In the first of her new Wimbledon columns, BBC Sport analyst Naomi Broady – a former top-60 player on the WTA Tour – discuss how British number one Emma Raducanu will look to beat 2023 champion Marketa Vondrousova. Being Emma Raducanu, particularly at Wimbledon, is never easy. And it certainly will not be easy when...
Ottilie Mitchell & Martin Heath BBC News, Northamptonshire Dunn family Harry Dunn, 19, died outside RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire in 2019 The family of Harry Dunn, the motorcyclist killed in a crash outside a US military base in the UK, said an inquiry into how the Foreign Office (FO) handled the case would start within...
Jonathan Head South East Asia correspondent Reuters Since Thailand decriminalised cannabis in 2022, shops selling the drug have popped up across the country Thailand is trying to rein in its free-wheeling marijuana market. The government has approved new measures, which will soon restrict consumption of the drug to those with a doctor’s prescription – in...
Iain Watson, Henry Zeffman and Harry Farley Political correspondents Reuters Angela Rayner has declared that the government will go ahead with its controversial legislation, aimed at reforming the welfare system, next week. But a well-placed source told us it could still be pulled: “It’s a live discussion.” Conversations are continuing at the heart of government...
Steve Rosenberg Russia Editor Getty Images At the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, a Russian MP came up to me. “Are you going to bomb Iran?” he asked. “I’m not planning to bomb anyone!” I replied. “I mean you, the British…” “Don’t you mean Donald Trump?” “He’s told what to do by Britain,” the man...
Romanian authorities have launched an investigation into British-American influencer Tristan Tate over allegations he broke election laws by posting political content on social media during the country’s recent presidential elections. The probe, confirmed by police sources, is centred on a social media post that Tate is alleged to have shared on election day and included...
The telephone calls and WhatsApp messages continue apace this weekend between leaders, foreign ministers and diplomats, with the expectation that there are many more days to come in this conflict between Israel and Iran. There are currently two so-called “crisis centres” running in the Foreign Office, both stood up in the last 48 hours. One...
British rapper Yung Filly is facing two more charges related to the sexual assault of a woman while on tour in Australia. The YouTuber, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, appeared before Perth District Court. In March he pleaded not guilty to three counts of assault occasioning bodily harm, one of strangulation and...
Rushdi Abualouf Gaza correspondent IDF/Reuters/EPA Clockwise from top left: Late Hamas leaders Mohammed Sinwar, Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif and Marwan Issa With the confirmed killing of Hamas’s top military commander Mohammad Sinwar in an Israeli strike, a chapter has closed on the elite leadership group in Gaza that orchestrated the events of 7 October, 2023....
The annual Lambeth Country Show featured some star names this year – in the form of vegetables. The free festival, which takes place in south London’s Brockwell Park, included entries to its carved vegetables competition, with sculptures portraying famous figures such as Dolly Parton and the Pope. There were some excellent puns accompanying the artwork,...
Far-right Dutch leader Geert Wilders has withdrawn his party from the government, bringing down the governing coalition after less than a year. The move – which was brought on by a row over immigration – will now likely usher in snap elections. Prime Minister Dick Schoof had made a last-minute appeal to coalition party leaders...
In April, Nandy said the 68-year-old sports media rights executive was the “outstanding candidate” to fill the position, despite not being on the original three-person shortlist. She has now removed herself from the final decision, delegating responsibility to the Sports Minister. Last month, Kogan told MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport Committee (CMS) during...
“If I know how he thinks, he probably also knows how I think,” said Maresca of the opposition boss. “So I don’t think it gives us an advantage in this final.” This game is very much master versus apprentice. In an interview while managing Manchester City’s Under-21s in 2020, Maresca said: “Manuel was both the...
    The surest way to trigger the collapse of New York City is to elect an antisemitic mayor.     Throughout history, rising antisemitism is a bellwether of societal ruin: When attacks on Jews are tolerated or encouraged, the dissolution of everyone’s rights and the abandonment of basic freedoms follow....
Paul Adams BBC diplomatic correspondent Reuters A headline in Israel’s liberal daily Ha’aretz this week put it starkly: “Diplomatic tsunami nears,” it warned, “as Europe begins to act against Israel’s ‘complete madness’ in Gaza.” This week’s diplomatic assault has taken many forms, not all of them foreseen. From concerted international condemnation of Israel’s actions in...