Nine Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a police station in northern Gaza, health officials and first responders say. Several other people were also wounded when missiles hit the market area of Jabalia town. Video footage showed crowds gathered around the remains of a flattened building. The Israeli military said it...
You would never know it, given my writings here, but I used to be an enthusiastic, totally unabashed believer in higher education. I thought that, for all its flaws and quirks, American higher education institutions contributed far more to society than the trouble they caused and the expense they cost. What a difference a few...
Getty Images Witnesses told the BBC that flames spread rapidly between tents, causing dozens of deaths, including those of children At least 37 people have been killed in a series of Israeli strikes, most in areas where displaced civilians have set up tents, Gaza’s Hamas-run civil defence agency says. Witnesses in al-Mawasi told the BBC...
8 minutes ago ShareSave ShareSave Tuesday’s Metro is one of a number of newspapers which features news of singer Katy Perry being part of an all-female crew which enjoyed 10 minutes in space on Monday. “Look at the moon … oh my God we’re in space”, is Metro’s headline. Perry is pictured holding a daisy...
A 5.2 earthquake rattled San Diego, California, and the surrounding area on Monday afternoon, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake struck at 10:08 local time (18:00 GMT) with an epicentre in Julian, California. The resort town is located in the Cuyamaca Mountains about an hour north-east of San Diego. Around two hours after...
A strike by bin workers in Birmingham is set to continue after the latest offer by the city council was “overwhelmingly” rejected. It follows a month-long stand-off between members of the Unite union and the Labour-run authority as bin bags and fly-tipped rubbish have piled high on streets. Read full article at source...
Carine Torbey BBC News, Beirut BBC It was a typical Friday lunchtime in Beirut’s southern suburb. Then, a single warning, posted in Arabic on X by a spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), triggered panic and chaos in the densely populated area known as Dahieh. “Urgent warning to those in the southern suburb of...
Shyamantha Asokan BBC News, West Midlands ‘Birmingham needs morale boosting’ Joe Lycett said that, as a new dad, he was visiting the rubbish tip “more regularly than most” during Birmingham’s ongoing bin strikes, to offload dirty nappies and wipes. “I go to the tip, I would say, every fortnight. Tyseley’s my favourite,” the Brummie comedian,...
Birmingham residents have been queuing up in their cars for miles in order to dispose of their rubbish. This comes as bin strikes enter a fifth week, as a major incident is declared by the city council. Reporting from a collection point in Billesbey, BBC Midland’s David Lumb described the stench as “thick in the...
Reuters Israeli strikes hit Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, from where the military said rockets had been fired Israel has carried out fresh air strikes on Gaza after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered retaliation for one of the heaviest barrages of rocket-fire by Hamas in months. The Israeli military said about half of the 10...
The Trump administration has vowed to continue its military strikes against the Houthi movement that controls much of Yemen, and says it will hold Iran responsible for any retaliation from its ally. Since Saturday, U.S. warplanes have launched dozens of large-scale attacks on multiple towns across Yemen, killing dozens of people. The strikes came after...
Part of the Series Human Rights and Global Wrongs Activists in the Philippines say the stunning arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte on a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for a crime against humanity marks a major step toward accountability for the thousands of Filipinos targeted and killed under the pretext of...