Nick Beake Europe correspondent Anadolu via Getty Images For the protesters waving Palestinian flags outside EU buildings in Brussels, it was the moment that everything might change. An EU report presented to foreign ministers had found there were indications Israel had breached human rights obligations under the EU-Israel Association Agreement, ahead of Thursday’s European Union...
Every mother of an incarcerated son has the day her child entered state custody memorized: Whether she had been waiting in semiconscious dread for the call that started it all, or was stunned by a sudden pounding on her front door — she will always remember the moment her role as a mother fundamentally changed,...
Annabel Rackham and Steven McIntosh Culture reporters BBC Ranganathan said he used running, reading and breathing exercises to help centre himself when feeling down Romesh Ranganathan has said he is in “one of the best places I’ve ever been in my life”, after years of struggling with his mental health. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s...
In 1967, European champions Real Madrid pipped Barcelona to the league title. Nothing unusual there, but this was a unique season in Spanish football history for one reason – the teams who came up went straight back down. Deportivo la Coruna and Hercules – having won their respective regional second divisions – and Granada –...
Novak Djokovic will not take part in the Italian Open next week in another blow to the 24-time Grand Slam winner’s preparations for Roland Garros. Djokovic has competed in Rome in every season since 2007 and has won the event six times, most recently in 2022. However, organisers of the tournament announced on social media,...
This will be City’s 28th match at the national stadium since its refurbishment was completed in 2007. They are also vying for a third consecutive final, having beaten and lost to rivals Manchester United in the previous two years. “The fans cannot come because the situation is difficult for travel, the people are at work...
Josh Parry LGBT & identity reporter Getty Images James’s career went from Drag Race star and into the mainstream, appearing in the West End and on various TV programmes. The sister of James Lee Williams, better known as The Vivienne, says her family only learned of the drag performer’s battle with ketamine addiction after watching...
Yolande Knell BBC Middle East Correspondent BBC Dr Sukkar says life in Gaza feels “like a nightmare that doesn’t end” Healthcare in the Gaza Strip is itself a casualty of 18 months of war between Israel and Hamas. With doctors struggling to cope, the BBC followed one GP through her shift at a Médecins Sans...
Kyle Abbott continued his impressive career record against Somerset as Hampshire made the most of little play on day one of their County Championship fixture. Abbott added two wickets to take his tally to 71 scalps versus Somerset, with 40 of them coming at an average of 12 at Utilita Bowl. Fellow fast bowlers James...
BBC Listen to this article The US has “dropped the ball” on chip manufacturing over the years, allowing China and other Asian hubs to steam ahead. So said Gina Raimondo, who at the time was the US Commerce Secretary, in an interview with me back in 2021. Four years on, chips remain a battleground in...
Lily Jamali Reporting fromSan Francisco EPA Signage outside of the offices of the biotechnology company 23andMe in South San Francisco. Photo by GEORGE NIKITIN/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock The computer systems of 23andMe have been struggling to cope with the sheer volume of customers racing to delete their data, after the DNA-testing company announced that it was filing for...
Andrea Ormsby BBC News, Devon BBC Fintan Hood, 20, had to shield because of a rare immune deficiency condition A student from north Devon has recalled the difficulty of being forced to isolate for 448 days during the Covid-19 pandemic. Five years on from the first lockdown, 20-year-old Fintan Hood said it was a “surreal”...