Kasra Naji Special Correspondent, BBC Persian BBC After spending nearly two weeks in a secret bunker somewhere in Iran during his country’s war with Israel, the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, might want to use the opportunity of the ceasefire to venture out. He is believed to be holed up, incommunicado, for the fear...
The US joining Israeli strikes would cause “hell for the whole region”, Iran’s deputy foreign minister has told the BBC. Saeed Khatibzadeh said this is “not America’s war” and if US President Donald Trump does get involved, he will always be remembered as “a president who entered a war he doesn’t belong in”. He said...
Jeremy Bowen International Editor World leaders ‘obligated’ to save lives in Gaza, says head of ICRC Gaza has become worse than hell on earth, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross has told the BBC. In an interview at the ICRC’s headquarters in Geneva, the organisation’s president Mirjana Spoljaric said “humanity is...
Louise Fewster & Sabbiyah Pervez BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Investigations Bereaved mother says domestic abuse review was ‘torturous’ Just 1% of reviews into domestic abuse-related deaths are being completed in the recommended time, BBC research suggests. Home Office guidance says these reviews, which make recommendations to help prevent people being killed by partners or family...
This almost sounds like a joke: A college president and a ‘public’ news organization walk into a bar to complain about their common enemy. At least one of them decided to be somewhat honest about it, but only somewhat. Alan Garber, president of a beleaguered Harvard University, sat down with Steve Inskeep of an equally...
Right-wing Catholics continue to play an important role in the Quebec fascist milieu. In fact, along with “French Canadian” nationalism, traditional Roman Catholicism is one of the defining features of the far-right in this province. Some reactionary Catholics in Quebec have even split from the Vatican, which they view as being too moderate. These schismatics...
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has denied he is trying to change the constitution so that he can stay on when his term ends in three years’ time. Erdogan has led Turkey for 22 years, first as prime minister from 2003 and then as its elected president since 2014. But he cannot run again unless...
When Ferguson left Tannadice and joined Rangers for £4m, the move was the measure of his dreams. He was a Rangers boy. He revered the manager, Walter Smith. He idolised the iconic striker, Ally McCoist. The whole thing became a nightmare. Wild living, not enough game-time, scrutiny, trouble, minders, claustrophobia. And then he went for...
“Climate change will make earth a living hell!” claims popular astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson. I don’t believe him. The media say, “All Arctic ice will soon melt away! Polar bears are dying off! Global warming causes food shortages!” Bunk,...
Amy Gladwell BBC South West Investigations Team BBC Elle Jones, 19, says she lost periods of her teens to eczema “It’s taken a big toll on my life,” says Elle Jones, 19, reflecting on her severe eczema. The office worker from Devon describes days bedridden with “excruciating” pain and chronic itching, while waiting up to...
The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has told the BBC that Gaza has become “hell on earth”, as Israel’s military assault there continues. Mirjana Spoljaric’s comments come on the same day the UN human rights office warned that Israel’s tactics were threatening the viability of Palestinians continuing to live in...
On Wednesday 26 March, hundreds of chronically ill, disabled, and neurodivergent people, those living with mental health issues, and their allies will gather outside 10 Downing Street from 11am. It will be in protest at the Labour Party government’s proposed £5bn cuts to people’s social security. It comes after decades of Department for Work and...
To Hell With Poverty by Jon King Published by: Constable Release date: 3rd April 2025 This memoir from the Gang of Four’s singer is the story of a band and the story of a friendship. It’s also about the damage that a band and a friendship can do to each other. The book is subtitled...