Hmmm. Earlier today, rumors swirled that Donald Trump told Benjamin Netanyahu that he wanted to end not just the war with Iran but all of the conflicts in the region. Nothing firm emerged yet from those rumors, but this video message from the Israeli PM certainly sounds as though Netanyahu may be looking for the...
He can run, but Ali Khamenei can’t hide forever — from the Israelis, certainly. But Iran’s ‘supreme leader’ may have more to fear from the remnants of his own regime. In the past 24 hours, Israel has reportedly stepped up efforts to take Khamenei off the board, euphemistically or otherwise. Strikes in an area of...
US President Donald Trump has ordered an expansion of the detention and deportation of migrants across the country as protests against his policies continue. In a post on Truth Social, Trump called on federal agencies to “do all in their power” to deliver “the single largest mass deportation programme in history”, naming Los Angeles, Chicago...
Stephen McDonell China correspondent Watch as the BBC rides on board a driverless truck They rumble down the highway between Beijing and Tianjin port: big lorries, loaded up and fully able to navigate themselves. Sure, there is a safety driver in the seat, as per government regulations, but these lorries don’t require them, and many...
On March 1, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production.” The order claimed “onerous Federal policies” have hindered domestic timber production and that expanding logging was a matter of protecting “national and economic security.” It ordered the secretary of the Interior and head of the U.S. Department of...
Around £102m in new funding will be committed to expanding and modernising GP surgeries, the government says. More than 1,000 surgeries will benefit from the cash boost to upgrade and create additional space for doctors to see more patients. It is the biggest public investment in facilities for five years, according to the Department for...
Israel’s security cabinet has approved a plan to expand its military offensive against Hamas, which reportedly includes capturing Gaza and holding the territory. The Israeli military has called up tens of thousands of reservists in preparation for the move, saying it is “increasing the pressure” with the aim of bringing home the remaining Israeli hostages...
Israel’s defence minister has announced the military will soon “expand vigorously” its offensive throughout most of Gaza. Israel Katz also said the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had completed the takeover of a “security zone” in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, separating the cities of Rafah and Khan Younis. Israel’s military also issued evacuation...
AFP The UN says about 100,000 people fled Rafah after the Israeli military issued an evacuation order last month Israel’s defence minister has said it will expand its so-called “security zones” in Gaza to include the southern city of Rafah. During a visit to the area, Israel Katz said the military was leaving Gaza “smaller”...
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz says the military will expand its operation in Gaza and seize “large areas” of the territory. In a statement on Wednesday, Katz said the expanded operation aimed to “destroy and clear the area of terrorists and terrorist infrastructure”. Seized areas would be “incorporated into Israeli security zones”, he said. He...
Work to create a “mirror image” of one of Britain’s last remaining ancient temperate rainforests has started in Devon. Last week, volunteers from Moor Trees planted 450 saplings grown from acorns specially collected from Wistman’s Wood on Dartmoor. This work, which took place near the collection site, aims to support an expansion and regeneration plan...