Paul Seddon Political reporter Getty Images Ministers say the changes will help areas with cheaper property values Councils in more deprived areas of England are set to receive a greater share of government cash, under a planned overhaul of funding rules. The shake-up will see formulas that affect how billions of pounds are allocated to...
Israel says its fighter jets bombed an area next to the presidential palace in Syria’s capital, Damascus, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to protect the Druze religious minority following days of deadly sectarian violence. Netanyahu said the strike was “clear message to the Syrian regime” that Israel would “not allow the deployment of forces...
AFP The spiritual leader of Syria’s Druze community condemned the violence as an “unjustifiable genocidal campaign” Deadly clashes between Islamist armed factions, security forces and fighters from the Druze religious minority near Damascus are another sign of the continuing fragility of the security situation in Syria after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad. Outside players have...
Even by rural hospital standards, Keokuk County Hospital and Clinics in southeastern Iowa is small. The 14-bed hospital, in Sigourney, doesn’t do surgeries or deliver babies. The small 24-hour emergency room is overseen by two full-time doctors. CEO Matt Ives wants to hire a third doctor, but he said finding physicians for a rural area...
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz says the military will expand its operation in Gaza and seize “large areas” of the territory. In a statement on Wednesday, Katz said the expanded operation aimed to “destroy and clear the area of terrorists and terrorist infrastructure”. Seized areas would be “incorporated into Israeli security zones”, he said. He...
Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent, BBC World Service BBC Engineers from Gridless create makeshift computer labs to maintain their bitcoin mines The roar of the Zambezi is deafening as millions of gallons of water crash over rocks and tumble down rapids. But there’s another sound cutting through the trees of the Zambian bush – the unmistakable...