India and Pakistan last met in the Champions Trophy in February. That match was played in Dubai because the India refused to travel to Pakistan for the tournament. Fixtures at world tournaments, such as World Cups and the Champions Trophy, are dictated by the International Cricket Council and the event’s schedule. India-Pakistan fixtures generate significant...
Liv McMahon & Tom Gerken Technology reporters BBC A note on one Co-op store Some Co-op stores have been left with empty shelves as the retailer continues to feel the impact of a major cyber attack. Stores are open and trading, however some are unable to accept contactless payments – with signs on doors telling...
6 minutes ago ShareSave ShareSave Several papers, including the Daily Mirror, lead with images from the 80th anniversary celebrations of VE Day at Buckingham Palace. The Metro front page features photos of the Royal Family watching the Red Arrows flypast. A quote from Winston Churchill’s VE Day speech in 1945 fronts the Daily Express. Churchill’s...
Israel’s military says it has hit Houthi targets in Yemen in response to the group’s missile launch at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport the previous day. The IDF said it attacked sites that it claimed served as a “central supply source for the Houthis” in the Hudaydah Port, as well as the Bajil cement factory east...
A man who was attacked with acid in his own home has died in hospital, police have said. Danny Cahalane, 38, who was described as an “outstanding father and son”, was attacked in Lipson Road, in Plymouth, on 21 February. He died on Saturday, Devon and Cornwall Police said. Mr Cahalane’s family said in a...
Getty Images Brazilian police said they thwarted a bomb attack planned for Lady Gaga’s concert on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. The Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro state, in co-ordination with the justice ministry, said suspects had recruited participants to carry out attacks using improvised explosives and the plan was aimed...
At least seven people have been killed and 20 others injured after a hospital and market were bombed in South Sudan, medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says. The charity said helicopter gunships dropped a bomb on the pharmacy of the hospital it runs in Old Fangak, Jonglei state, burning it down, before firing on...
One of Marks & Spencer’s biggest suppliers has resorted to using pen and paper for orders as the disruption from the cyber attack on the retailer continues. The boss of Greencore, which supplies sandwiches, rolls and wraps, says it has also ramped up deliveries by a fifth to make sure there is more than enough...
The boss of Marks & Spencer has told customers the retailer is “working day and night” to manage the cyber attack that has forced it to temporarily shut down its online operations. Stuart Machin said he was “really sorry” for the disruption to services, but did not say when normal business would resume. M&S’s problems...
Zoya Mateen BBC News, Delhi Auqib Javeed Srinagar, Kashmir UGC Two shawl sellers were assaulted in Mussoorie because of their Kashmiri identity Shabir Ahmad Dar, a resident of Indian-administered Kashmir, has been selling pashmina shawls for more than 20 years. The intricately embroidered featherweight scarves are a favourite with his customers in Mussoorie, a hill...
The luxury department store Harrods says it is the latest retailer to have been targeted by a cyber attack. The firm said it had restricted access to its websites following an attempt to gain access to its systems. It comes the day after the Co-op shut down parts of its IT systems to fend off...
Woakes has not played yet this season because of an ankle problem, while Wood is out until July following knee surgery. Brydon Carse remains sidelined with a foot problem and Olly Stone will not play before the back end of the summer after his own knee operation. Ollie Robinson, who has won 20 Test caps,...
Nikita Yadav BBC News, Delhi Getty Images A paramilitary soldier stands guard at a busy street in Srinagar city The US has urged India and Pakistan to work together to “de-escalate tensions” after a deadly militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir last week killed 26 civilians. Secretary of State Marco Rubio held separate talks with India’s...
A Kenyan member of parliament has been shot dead in the streets of the capital Nairobi by gunmen on a motorcycle in a suspected assassination. Police said the attackers had been trailing Charles Ong’ondo Were’s vehicle before one of them got off the motorbike and shot him at close range. “The nature of this crime...
Russian drones have killed at least two people and injured another five in a sustained attack on the Ukrainian city of Odesa, the governor of the region has said. Residential high-rise buildings, a supermarket and school were damaged, Oleh Kiper posted on Telegram. Elsewhere in Ukraine, the mayor of Kharkiv said a drone had struck...