M&S shoppers are facing further frustration at the checkout as the company struggles to recover from a cyber attack. Customers began reporting problems on the weekend, with the retailer confirming on Tuesday it was dealing with a “cyber incident.” It told the BBC on Wednesday that customer-facing systems were back to normal. However, it has...
Reuters Armed French officers were seen outside the school on Thursday One student has been killed and at least three people were injured in a stabbing at a private school in western France, French media say. The attack took place at Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides school in Nantes on Thursday afternoon, according to reports. The attacker is said...
A woman accused of being involved in a suspected acid attack in Plymouth has appeared in court. Paris Wilson, 34, of The Quay, Plymouth, spoke only to confirm her name, age and address during a hearing at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. She has been charged with conspiracy to murder and kidnap Daniel Cahalane, as...
Pakistan has responded with tit-for-tat measures against India as tensions soared following a militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed 26 tourists. Islamabad suspended all visas issued to Indian nationals under an exemption scheme with immediate effect, as well as expelling some of its neighbour’s diplomats and closing its airspace to Indian flights. Indian police...
Benin’s government has admitted that 54 soldiers were killed by suspected jihadists in the country’s north last week near the borders with Burkina Faso and Niger. The authorities had previously said that only eight soldiers were killed. The revised figure makes it the deadliest known attack since insurgents began operating in northern Benin at the...
A woman has been charged in connection to a suspected acid attack in which a man in his 30s was injured and remains in a serious condition in hospital, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said Paris Wilson, 34, of The Quay in Plymouth was due to appear at the city’s Magistrates’ Court on...
Jordan’s government has banned the Muslim Brotherhood a week after it said members of the Islamist group had been arrested on suspicion of planning rocket and drone attacks. Interior Minister Mazen al-Faraya told a news conference that all of the Brotherhood’s offices would be closed and its assets confiscated, and that any activities would be...
India has announced measures targeting Pakistan, a day after 26 people were killed by gunmen in an attack in Indian-administered Kashmir. They include the closure of the main border crossing linking the two countries, the suspension of a water-sharing treaty and the expulsion of diplomats. India has also cancelled some visas held by Pakistanis and...
Nine people have been killed after a Russian drone hit a bus transporting workers in Ukraine, officials say. The attack occurred on Wednesday morning in the south-central city of Marhanets. Serhiy Lysak, regional chief of Dnipropetrovsk, said at least 30 people were injured, adding that “the number of victims is constantly growing”. The attack comes...
The use of Tasers in prisons will be trialled after guards were injured by the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber, the justice secretary has said. The Prison Officers’ Association (POA) had called for guards to have access to electric stun guns in light of Hashem Abedi’s use of makeshift weapons to attack staff at...
A swimmer is missing following an extremely rare shark attack off the coast of northern Israel on Monday. It happened in the sea at Hadera, about 40km (25 miles) north of Tel Aviv. The incident was witnessed by people on Olga Beach, who can be heard yelling in shock in footage posted on social media....
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth shared information about US air strikes on Yemen in a second private group on the Signal app, the BBC’s US partner CBS has confirmed with sources familiar with the messages. The messages, sent on 15 March, included flight schedules for American F/A-18 Hornets carrying out strikes on Houthi targets. The...
The Prison Service will conduct a snap review into whether protective body armour should be made available to front-line staff, the justice secretary has said. Shabana Mahmood’s announcement comes after Manchester Arena bomber Hashem Abedi threw hot oil at prison officers and stabbed them with makeshift weapons at HMP Frankland on Saturday. In a statement,...
The president of the largest communal body of Jews in the UK has responded to an open letter signed by some of its representatives criticising Israel’s offensive in Gaza. Phil Rosenberg, president of The Board of Deputies of British Jews, said he disagreed with the letter, which he said “lays blame squarely on the Israeli...
Hugh Schofield BBC News, Paris Reuters Cars have been torched in a series of attacks on French jails since Sunday night Officially, all lines of enquiry are still open into a wave of arson and gun attacks at French prisons. That means police haven’t ruled out the extremist left, or a foreign power such as...