the Visual Journalism team BBC Israel has hit Iran with its biggest wave of air strikes in years, targeting the country’s nuclear programme, and is promising to continue its attacks. Senior military figures and nuclear scientists were killed in the overnight strikes and there are unconfirmed reports that civilians, including children, were also among the...
Nintendo’s long-awaited Switch 2 has been released worldwide. Many stores opened at midnight with eager fans queuing to be among the first to get their hands on one. Switch 2 is the first major console launch in five years. It comes with about 25 games – one of the big newcomers is Mario Kart World....
What’s been the biggest surprise since the start of the year? Speaker Mike Johnson’s winning streak in the House has to be near the top, if not at the very top. Despite having one of the narrowest majorities in congressional history and perhaps the most fractious caucus ever, Johnson keeps piling up wins. With the...
Becky Morton Political reporter Getty Images Knife-edge Runcorn by-election Reform UK won its first Parliamentary by-election, taking Runcorn and Helsby from Labour by just six votes after a recount Reform candidate Sarah Pochin got 38.7% of the vote. The Conservatives came a distant third, with the Green Party fourth First Reform mayor Reform also won...
Lynette Horsburgh BBC News PA Media Hoteliers voted to approve the £2 overnight charge for staying in Liverpool People staying overnight in Liverpool will have to pay a “tourist tax” after hoteliers voted in favour of plans to introduce one. A ballot by Accommodation BID, which represents 83 hotels in the city, found that the...
More than 40 flats have been evacuated due to a fire overnight in Dover, Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) said. The fire brigade said it needed 12 fire engines and two height vehicles at the peak of the blaze in Crabble Road, which was still burning on Sunday. Upon arrival, crews began evacuating the...
Several prisons in France have been hit by a wave of attacks overnight, the justice minister has said. Gérald Darmanin said prisons had faced “intimidation attempts” ranging from vehicle burning to automatic weapon fire. La Parisien reports that vehicles were set on fire in several prison car parks, while a prison in Toulon was targeted...
An overnight blaze that broke out at a village pub was caused by a discarded cigarette. Firefighters were called to The Quay at Wivenhoe, near Colchester, just after 01:15 BST by a neighbour who woke to see the blaze. They arrived to find fencing and an outbuilding alight. It was the second fire caused by...