The head of a controversial US and Israeli-backed aid group has defended its work after repeated incidents of killings and injuries of Palestinians seeking aid. Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) boss Johnnie Moore told the BBC World Service’s Newshour he was not denying deaths near aid sites, but said “100% of those casualties are being attributed...
David Spereall BBC News, Yorkshire Emma Glasbey BBC Yorkshire home and social affairs correspondent Family handout Kulsuma Akter fled to a women’s refuge in Bradford to escape her husband To his 4,000 followers on social media, Habibur Masum appeared to be a doting dad creating his own online niche offering parenting tips to new fathers....
George Thorpe BBC News, Devon Family handout Adam Harrison died when a parachute he was using during a tandem skydive did not open A skydiving instructor who died during a tandem jump had a way of “turning ordinary days into unforgettable adventures”, his family said. Adam Harrison was killed when the parachute he was using...
Three Palestinians have been shot dead after dozens of Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian authorities say. Video footage from Kafr Malik, near Ramallah, on Wednesday night showed a car and a home on fire and Palestinians running away as gunfire is heard. The Israeli military said forces deployed...
At least eight people have been killed and 400 injured in nationwide protests in Kenya against President William Ruto’s government, doctors and rights groups have said. Police clashed with protesters, who marched in their thousands – some chanting “Ruto must go” and waving branches as a symbol of peaceful opposition to his rule. The government...
Lucy Manning Special correspondent Watch: BBC’s Lucy Manning talks through the police video which shows how they used Tasers and pepper spray to apprehend the Hainault attacker Daniel Anjorin walked out of the front door of his family home in Hainault at about 07:00 BST, rucksack on his back and headphones on as he headed...
At least 44 people waiting for aid have been killed by Israeli fire in two incidents, rescuers and hospitals say. Read full article at source...
BBC BBC Persian received a photo said to show damaged buildings in Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh A senior nuclear scientist was among nine people killed in an overnight Israeli strike in northern Iran, Iranian officials and state TV have said, hours before a ceasefire ending 11 days of conflict took effect. State TV cited sources who said...
“Another appalling attack” on a hospital in Sudan has seen more than 40 people killed, many of them children and medics, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. “We cannot say this louder,” wrote Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on X on Tuesday, “attacks on health must stop everywhere!” Al-Mujlad Hospital was struck on...
The skies were as blue as the famous waters of Lake Tahoe when Gloria Brigantino and her friends decided to anchor and get a rum cocktail. It was starting to feel chilly, and winds were picking up. On shore, a band was playing, and people were swimming – children running around in their swimsuits as...
At least four people have been killed in an overnight Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, the interior minister says. In a post on social media, Ihor Klymenko says residential areas, hospitals and sports infrastructure were hit. “An entire section of a residential high-rise building was destroyed” in the worst-hit Shevchenkivskyi district,...
The family of a woman found fatally stabbed after a gas explosion at her home have described her as a “beautiful daughter, sister, friend and mother”. Annabel Rook, 46, was found fatally injured at a house in Dumont Road, Stoke Newington, north London, just before 05:00 BST on Tuesday. In a statement issued through the...
Israel says it has killed a senior Iranian commander who helped plan Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack on southern Israel, in a strike on Saturday on the city of Qom. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the killing of Saeed Izadi marked a key point in the conflict. He was “one of the orchestrators” of...
Two people are dead after a rockfall struck several hikers in Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies. One has been identified by the University of Alberta as retired professor Jutta Hinrichs, who was found on Thursday. The second was recovered on Friday, according to Parks Canada and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Another...
Reuters Funerals continued on Thursday for Palestinians killed by the gunfire At least 12 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces while waiting for aid in central Gaza, according to rescuers and medics. Reports say the group was killed by gunfire near an aid distribution site run by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation...