Esme Stallard Climate and science correspondent Justin Rowlatt Climate editor The Prince of Wales interviewed TV naturalist Sir David Attenborough ahead of the UN oceans summit Sir David Attenborough has told Prince William he is “appalled” by the damage certain fishing methods are wreaking on the world’s oceans. The Prince of Wales interviewed the TV...
Warning: This article contains an account of sexual abuse. Kayla Harrison never holds back when telling her story of sexual abuse because she wants to give young victims hope. “There is a shiny gold medal at the end of the tunnel. There is a UFC belt at the end of the tunnel – but you...
An Australian woman accused of intentionally cooking a fatal mushroom lunch has told her trial she had wanted the beef Wellington meal to be “special”. Erin Patterson has pleaded not guilty to murdering three people and attempting to kill another at her home in regional Victoria in July 2023. The 50-year-old says it was a...
Jeremy Bowen International Editor World leaders ‘obligated’ to save lives in Gaza, says head of ICRC Gaza has become worse than hell on earth, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross has told the BBC. In an interview at the ICRC’s headquarters in Geneva, the organisation’s president Mirjana Spoljaric said “humanity is...
PA Media MI5 told the court everyone from director general Ken McCallum downwards acknowledged the seriousness of the false evidence MI5 lied “deliberately and repeatedly” as it tried to defend its handling of a neo-Nazi agent who abused women, the BBC has told a panel of High Court judges. The corporation argued the threshold for...
An Australian woman who cooked a toxic mushroom meal has told her murder trial she has long been a mushroom lover, but more recently developed a taste for wild fungi varieties that have “more flavour”. Erin Patterson has pleaded not guilty to the murder of three relatives, and the attempted murder of another, after serving...
A former employee of Sean “Diddy” Combs, testifying anonymously as “Mia”, took the stand in his sex tracking trial in New York. During her testimony, she said the rap mogul called her after singer Cassie Ventura filed a lawsuit against him in 2023, accusing him of physical and sexual abuse. “Mia” also alleged that during...
The UN’s humanitarian chief has said people in Gaza are being subjected to forced starvation by Israel. In an interview with the BBC, Tom Fletcher said he believed this had led to a change in the international response to Gaza. Asked if his assessment of forced starvation amounted to a war crime, he said: “Yeah,...
Gaza has been subjected to forced starvation by Israel, a top UN official has told the BBC. Tom Fletcher told special correspondent Fergal Keane that the world has a responsibility to take greater action to get aid into Gaza and to “act to prevent genocide”. Israel has claimed Hamas steals food aid and has accused...
A former assistant of rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has told a New York court that he repeatedly sexually assaulted her while she was employed by him for eight years. The witness – who testified anonymously under the pseudonym “Mia” – also tearfully said she lived in fear of violent rages from Mr Combs as...
Seems like such a nice guy, this Osama Hamdan, the Hamas representative, telling Palestinians how to suffer some more for the cause from the relative safety of Beirut. Dedicated dude, this Hamdan. As for starving bit, I’d say old Hambone’s pretty much a food expert judging by his glamour shots. Morbidly obese Hamas leader, Osama...
Manager Thomas Tuchel has told Trent Alexander-Arnold he needs to improve his “defensive discipline” if he is to help England to win a major tournament. The 26-year-old has been named in the Three Lions squad for upcoming games against Andorra and Senegal, having been injured for the March camp. The outgoing Liverpool right-back is admired...
Stephen McDonell China correspondent EPA Australian Matthew Radalj was held for five years in a Beijing detention centre, similar to the one pictured above in 2012 Sharing a dirty cell with a dozen others, constant sleep deprivation, cells with lights on 24-hours a day; poor hygiene and forced labour. These are some of what prisoners...
Oh, my GAWD -this is getting so good. I mean, to the point where there’s no ‘Republic of Alberta…YET,‘ good. The morning after the country went to the polls, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith laid down the law to newly elected Canadian Prime Minister and WEF/Davos climate cult toadie Mark Carney that she – meaning Alberta...
Mark Carney has told Donald Trump that Canada “is not for sale” as the president raised the prospect of the country becoming the 51st US state while welcoming the prime minister to the White House. Carney won election last month promising to “stand up” to Trump, who has imposed tariffs on some Canadian products and...