Merlyn Thomas, Kevin Nguyen & Kayleen Devlin BBC Verify BBC A month after the start of a controversial US- and Israeli-backed aid distribution system in Gaza, BBC Verify analysis of dozens of videos shows repeated incidents of gunfire near people travelling to collect aid, as well as other moments of chaos and panic. In several...
Title: Anarchy or Chaos. M. P. T. Acharya and the Indian Struggle for Freedom Author(s): Laursen, Ole Birk Published: London 2023: Hurst & Co. Extent: 343 S. Price: £45.00 ISBN: 9781787389489 Reviewed for H-Soz-Kult by Leonie Wolters, Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam There is no shortage of biographies of world-travelling Interwar Indian revolutionaries, but...
Reform UK’s deputy leader Richard Tice has insisted the party knows “exactly what it is doing” following a 48 hours in which its chairman Zia Yusuf resigned, before returning in a different role. On Thursday, Yusuf dramatically quit, saying in a social media post that trying to get the party elected was not “a good...
Marks & Spencer’s (M&S) chief executive’s total yearly pay jumped to £7m, before a cyber attack knocked-out online orders, hit contactless payments, and disrupted stocks in stores. Stuart Machin got the bump, from the previous year’s £5m total, mainly due to share awards from reaching performance targets including profit growth. In this current year, however,...
Matt Murphy & Kevin Nguyen BBC Verify BBC The masked and armed security contractor atop a dirt mound watches thousands of Palestinians who have been kettled into narrow lanes separated by fences below. He makes a heart shape with his hands and the crowd responds – the fence begins to bend as they push against...
We find out the identity of the man who has been charged with multiple offences after the Liverpool crash. Read full article at source...
The UN Human Rights Office has said it believes 47 people were injured in Gaza on Tuesday when crowds overwhelmed an aid distribution centre run by a controversial US and Israeli-backed group. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation uses American security contractors and aims to bypass the UN as the main supplier of aid in Gaza. BBC...
The UN Human Rights Office has said it believes 47 people were injured in Gaza on Tuesday when crowds overwhelmed an aid distribution centre run by a controversial new group backed by the US and Israel. A senior official said the UN was still gathering information but that most of the injuries were due to...
Rushdie Abualouf Gaza correspondent Alice Cuddy Reporting from Jerusalem EPA The limited amount of food that trickled into Gaza after an Israeli blockade was partly lifted has sparked chaotic scenes, as hunger continues to spread. Bakeries distributing food were overwhelmed by crowds and forced to close on Thursday, and armed looters attacked an aid convoy...
Hugh Schofield Paris correspondent Reuters France’s former interior minister has apologised for the first time for the 2022 fiasco at the Stade de France which saw Liverpool football supporters wrongly blamed for a riot. Gérald Darmanin admitted that security arrangements for the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid were wrong, and that his...
The first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second presidency have brought about big, destructive changes in U.S. society and culture as well as on the environment. They have also caused real damage to the economy, which has gone on reverse on almost all fronts since Trump took office. By talking out of both sides of...
An national emergency has been called in Israel as strong winds and high temperatures have fuelled wildfires outside of Jerusalem. Fire crews have been battling the blazes, with several people reported to be suffering from burns and smoke inhalation, according to Magen David Adom, Israel’s medical emergency service. The fires have spread through forests in...
It’s now been more than a week of chaos for Marks and Spencer (M&S), one of the UK’s biggest brands, following what – it is now obvious – is a significant cyber attack. It has cost it millions of pounds in lost sales and a lower share price. M&S has not said what or who...
EPA A massive power cut has caused widespread disruption in parts of Spain and Portugal, with airports, trains and petrol stations impacted. The chaos has also hit stores, with some supermarkets shutting and local grocery stores switching to cash as card payments stopped working. Here we collect some of the day’s most powerful news photographs....
A major power cut has caused havoc in parts of Spain and Portugal, affecting many parts of people’s every day lives. In Spain, video has captured chaos on the roads as traffic lights stop working and in Portugal, commuters filmed Metro stations plunged into darkness. Prime Minister of Portugal Luis Montenegro says there is “no...