The Palestine Red Crescent Society has called for an independent international inquiry into Israel’s killing of 15 emergency workers in southern Gaza. The organisation released the full video found on the phone of one of its eight paramedics who died when troops fired at a convoy of ambulances on 23 March, which it said constituted...
Saturday’s result was just Oxford’s second win in their past 12 games and leaves Wilder’s men in second, one point behind leaders Burnley and one ahead of third-placed Leeds before Tuesday’s visit of Millwall. Across the whole of the Football League nobody has won more games away from home this season than the Blades, who,...
Brentford head coach Thomas Frank has described the Club World Cup as “ridiculous” ahead of its new format launching this summer. The revamped inter-continental tournament, which is switching from a seven-team competition to one consisting of 32 sides, takes place in June. Chelsea, Manchester City and Real Madrid are among those competing in the enlarged...
France’s far-right National Rally (RN) leader Marine Le Pen called a court ruling that bans her from running for office for five years a “political decision” at a rally in Paris on Sunday. “I won’t give up,” she told thousands of flag-waving supporters in Place Vauban, close to the Eiffel Tower. She was on Monday...
Handout Peter Reynolds, 79, and wife Barbie, 75, have been in prison since the start of February The son of a British couple who were detained by the Taliban nine weeks ago is calling on the US to help secure their release from an Afghan prison. Peter Reynolds, 79, and wife Barbie, 75, were arrested...
The boss of US pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly says there is no looking back from Donald Trump’s decision to impose sweeping tariffs on imports from the rest of the world. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, David Ricks described it as a watershed moment in US economic history, “I think it’s a pivot in...
Plymouth Argyle head coach Miron Muslic has called on his attacking players to have a greater impact on his struggling side. The Pilgrims are seven points from safety at the bottom of the Championship ahead of the visit of Norwich City on Saturday. “I think we have nine offensive players. They have to do better,”...
French far-right leader Jordan Bardella has called on people to rally in the centre of Paris on Sunday in protest at a ruling that has banned Marine Le Pen from running for public office for five years. Le Pen’s bid to become France’s next president in 2027 were dealt a dramatic blow on Monday, when...
Htet Naing Zaw BBC Burmese Reporting fromMandalay region BBC Brightly coloured children’s backpacks were strewn among the remains of the preschool About 15 children’s backpacks lie torn apart in the rubble – pink, blue and orange bags with books spilling out of them. Spiderman toys and letters of the alphabet are scattered among broken chairs,...
A national protest meant to pressure Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa to resign turned into a shutdown as citizens opted to stay away rather than take to the streets amid a heavy security presence. Only a handful of protesters took part in the planned march, spearheaded by a group of disgruntled war veterans who have accused...
Selection under England head coach John Mitchell is “clear” and competition for places “very healthy”, says Red Roses back row Maddie Feaunati. A much-changed England started their Six Nations title defence with a bonus-point win over Italy in York, despite Mitchell making seven personnel changes from his side’s last outing in October’s WXV1 win over...
Musk’s donations could influence Republican lawmakers’ decision-making on future legislation. Elon Musk, whose Trump administration-endorsed “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) cuts have been challenged (and sometimes successfully blocked) in courtrooms across the country, has donated to several Republican members of Congress who have called for the impeachment of judges issuing those rulings. Musk has given...
Arsenal boss Renee Slegers says the “next step for women’s football” is to have better pitches after Gunners legend Ian Wright described the surface at Real Madrid’s Estadio Alfredo di Stefano as a “disgrace”. Wright made his feelings known during Arsenal’s 2-0 Women’s Champions League quarter-final first-leg defeat in Spain’s capital. Playing conditions at the...
Julia Gregory BBC News, Devon Agroforestry Research Trust The Agroforestry Research Trust runs a sustainable forest garden to teach people how to grow crops alongside trees Campaigners are battling to save an “irreplaceable” outdoor garden near Totnes after it was given a notice to quit after 31 years by landlord the Dartington Hall Trust (DHT)....
The drum beat for a federal probe into whether billionaire and GOP donor Elon Musk violated conflict of interest law through his dealings with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is growing louder following reporting that technology from Musk’s Starlink, the satellite network developed by its company SpaceX, will be involved in upgrading the FAA air...