Mark Poynting Climate reporter, BBC News Getty Images A second spell of temperatures well over 30C before we’ve even got to the end of June – how unusual is this and how much is climate change to blame? Temperatures of 34C are possible on Monday or Tuesday in south-east England. They’ve been triggered by an...
Britain’s Jay Clarke believes there is still a “barrier” stopping young black tennis players from developing in the UK. Last month, the LTA launched its ‘equity, diversity and inclusion plan’, saying it will “not be satisfied until the diversity of everyone involved in tennis reflects the diversity of the communities in the country”. Clarke, 26,...
Getty Images Tuvalu is the world’s second lowest-lying country More than a third of Tuvalu citizens have entered the ballot for a world-first climate visa which would allow them to permanently migrate to Australia. Opening for the first intake on 16 June, the influx of registrations could indicate that programme will be hugely oversubscribed, with...
Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. As an Iranian, I felt a surge of relief — and cautious hope — when I heard news of the ceasefire between Iran and Israel. The bloodshed...
The end of Israel’s successful 12 Day War has changed the face of the Middle East already. Gone is the specter of nuclear weapons on ballistic missiles aimed at Tel Aviv, Haifa, and other Israeli population centers. The ballistic missile infrastructure itself has taken massive damage, as has the Iranian drone inventory and production capability....
Peter Saull Political editor, BBC East Midlands BBC Labour’s Natalie Fleet said she used to tell her friends: “I can’t be an MP – I was a teenage parent” “You’ve ruined your life, not only for you, but for your unborn daughter.” Natalie Fleet fell pregnant at 15 and says she was made to feel...
Andrew Harding BBC News Reporting fromAgarak, Armenia-Iran border BBC A steady stream of Iranians have fled on foot across the border into Armenia in recent days “People want regime change,” said Mariam, a pensioner, as she collapsed into the back of a taxi with her husband. The couple had just dragged their heavy suitcases across...
Watch: How successful have the US strikes on Iran been? US President Donald Trump has raised the possibility of a change in leadership in Iran, after his country joined Israel in striking Iranian nuclear facilities. On Sunday, Trump posted on social media to ask “why wouldn’t there be a Regime change???” His remarks came after...
Jenny Coleman BBC News, Liverpool BBC Ben McDonald was told by Hugo Boss he could not call his company Boss Pets An online pet health supplies shop has received a legal letter from Hugo Boss over its name. Ben McDonald, from Bootle on Merseyside, set up Boss Pets in February, but this month received the...
Take a step back, and it has been quite a few days. This has been a week at Westminster that has seen two decisions that point to a profound, socially liberal shift. Just a few days ago, MPs voted to change abortion legislation to stop women in England and Wales being prosecuted for ending their...
Getty MPs will decide the future of the bill which could legalise assisted dying in England and Wales when it returns for its final stage in the House of Commons on Friday. If approved, it will be sent to the House of Lords for further scrutiny. If it is not approved, the bill will not...
BBC It was the summer of 2023, and Katie Piercefield-Holmes from Suffolk travelled to the Greek island of Rhodes with her husband and two children for a 10-day holiday. They’d booked a room with air conditioning at a resort, intending to spend the time relaxing in the swimming pool and sightseeing – but this wasn’t...
Israel says one of its main goals is to destroy Iran’s nuclear capabilities. The Fordo nuclear site, which is buried inside a mountain, is one of the most heavily fortified. There’s only one conventional weapon that could destroy it – and only the US is known to have it. BBC Verify’s Merlyn Thomas looks at...
South Africa’s World Test Championship triumph “stirred the emotions” of the country, but there is “still work to be done” on the format, says Proteas legend AB de Villiers. Temba Bavuma’s side beat Australia by five wickets in the Lord’s final last week to end the country’s 27-year wait for a men’s global title. The...
Ed wrote an excellent piece earlier today about Trump’s warning to Iran that it must give up its nuclear program “or else.” After exiting the G-7 conference early, calling together his National Security Council in the wee hours of the morning, and making statements to the media and on Truth Social that the time for...