered residents of Khan Younis to evacuate as it prepares to launch an “unprecedented attack”. People were ordered to move towards al-Mawasi in the west of the strip, in one of the largest evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military in recent months. An Arabic statement shared by IDF...
Leading Kenyan lawyer and the country’s former Justice Minister Martha Karua says she has been detained in Tanzania after flying in for the court appearance of opposition leader Tundu Lissu. Karua said in a social media post that she had been detained at the main international airport and was awaiting deportation, along with two colleagues...
Talk to those who have known Eze since he was a boy honing his skills in a small yellow cage in Greenwich, and there is immense pride at how far he has come. “Growing up in south-east London, playing football in cages was a social thing with our mates,” Dajon Golding, a school friend of...
When the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) was established in 1949, it started its operations in Jerusalem. Nobody expected that it would be forced to shut down its activities in the face of Palestinian refugees in the city who still needed its services. Even more perversely, Palestinians could never have imagined that the...
Benedict Garman, Matt Murphy & Merlyn Thomas BBC Verify BBC Israel is preparing a series of sites in Gaza that could be used as distribution centres for humanitarian aid in a controversial new plan, satellite images show. The Israeli government suspended food and medicine deliveries into Gaza in March. Ministers said the move, which has...
The prime minister of Peru, Gustavo Adrianzén, has resigned hours before he was due to face a no-confidence vote in Congress. Members of Peru’s Congress had called for the no-confidence vote after the recent kidnap and killing of 13 mine workers, which shocked the country. Adrianzén’s resignation is another blow to the embattled president, Dina...
Pope Leo XIV will give his first Sunday blessing and address to a crowd in St Peter’s Square in the Vatican today. He will recite the Regina Caeli prayer, in honour of the Virgin Mary, in his first public address since his election was announced with white smoke on Thursday. After delivering Sunday mass, Pope...
Raphina makes it 3-2 to Barcelona with a late strike against Inter in their Champions League semi-final second leg. Read full article at source...
Kevin Hay & Caroline Robinson BBC News, South West BBC Nora Hoskin was evacuated to Lanner near Redruth World War Two evacuees have told BBC South West about their experiences ahead of the 80th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe. Nora Hoskin, 94, said she had vivid memories of the day she...