Antonio, who previously explained he has no memory of the accident, crashed and was trapped in his car. He was freed by crew from Essex County Fire and Rescue Service who left him in the care of ambulance staff. West Ham, in an initial announcement about the crash, said their “thoughts and prayers” were with...
This article was originally published by The Lever, an investigative newsroom. If you like this story, sign up for The Lever’s free newsletter. Texas is considering a sweeping set of legislative changes that would erode First Amendment protections, emboldening corporations and powerful individuals to use retaliatory lawsuits to silence their critics. If passed, the bills...
Chinese President Xi Jinping is in Moscow for talks with President Vladimir Putin. The pair have met more than 40 times and look like the best of friends, but there’s a lot more to this relationship than meets the eye. The BBC’s China Correspondent Laura Bicker explains three things to look out for during the...
You might be able to explain your “insights into oral chemesthetic perception” to a group of chemistry professors – but can you dance it? Dr. Sulo Roukka from the University of Helsinki can and he’s won a prize to prove it. The Dance your PhD competition was founded in 2008 aims to make complex research...
Steve Rosenberg BBC Russia editor EPA/Kremlin A meeting between Steve Witkoff and Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin appeared to be amicable in pictures released by the White House It was all smiles in the Kremlin. “It’s so good to see you,” gushed Steve Witkoff as he shook the hand of the Russian president. From his...
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has ended an historic visit to South Africa, signalling a dramatic improvement in the once-strained relations between the two nations. The visit marked a diplomatic breakthrough for the Ukrainian leader in his efforts to counter Russia’s strong – and growing – influence in Africa. “I’m sure that Russia will be annoyed...
“How could [my activism] be a threat to anybody except the war machine that is feeding this?” Mahdawi said. Vermont Sen. Peter Welch (D) met with Columbia University activist Mohsen Mahdawi in a Vermont prison on Monday, where the Palestinian student pleaded for peace and urged those advocating for his release to continue fighting for...
Officials are in “violation of international law” by barring Abrego García access to legal counsel, the senator said. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) was finally granted a meeting with Kilmar Abrego García in El Salvador on Thursday evening, just hours after he accused Salvadorian officials of violating international human rights law in a press conference...
A US senator has met with a man who Trump administration officials have acknowledged was deported in error from Maryland to a mega-prison in El Salvador. Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen posted photos of his meeting with Kilmar Ábrego García, whom the administration has refused to return to the US despite an order from a...
US special envoy Steve Witkoff met Vladimir Putin on Friday as Donald Trump urged the Russian president to “get moving” on a ceasefire in Ukraine. It will be Witkoff’s third meeting with Putin this year, during which the US has failed to get Russia to agree to a full ceasefire with Ukraine. Trump has previously...
EPA Rubbish has been piling up on Birmingham’s streets during an ongoing bin strike Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner met Birmingham council leaders on Saturday to discuss ways to clear the “waste backlog” that has piled up during an ongoing bin strike. Birmingham City Council declared a major incident last week amid industrial action by...
A report submitted to the EU in September, as interpreted by Michael Roberts, casts considerable doubt on the standard right-libertarian party line regarding investment. The standard right-libertarian talking point is that labor is dependent on investment, that investment — in the form either of credit or equity — comes from previous capital accumulation, and that...
Chloe Aslett BBC News, Yorkshire NHS The NHS Blood and Transplant service can arrange for families and transplant recipients to meet. A woman has met the transplant patient who received her sister’s hands, describing the feeling of transforming another person’s life as “absolutely incredible”. Deborah Gosling took her twin, Julie Wild, to hospital in January...
It was double Kylian Mbappe at Madame Tussauds as the Real Madrid and France star sees his waxwork figurine for the first time. Read article in full at source...
Jodie Ounsley – Fury from Gladiators and former Exeter Chiefs winger – catches up with fellow “northern lass” Zoe Aldcroft to talk about the honour of captaining the Red Roses as the Women’s Six Nations gets underway in the “biggest year of women’s rugby”. Watch: England v Italy live on BBC 2, Sunday 23 March...