Getty Images Weight loss drugs could help turn the tide on obesity – but there are side effects A study into potential serious side effects of weight loss jabs has been launched after hundreds of people reported problems with their pancreas. The Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and Genomics England are asking people on...
The BBC’s Lyse Doucet reports from Iran’s capital city, Tehran during what appears to be an enduring ceasefire with Israel. The pause follows a volatile 24 hours in the Middle East, during which the White House mediated between the two countries. Lyse Doucet is being allowed to report in Iran on condition that none of...
Guy Lambert Society reporter Francesca Gillett BBC News PA Media The government will meet food delivery companies for talks next week after reports that some asylum seekers are working illegally as couriers within hours of arriving in the UK. The Sun newspaper reported that Channel migrants were able to rent out other people’s Deliveroo and...
For the last two weeks, the Protection Racket Media has salivated over the “civil war” in MAGAworld over Donald Trump’s handling of the Iran-Israel war. Media orgs have made any debate among Republicans over the options into a sign that Trump’s support would soon collapse, and that his political leverage would dissipate with it. We...
A barrage of Iranian missiles struck Israel on Sunday in the hours following a series of US strikes on nuclear facilities in Iran. Emergency workers raced to clear rubble from the site of an Iranian missile attack in the Tel Aviv neighbourhood of Ramat Aviv. Israeli police say six people with minor injuries were evacuated...
Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. A leading press freedom advocate on Tuesday condemned the United States’ “disturbing pattern” of screening and expelling international visitors for their political viewpoints following the detention and removal of an Australian journalist who criticized the Trump administration’s targeting...
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...
The majority stake of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball franchise is being sold in a historic deal worth an estimated $10 billion (£7.45b). The Buss family has owned the team – one of the most iconic in sports globally – since 1979 and now has reportedly made a deal with TWG Global CEO Mark Walter....
Yasmin Rufo & Alex Taylor Culture reporter Getty Images Sir David Beckham and wife Lady Victoria with son Brooklyn and his wife Nicola Peltz The anointment of Sir David Beckham is a moment of establishment recognition three decades in the making. But as the former footballer was conferred his knighthood on Friday, reports of family...
BBC Middle East Correspondent Hugo Bachega reports from Rishon LeZion, a city just outside of Tel Aviv which was hit by overnight Iran strikes. The IDF said more than 200 missiles were fired as part of the Iranian response to the large scale attacks carried out by Israel. They have urged residents to “stay alert”...
Palestinians are reported to have been killed and wounded in another shooting as they gathered near an aid distribution site in central Gaza. According to Palestinian journalists, those killed were fired on by Israeli troops. Information on Saturday’s incident is scarce as the internet has been down in Gaza for more than two days. There...
A whistleblower at Lockheed Martin has come forward to Christopher Rufo claiming that annual bonuses at the company were based on skin color rather than performance in some case. The source is anonymous but the story suggests they brought with them evidence to back up this claim. The story began in December 2022, when the...
Hindustan Times British national Vishwash Kumar Ramesh A man survived the Air India crash that killed at least 200 people, a police chief has told an Indian news agency. Ahmedabad Police Commissioner GS Malik told ANI there was one survivor, who was in seat 11A on the London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner flight. The flight manifest...
BBC Correspondent Roxy Gagdekar reports from the scene of a plane crash in Ahmedabad, India. The London bound flight was reported to have been carrying 242 passengers. Air India said the flight was carrying 169 Indian nationals, as well as 53 Britons, one Canadian national and seven Portuguese nationals. Read full article at source...
At least four people have died in a wave of bomb and gun attacks in south-western Colombia, according to local media reports. Two police officers were said to be among those killed in the attacks, which targeted Cali, the country’s third-largest city, and several nearby towns. Car bombs, motorcycle bombs, rifle fire and a suspected...