Jacqueline Howard & Adam Durbin BBC News Watch: Iran dealt “heavy blow” to US, says Khamenei Iran’s supreme leader has insisted the US “gained no achievements” from strikes on its nuclear facilities, in his first public address since a ceasefire with Israel was agreed on Tuesday. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the strikes did not “accomplish...
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...
Elizabeth Glinka Political Editor, BBC Midlands BBC Rob Howard said health issues were the reason for his resignation The recently elected leader of Warwickshire County Council has resigned, leaving his 18-year-old deputy in charge. Reform UK councillor Rob Howard released a short statement in which he said he had made the decision with “much regret”....
A person who threatened a Devon council leader has been issued with a community resolution, police have said. An investigation was launched after Tudor Evans, leader of Plymouth City Council, said he had received a “serious threat of violence” from a member of the public on 16 June. The Labour councillor said the threat was...
Paul Moseley BBC political reporter, Norfolk Qays Najim/BBC Kay Mason Billig said her personal post had been taken out of context A council leader apologised “unreservedly” for posting a picture of a steak dinner on Facebook with the words: “Wonder what all the poor people are doing?” Norfolk County Council’s Conservative leader Kay Mason Billig...
Teklemariam Bekit Editor, BBC Tigrinya AFP via Getty Images For many Eritreans, the hopes of the early days of the presidency of Isaias (left in 1994) have been dashed 30 years later Once hailed as part of a new generation of reformist African leaders, Eritrea’s president, who recently marked 32 years in power, has long...
Miles Davis BBC Devon political reporter George Thorpe BBC News, Devon BBC Tudor Evans said he received the threat from a member of the public The leader of Plymouth City Council has reported a “serious threat of violence” to police. Labour leader Tudor Evans said the threat was made by a member of the public...
US President Donald Trump rejected a plan by Israel to kill Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, three US officials have told BBC’s US partner CBS News. Trump reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that assassinating Khamenei was not a good idea, according to one official. The president has not commented publicly on the...
NHS Confederation A senior NHS leader has criticised the health service, saying his mother received a “black service, not an NHS service” as she died. Lord Victor Adebowale, chair of the NHS Confederation, which represents health managers, described his mother Grace’s death as “undignified”. The 92-year-old died in January of suspected lung cancer, although it...
Joshua Nevett Political reporter Reuters Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus has refused to meet Labour MP Tulip Siddiq to discuss corruption allegations against her during his visit to London. Yunus told the BBC the allegations were a “court matter” and said he had confidence in Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), which is investigating Siddiq. The ACC...
SEIU California President David Huerta was arrested while protesting the Trump administration’s militarized raid of LA. California union leader David Huerta has been released from federal custody after his arrest by federal immigration agents sparked an outcry from labor and other advocates across the country amid President Donald Trump’s rogue, militarized raid of Los Angeles....
The IDF have released new footage that they say shows the underground tunnel network underneath the European hospital in southern Gaza. The Israeli army say they’ve found the body of Mohammed Sinwar – the Hamas leader in Gaza – who they said was the target of Israeli airstrikes on 13 May. Following BBC Verify’s previous...
Sly Stone, a funk-rock star who lead the group Sly and the Family Stone, has died aged 82, his family said. In a statement on Monday, they said that he died following a “prolonged battle” with COPD and other underlying health issues. “Sly was a monumental figure, a groundbreaking innovator, and a true pioneer who...
IDF The Israeli military released a video in December 2023 that it said showed Mohammed Sinwar being driven through a Hamas underground tunnel The Israeli military has said it has located and identified the body of Mohammed Sinwar, the military leader of Palestinian armed group Hamas in Gaza. His body was discovered in a tunnel...
Unions and allies in California and across the United States on Saturday are demanding the immediate release of David Huerta, president of SEIU California and SEIU-United Service Workers West, after the highly regarded labor leader was injured and then arrested while witnessing a raid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Friday. “SEIU California...