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China and Taiwan: Love and longing across the strait - BBC News | 2024-04-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Beijing has made its position clear on Taiwan, but what do the country's citizens want? | China | Shanshan and her Taiwanese boyfriend have found themselves caught up in strained relations of their governments (file image)
Shanshan had never met anyone from Taiwan before January last year.
The 24-year-old, from Changsha City in central China, had also not really paid much attention to news about the self-governin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-67931901 | news_world-asia-china-67931901 | |
Yousaf 'not surprised' JK Rowling posts are not criminal - BBC News | 2024-04-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Harry Potter author challenged Scotland's new hate crime law by describing several transgender women as men. | Scotland politics | The first minister said there was a high threshold for criminality in the new law
Humza Yousaf said he was "not surprised" police had assessed JK Rowling's online posts challenging the new hate crime law to be non-criminal.
The Harry Potter author described several transgender women as men, including convicted prison... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-68725547 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-68725547 | |
French pupil dies after being beaten near school - BBC News | 2024-04-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 15-year-old boy was attacked by several youths and suffered a cardiac arrest, say police. | Europe | The boy was attacked near the school where he was a pupil
There are renewed concerns over levels of violence in French schools after two young teenagers were the victims of attacks, one of them fatal.
A 15-year-old boy named as Shamseddin died in hospital on Friday.
The news came a day after he was beaten by a group... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68744255 | news_world-europe-68744255 | |
Gaza evacuation warnings from IDF contain many errors, BBC finds - BBC News | 2024-04-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Experts say these errors could violate Israel's obligations under international humanitarian law. | Middle East | Two men and two boys on a street in Gaza look at a leaflet containing an IDF evacuation warning
Evacuation warnings issued by Israel to people in Gaza ahead of attacks have contained a host of significant errors, BBC analysis has revealed.
Warnings contained contradictory information and sometimes misnamed districts.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68687749 | news_world-middle-east-68687749 | |
French pupil dies after being beaten near school - BBC News | 2024-04-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 15-year-old boy was attacked by several youths and suffered a cardiac arrest, say police. | Europe | The boy was attacked near the school where he was a pupil
There are renewed concerns over levels of violence in French schools after two young teenagers were the victims of attacks, one of them fatal.
A 15-year-old boy named as Shamseddin died in hospital on Friday.
The news came a day after he was beaten by a group... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68744255 | news_world-europe-68744255 | |
Gaza evacuation warnings from IDF contain many errors, BBC finds - BBC News | 2024-04-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Experts say these errors could violate Israel's obligations under international humanitarian law. | Middle East | Two men and two boys on a street in Gaza look at a leaflet containing an IDF evacuation warning
Evacuation warnings issued by Israel to people in Gaza ahead of attacks have contained a host of significant errors, BBC analysis has revealed.
Warnings contained contradictory information and sometimes misnamed districts.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68687749 | news_world-middle-east-68687749 | |
Garth Crooks' Team of the Week: Pickford, De Bruyne, Gabriel, Morris, Rice - BBC Sport | 2024-04-07 | None | Which players impressed our football pundit Garth Crooks enough to make his latest Team of the Week? | null | After every Premier League weekend, BBC football pundit Garth Crooks gathers his thoughts and gives you his Team of the Week.
Here are this week's choices and, as ever, Garth also discusses the game's big talking points in the Crooks of the Matter.
• None Follow your Premier League club and get news, analysis and fan ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68756167 | rt_football_68756167 | |
Cloghan Point: Lack of action over oil terminal plan 'shocking' - BBC News | 2024-04-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has already voted to approve plans, despite letters of objection. | Northern Ireland | The site is on the shores of Belfast Lough
A campaign group has said it is "shocking" that the infrastructure minister has not intervened over plans to expand a Belfast Lough oil terminal.
A spokesperson for the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) said minister John O'Dowd "gave the matter careful consideration".
Th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-68730973 | news_uk-northern-ireland-68730973 | |
Ministers 'caught by surprise' over hate crime row - Freeman - BBC News | 2024-04-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Former health secretary Jeane Freeman also believes misogyny should have been included in the new law. | Scotland politics | Former SNP MSP Jeane Freeman was Scottish health secretary from 2018 to 2021
Former health secretary Jeane Freeman says SNP ministers have been "caught by surprise" by the row over Scotland's new hate crime law.
She also said misogyny should have been included in the legislation, which creates a crime of "stirring up... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-68756055 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-68756055 | |
Garth Crooks' Team of the Week: Pickford, De Bruyne, Gabriel, Morris, Rice - BBC Sport | 2024-04-08 | None | Which players impressed our football pundit Garth Crooks enough to make his latest Team of the Week? | null | After every Premier League weekend, BBC football pundit Garth Crooks gathers his thoughts and gives you his Team of the Week.
Here are this week's choices and, as ever, Garth also discusses the game's big talking points in the Crooks of the Matter.
• None Follow your Premier League club and get news, analysis and fan ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68756167 | rt_football_68756167 | |
Everton deducted two points for second breach of Premier League financial rules - BBC Sport | 2024-04-08 | None | Everton are deducted two points for a second breach of Premier League financial rules. | null | Last updated on .From the section Everton
Everton have been deducted two points for a second breach of Premier League financial rules.
Profit and sustainability rules (PSR) permit clubs to lose £105m over three years and an independent commission found Everton breached that by £16.6m for the three-year period to 2022... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68723109 | rt_football_68723109 | |
Foreign Office: Former diplomats lead call to replace 'elitist' department - BBC News | 2024-04-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A new Department for International Affairs with modernised premises and a broader remit is proposed. | UK | The main Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office building in London houses a statue of British imperialist Robert Clive, who engineered British rule in India
The Foreign Office should be abolished and replaced by a new Department for International Affairs with "fewer colonial era pictures on the wall", a group of f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68756259 | news_uk-68756259 | |
Swansea: Case dropped after press photographer arrested on story - BBC News | 2024-04-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A freelance photographer was "singled out" by a police officer for having a camera, a court hears. | Wales | Freelance photographer Dimitris Legakis was arrested while reporting from the scene of a murder in Swansea
Prosecutors have dropped what a judge called a "disturbing" case against a press photographer who was arrested while covering a breaking news story.
Dimitris Legakis was detained with "considerable force" at sce... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-68763717 | news_uk-wales-68763717 | |
Ministers 'caught by surprise' over hate crime row - Freeman - BBC News | 2024-04-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Former health secretary Jeane Freeman also believes misogyny should have been included in the new law. | Scotland politics | Former SNP MSP Jeane Freeman was Scottish health secretary from 2018 to 2021
Former health secretary Jeane Freeman says SNP ministers have been "caught by surprise" by the row over Scotland's new hate crime law.
She also said misogyny should have been included in the legislation, which creates a crime of "stirring up... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-68756055 | news_uk-scotland-scotland-politics-68756055 | |
Masters champion Jon Rahm on Augusta title defence and LIV moving to 72 holes - BBC Sport | 2024-04-08 | https://www.facebook.com/BBCSport/ | Masters champion Jon Rahm's move to LIV could prove a "tipping point" in the battle for the future of the men's professional game, writes Iain Carter. | Golf | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jon Rahm says his switch to LIV golf could prove to be a "tipping point" for the sport
Coverage: Live radio and text commentary on BBC Sounds and BBC Sport website of each round. Full details
Masters champion Jon Rahm has c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/68755247 | rt_golf_68755247 | |
Foreign Office: Former diplomats lead call to replace 'elitist' department - BBC News | 2024-04-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A new Department for International Affairs with modernised premises and a broader remit is proposed. | UK | The main Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office building in London houses a statue of British imperialist Robert Clive, who engineered British rule in India
The Foreign Office should be abolished and replaced by a new Department for International Affairs with "fewer colonial era pictures on the wall", a group of f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68756259 | news_uk-68756259 | |
Mona: Court rules women’s-only exhibit must allow male visitors - BBC News | 2024-04-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Australian exhibit denied men entry in a bid to highlight misogyny. A man sued for access and won. | Australia | The Ladies Lounge exhibit was introduced to Mona at the end of 2020
An Australian museum has been ordered to allow men into a women's-only exhibit, following a high-stakes court case over the matter.
The Ladies Lounge at Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) sought to highlight historic misogyny by banning male... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-68770187 | news_world-australia-68770187 | |
Arizona Supreme Court reinstates near-total abortion ban from 1864 - BBC News | 2024-04-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Arizona's top court ruled that a strict 160-year-old ban on abortion may be enforced. | US & Canada | The decision may shutter all abortion clinics in Arizona
The Arizona Supreme court has ruled that the state can enforce a 160-year-old near-total abortion ban.
The 1864 law - which precedes Arizona becoming a state - makes abortion punishable by two to five years in prison, except when the mother's life is at risk.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68774959 | news_world-us-canada-68774959 | |
Trump trial: Publisher says he suppressed negative news - BBC News | 2024-05-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testified on Tuesday about his relationship with Trump. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Our reporter at court explains the big moments from a difficult day for Trump’s team
The underbelly of New York City's tabloid media industry was laid bare in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday. A famous publisher outli... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68880206 | news_world-us-canada-68880206 | |
Trump trial: Prosecution say hush money was 'pure election fraud' - BBC News | 2024-05-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | But the defence says the former president committed no crimes and calls star witness an admitted liar. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: Is Trump part of a 'conspiracy' or 'cloaked in innocence'?
The prosecution in Donald Trump's hush-money trial accused the former president of a criminal conspiracy and cover-up to hide a sex scandal ahead of the 2016 ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68877610 | news_world-us-canada-68877610 | |
Failed asylum seeker given £3,000 to go to Rwanda - BBC News | 2024-05-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The asylum seeker went to the east Africa country under a scheme separate to the forced returns scheme. | UK Politics | The failed asylum seeker is likely to have flown to Kigali, the Rwandan capital
A first failed asylum seeker has gone to Rwanda under a voluntary removals programme, it is understood. Under the scheme, announced last month, migrants whose claims are rejected are offered up to £3,000 to move to the east African country... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68932830 | news_uk-politics-68932830 | |
Javier Milei: Argentines wait for 'crazy' president's shock therapy to work - BBC News | 2024-05-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The new president's radical measures to overhaul the economy are loved by some, loathed by others. | Latin America & Caribbean | Javier Milei wielded a chainsaw at one of his campaign rallies to symbolise his plans to slash public spending
There is one thing that unites those who love and loathe Argentina's new president - they both describe him as "crazy". "Most people call him that. I think it's good," says 21-year-old Axel Uhrig of Javier Mi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-68287245 | news_world-latin-america-68287245 | |
Gaza war: Netanyahu vows to defeat Hamas in Rafah despite US arms threat - BBC News | 2024-05-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Israeli leader says his country will "stand alone" and "fight with fingernails" if shipments are halted. | Middle East | Netanyahu was defiant in the face of US threats to cut off weapons
Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed Israel can "stand alone", after the US warned arms shipments could be stopped if he orders a full-scale invasion of Rafah in Gaza. Thousands of people have already fled the southern city after the Israeli military began wha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68980826 | news_world-middle-east-68980826 | |
What could go wrong for Keir Starmer? A lot actually, Laura Kuenssberg writes - BBC News | 2024-05-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Labour's leadership is bouncing - but there are plenty of potential pitfalls between Starmer and No 10. | UK Politics | Keir Starmer's success was sketched across the map of England at the local elections last week. The Labour leadership is bouncing from nabbing another of the Tories' MPs, Natalie Elphicke - and polling since the council results puts him further ahead than ever. What could possibly go wrong for him? A lot, actually. The... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68995187 | news_uk-politics-68995187 | |
Chris Mason: Sunak, Starmer and their small boats row - BBC News | 2024-05-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The issue of people crossing the Channel is so contested, even the terminology of the topic is disputed. | UK Politics | As of 21 April, 6,265 people had crossed the English Channel in small boats since the start of 2024
There is a single word at the heart of the political row between the prime minister and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer when it comes to unauthorised immigration. The issue of people in small boats crossing the English C... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68994326 | news_uk-politics-68994326 | |
Gaza war: Netanyahu vows to defeat Hamas in Rafah despite US arms threat - BBC News | 2024-05-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Israeli leader says his country will "stand alone" and "fight with fingernails" if shipments are halted. | Middle East | Netanyahu was defiant in the face of US threats to cut off weapons
Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed Israel can "stand alone", after the US warned arms shipments could be stopped if he orders a full-scale invasion of Rafah in Gaza. Thousands of people have already fled the southern city after the Israeli military began wha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68980826 | news_world-middle-east-68980826 | |
What could go wrong for Keir Starmer? A lot actually, Laura Kuenssberg writes - BBC News | 2024-05-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Labour's leadership is bouncing - but there are plenty of potential pitfalls between Starmer and No 10. | UK Politics | Keir Starmer's success was sketched across the map of England at the local elections last week. The Labour leadership is bouncing from nabbing another of the Tories' MPs, Natalie Elphicke - and polling since the council results puts him further ahead than ever. What could possibly go wrong for him? A lot, actually. The... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68995187 | news_uk-politics-68995187 | |
Gaza war: Netanyahu vows to defeat Hamas in Rafah despite US arms threat - BBC News | 2024-05-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Israeli leader says his country will "stand alone" and "fight with fingernails" if shipments are halted. | Middle East | Netanyahu was defiant in the face of US threats to cut off weapons
Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed Israel can "stand alone", after the US warned arms shipments could be stopped if he orders a full-scale invasion of Rafah in Gaza. Thousands of people have already fled the southern city after the Israeli military began wha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68980826 | news_world-middle-east-68980826 | |
What could go wrong for Keir Starmer? A lot actually, Laura Kuenssberg writes - BBC News | 2024-05-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Labour's leadership is bouncing - but there are plenty of potential pitfalls between Starmer and No 10. | UK Politics | Keir Starmer's success was sketched across the map of England at the local elections last week. The Labour leadership is bouncing from nabbing another of the Tories' MPs, Natalie Elphicke - and polling since the council results puts him further ahead than ever. What could possibly go wrong for him? A lot, actually. The... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68995187 | news_uk-politics-68995187 | |
Chris Mason: Sunak, Starmer and their small boats row - BBC News | 2024-05-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The issue of people crossing the Channel is so contested, even the terminology of the topic is disputed. | UK Politics | As of 21 April, 6,265 people had crossed the English Channel in small boats since the start of 2024
There is a single word at the heart of the political row between the prime minister and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer when it comes to unauthorised immigration. The issue of people in small boats crossing the English C... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68994326 | news_uk-politics-68994326 | |
Trump's lawyer attacks Michael Cohen in hush-money trial - BBC News | 2024-05-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The defence team questioned the credibility of Trump's former lawyer, who said he lied for the ex-President. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The BBC's Nada Tawfik walks through the defence's strategy in Michael Cohen's cross-examination
Donald Trump's legal team sought on Tuesday to dismantle the credibility of the star witness in the ex-president's crimin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-69012587 | news_world-us-canada-69012587 | |
Valdo Calocane: Triple killer's sentence review date set - BBC News | 2024-05-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Calocane was sentenced to a hospital order after admitting manslaughter by diminished responsibility. | Nottingham | Valdo Calocane admitted manslaughter and was sentenced to a hospital order
A date has been set for the sentence review of Nottingham attacks killer Valdo Calocane. Emma Webber, mother of victim Barnaby Webber, said the victims' families were told on Friday that a hearing had been set for 8 May. The review of Calocane'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-68860493 | news_uk-england-nottinghamshire-68860493 | |
Trump's lawyer attacks Michael Cohen in hush-money trial - BBC News | 2024-05-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The defence team questioned the credibility of Trump's former lawyer, who said he lied for the ex-President. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The BBC's Nada Tawfik walks through the defence's strategy in Michael Cohen's cross-examination
Donald Trump's legal team sought on Tuesday to dismantle the credibility of the star witness in the ex-president's crimin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-69012587 | news_world-us-canada-69012587 | |
Slovak PM Robert Fico 'fighting for his life' following surgery - minister - BBC News | 2024-05-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Robert Fico was shot as he left a meeting in Handlova, central Slovakia - a suspect has been arrested. | Europe | There is so much we still don’t know.
But what is absolutely clear is how this attack - in broad daylight - has sent shockwaves across Slovakia, Europe and far beyond.
We live in a time of growing political polarisation where social media is being weaponised in all too many places.
And it’s now tragically clear that... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-69016687 | news_live_world-europe-69016687 | |
PMQs: Rishi Sunak challenged over early release of dangerous criminals - BBC News | 2024-05-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The prime minister insists no-one deemed a threat to public safety is eligible for early release. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rishi Sunak is asked to "guarantee" that none of the prisoners released early are considered high risk
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been challenged over the early release of dangerous criminals under a scheme aimed at easi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-69015911 | news_uk-politics-69015911 | |
Trump's lawyer attacks Michael Cohen in hush-money trial - BBC News | 2024-05-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The defence team questioned the credibility of Trump's former lawyer, who said he lied for the ex-President. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch: The BBC's Nada Tawfik walks through the defence's strategy in Michael Cohen's cross-examination
Donald Trump's legal team sought on Tuesday to dismantle the credibility of the star witness in the ex-president's crimin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-69012587 | news_world-us-canada-69012587 | |
Did prosecutors make a strong case in Trump's hush-money trial? - BBC News | 2024-05-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | As the prosecution rests, legal experts assess the evidence so far and the chances of a conviction. | US & Canada | Michael Cohen is questioned by prosecutor Susan Hoffinger on 13 May in Manhattan while Donald trump looks on
After four weeks of testimony in a New York courtroom, the prosecution has rested its case in the hush-money trial against former president Donald Trump. Lawyers from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office ca... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-69030047 | news_world-us-canada-69030047 | |
Four presenters lose part of legal challenge against BBC - BBC News | 2024-05-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Their equal pay claims won't go to a tribunal, but claims including sex and age discrimination will. | Entertainment & Arts | Left-right: Annita McVeigh, Martine Croxall, Karin Giannone and Kasia Madera arriving for the employment tribunal
Four female presenters have lost a bid to take legal action against the BBC on grounds of equal pay, a judge ruled. However, their separate claims including sex and age discrimination will go to a full emp... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68944554 | news_entertainment-arts-68944554 | |
Deliveroo rider Jenniffer Rocha who bit off thumb seen working after conviction - BBC News | 2024-05-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jenniffer Rocha is filmed delivering food despite being convicted for biting off a customer's thumb. | Hampshire & Isle of Wight | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jenniffer Rocha was filmed picking up a delivery despite her conviction for biting off a customer's thumb
A delivery rider who bit off a customer's thumb continued working for Deliveroo, even after the account she was using ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-68928464 | news_uk-england-hampshire-68928464 | |
Deliveroo rider bites off Aldershot customer's thumb - BBC News | 2024-05-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jenniffer Rocha, who was delivering a pizza, attacked the customer near his home in Aldershot. | Hampshire & Isle of Wight | Jenniffer Rocha was delivering a pizza when she severed Stephen Jenkinson's thumb
A food delivery driver who bit off a customer's thumb has pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm. Jenniffer Rocha, 35, attacked the customer in December 2022 near his home in Aldershot in Hampshire. She was not employed by Delive... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68558464 | news_uk-68558464 | |
Chris Mason: Why did Sunak decide to call summer election? - BBC News | 2024-05-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | An election has been called by Rishi Sunak sooner than many commentators and politicians had expected. | UK Politics | The general election is on - it will soon be over to you. Power will soon drain from Westminster, and drain from those who currently hold it. Politicians, and their future - but far more importantly the country's direction - will lie in your hands. The prime minister announced the date outside Number 10, with the rain ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-69050402 | news_uk-politics-69050402 | |
Chris Mason: Why did Sunak decide to call summer election? - BBC News | 2024-05-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | An election has been called by Rishi Sunak sooner than many commentators and politicians had expected. | UK Politics | The general election is on - it will soon be over to you. Power will soon drain from Westminster, and drain from those who currently hold it. Politicians, and their future - but far more importantly the country's direction - will lie in your hands. The prime minister announced the date outside Number 10, with the rain ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-69050402 | news_uk-politics-69050402 | |
UN's top court orders Israel to halt military operations in Rafah - BBC News | 2024-05-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The ICJ also says the Rafah border crossing with Egypt must be opened for the entry of humanitarian aid "at scale". | World | This was the outcome Israel sought to avoid: a demand to halt a military operation the government regards as essential for the defeat of Hamas, the return of hostages and the security of Gaza’s border with Egypt.
But there is no immediate indication that Israel will change course. Its tanks are pushing closer to the c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-69055989 | news_live_world-69055989 | |
Laura Kuenssberg: Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer have more in common than you might think - BBC News | 2024-05-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | They may start the election in very different political positions but the PM and the Labour leader are similar characters. | UK Politics | Has it been a shaky start to Rishi Sunak's general election campaign? "Damn right!", to use the man himself's phrase, except he was talking about whether he would win. I'd say, "Damn right!" to that too. But both men know there is an awful long way to go before a single vote is cast. They have other things in common to... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-69061699 | news_uk-politics-69061699 | |
Laura Kuenssberg: Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer have more in common than you might think - BBC News | 2024-05-26 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | They may start the election in very different political positions but the PM and the Labour leader are similar characters. | UK Politics | Has it been a shaky start to Rishi Sunak's general election campaign? "Damn right!", to use the man himself's phrase, except he was talking about whether he would win. I'd say, "Damn right!" to that too. But both men know there is an awful long way to go before a single vote is cast. They have other things in common to... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-69061699 | news_uk-politics-69061699 | |
Laura Kuenssberg: Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer have more in common than you might think - BBC News | 2024-05-27 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | They may start the election in very different political positions but the PM and the Labour leader are similar characters. | UK Politics | Has it been a shaky start to Rishi Sunak's general election campaign? "Damn right!", to use the man himself's phrase, except he was talking about whether he would win. I'd say, "Damn right!" to that too. But both men know there is an awful long way to go before a single vote is cast. They have other things in common to... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-69061699 | news_uk-politics-69061699 | |
Four presenters lose part of legal challenge against BBC - BBC News | 2024-05-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Their equal pay claims won't go to a tribunal, but claims including sex and age discrimination will. | Entertainment & Arts | Left-right: Annita McVeigh, Martine Croxall, Karin Giannone and Kasia Madera arriving for the employment tribunal
Four female presenters have lost a bid to take legal action against the BBC on grounds of equal pay, a judge ruled. However, their separate claims including sex and age discrimination will go to a full emp... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68944554 | news_entertainment-arts-68944554 | |
Why France is finding vegan croissants hard to stomach - BBC News | 2024-05-05 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The idea of butter-free patisseries appeals to some but horrifies dairy farmers and traditionalists. | Europe | These croissants are for sale in a dairy-free bakery in Paris
There it sits, in all its flaky glory, with a crust the colour of autumn leaves, and two plump claws almost begging to be torn off and devoured. Light as air and as French as the guillotine. But this particular pastry - among dozens crowding a display shelf... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68944117 | news_world-europe-68944117 | |
Rachel Reeves: Government gaslighting people over state of economy - BBC News | 2024-05-06 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The shadow chancellor's speech comes ahead of figures likely to show the UK has emerged from recession. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
The government is "gaslighting" Britain over the state of the economy and its plans are "deluded", shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has said. Key economic figures this week are likely to show the UK emerging from recession, w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68965212 | news_business-68965212 | |
Rachel Reeves: Government gaslighting people over state of economy - BBC News | 2024-05-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The shadow chancellor's speech comes ahead of figures likely to show the UK has emerged from recession. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
The government is "gaslighting" Britain over the state of the economy and its plans are "deluded", shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has said. Key economic figures this week are likely to show the UK emerging from recession, w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68965212 | news_business-68965212 | |
Trump New York hush-money trial is far from a slam dunk - BBC News | 2024-05-07 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Experts are split over the strength of NY prosecutor Alvin Bragg's case, which relies on a novel legal strategy. | US & Canada | An adult film star. Alleged secret payments. A turncoat lawyer. And a candidate for president of the United States. Donald Trump's very first criminal trial - and the first of a former US president - involves charges of white-collar crime, but it features some of the most eye-catching details in any of the four crimina... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68737723 | news_world-us-canada-68737723 | |
Keir Starmer faces Labour anger after Natalie Elphicke's defection - BBC News | 2024-05-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Natalie Elphicke has previously attacked Labour over policies including migration and taxes. | UK Politics | Sir Keir Starmer's decision to admit Tory MP Natalie Elphicke into Labour has been met with bewilderment by some of his MPs. The Dover MP's surprise defection from the Conservatives has prompted reaction ranging from delight to anger by her new colleagues. Canterbury MP Rosie Duffield said Labour MPs were "baffled" by ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68980700 | news_uk-politics-68980700 | |
The inside story of Tory MP's Natalie Elphicke's defection to Labour - BBC News | 2024-05-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Keir Starmer's allies believe the Dover MP can help win Tory voters but some on the left are uneasy. | UK Politics | Before Tory MP Christian Wakeford swapped sides to Labour at the peak of the Partygate scandal in 2022, it had been 27 years since an MP had defected directly from the governing party to the main party of opposition. Less than two weeks ago, Dan Poulter made the same journey as Mr Wakeford. And today - to bafflement an... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68979548 | news_uk-politics-68979548 | |
Trump's classified documents trial in Florida indefinitely postponed - BBC News | 2024-05-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The former US president's federal trial in Florida is now unlikely to begin before the 2024 election. | US & Canada | The Florida trial is now unlikely to begin - let alone be resolved - before the November election
A judge has indefinitely postponed Donald Trump's federal trial in Florida over his alleged mishandling of classified documents while in office. US District Judge Aileen Cannon said that setting a trial date before resolv... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68972255 | news_world-us-canada-68972255 | |
Sunak facing Starmer at PMQs as Tory MP defects to Labour - BBC News | 2024-05-08 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ex-Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke says "under Rishi Sunak, the Conservatives have become a byword for incompetence and division". | UK Politics | For some Labour MPs, this is not a straightforward win
Sir Keir Starmer is jubilant at Natalie Elphicke’s shock defection. It enables him to make a direct argument to "big C" Conservatives that if an MP as "small c" conservative as Elphicke is moving to Labour, so they should too. That’s exactly what is worrying some ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-68975761 | news_live_uk-politics-68975761 | |
Rafah: UN says 80,000 have fled Gaza city as Israeli strikes intensify - BBC News | 2024-05-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Israeli tanks reportedly mass close to built-up areas of the south Gaza city amid constant shelling. | Middle East | The Israeli military ordered an estimated 100,000 residents of eastern Rafah to evacuate on Monday
More than 80,000 people have fled the southern Gaza city of Rafah since Monday, the UN says, as Israeli tanks reportedly mass close to built-up areas amid constant bombardment. Palestinian armed groups said they were tar... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68983436 | news_world-middle-east-68983436 | |
Keir Starmer faces Labour anger after Natalie Elphicke's defection - BBC News | 2024-05-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Natalie Elphicke has previously attacked Labour over policies including migration and taxes. | UK Politics | Sir Keir Starmer's decision to admit Tory MP Natalie Elphicke into Labour has been met with bewilderment by some of his MPs. The Dover MP's surprise defection from the Conservatives has prompted reaction ranging from delight to anger by her new colleagues. Canterbury MP Rosie Duffield said Labour MPs were "baffled" by ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68980700 | news_uk-politics-68980700 | |
The inside story of Tory MP's Natalie Elphicke's defection to Labour - BBC News | 2024-05-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Keir Starmer's allies believe the Dover MP can help win Tory voters but some on the left are uneasy. | UK Politics | Before Tory MP Christian Wakeford swapped sides to Labour at the peak of the Partygate scandal in 2022, it had been 27 years since an MP had defected directly from the governing party to the main party of opposition. Less than two weeks ago, Dan Poulter made the same journey as Mr Wakeford. And today - to bafflement an... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68979548 | news_uk-politics-68979548 | |
Gaza war: Netanyahu vows to defeat Hamas in Rafah despite US arms threat - BBC News | 2024-05-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Israeli leader says his country will "stand alone" and "fight with fingernails" if shipments are halted. | Middle East | Netanyahu was defiant in the face of US threats to cut off weapons
Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed Israel can "stand alone", after the US warned arms shipments could be stopped if he orders a full-scale invasion of Rafah in Gaza. Thousands of people have already fled the southern city after the Israeli military began wha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68980826 | news_world-middle-east-68980826 | |
Labour's battle between right and left causes Starmer to stumble - BBC News | 2024-06-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The furore over Diane Abbott has exposed long-running divisions in the Labour Party | BBC InDepth | These arguments are happening in public at deafening volume because we are in a general election campaign, when Labour wants to be seen above all else as a sensible, credible force, and when many of the public will be taking a proper look at Keir Starmer for the first time.
The worst possible time to indulge in a big,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7220exjzvno | news_articles_c7220exjzvn | |
Growth takes the spotlight in election campaign - BBC News | 2024-06-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Parties are looking to shift ground – and the key issue is economic growth. | Scotland | Growth takes the spotlight in election campaign
Change is afoot for the economy, whatever the result of the general election on 4 July. While the battle for Westminster votes and seats takes place, the ground is also being prepared for the next Scottish Parliament election in less than two years. Parties are looking t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn441866y42o | news_articles_cn441866y42 | |
Donald Trump: Nothing will change White House fight, lawyer tells BBC - BBC News | 2024-06-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Donald Trump's lawyer Alina Habba tells the BBC he would run for president even if he was in jail. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Donald Trump's lawyer Alina Habba says he would run for president even if he was in jail
One of Donald Trump's lawyers has told the BBC "nothing will change" his fight for the White House - despite being convicted following ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crggwzl6vq1o | news_articles_crggwzl6vq1 | |
Trump trial: Trump family scarce as guilty verdict was read - BBC News | 2024-06-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Mr Trump's second son was the only relation in the courtroom. His wife and eldest daughter have largely remained silent. | null | After parade of support, one Trump family member was at verdict
Throughout his historic seven-week criminal trial, several of Donald Trump’s family members accompanied him to court in a show of strength and support. But in the end, there was just one: Eric. The day the jury reached a verdict, Mr Trump’s second son was... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c199vrln1z2o | news_articles_c199vrln1z2 | |
Bowen: Netanyahu walks political tightrope as US seeks Gaza deal - BBC News | 2024-06-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Secretary of State Blinken's Middle East mission collides with Israeli politics, Jeremy Bowen says. | World | Antony Blinken is visiting the Middle East to seek backing for a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
If diplomats have groundhog days, when they are condemned to reliving the same 24 hours, perhaps Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, felt a certain weariness as his jet approached the Middle East on his ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c511vl9yjwwo | news_articles_c511vl9yj | |
Jury begins deliberating in historic Hunter Biden case - BBC News | 2024-06-10 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The fate of the US president's son now lies in the hands of 12 jurors in Delaware. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hunter Biden on criminal trial: ‘I think it went well’
Jurors in the Hunter Biden gun case have begun deliberating, and must now decide the fate of the US president's son. The 54-year-old is accused of lying about his drug u... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cldd97ql25do | news_articles_cldd97ql25d | |
Bowen: Netanyahu walks political tightrope as US seeks Gaza deal - BBC News | 2024-06-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Secretary of State Blinken's Middle East mission collides with Israeli politics, Jeremy Bowen says. | World | Antony Blinken is visiting the Middle East to seek backing for a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
If diplomats have groundhog days, when they are condemned to reliving the same 24 hours, perhaps Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, felt a certain weariness as his jet approached the Middle East on his ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c511vl9yjwwo | news_articles_c511vl9yj | |
Jury begins deliberating in historic Hunter Biden case - BBC News | 2024-06-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The fate of the US president's son now lies in the hands of 12 jurors in Delaware. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hunter Biden on criminal trial: ‘I think it went well’
Jurors in the Hunter Biden gun case have begun deliberating, and must now decide the fate of the US president's son. The 54-year-old is accused of lying about his drug u... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cldd97ql25do | news_articles_cldd97ql25d | |
What Hunter Biden's conviction means for President Joe Biden - BBC News | 2024-06-11 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The guilty verdict is unlikely to change voters' minds, but it will be a personal blow for the US president. | US & Canada | Hunter Biden’s conviction for lying about his drug use on a handgun licence application will be a devastating personal blow for his father, Joe Biden. The US president doubles as the patriarch of a tight-knit family that has seen its share of personal tragedy and trauma. Now his surviving son has been found guilty of t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clwwz7rlgrgo | news_articles_clwwz7rlgrg | |
General election 2024: Is the Conservative manifesto a game-changer? - BBC News | 2024-06-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | This is a manifesto in Rishi Sunak’s image - can it turn the tide of the election? | Politics | Manifestos provide, in theory at least, the spine of an incoming government’s mission. The promises within them, if not entirely sacrosanct, are at least meant to be possessed of a greater sanctity than other more disposable political pledges. And they set a tone, a framework and dividing lines with political opponents... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw00k66jd3ro | news_articles_cw00k66jd3r | |
Why Grant Shapps is warning about a Labour 'super-majority' - BBC News | 2024-06-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | This feels like a real inflection point in the campaign, the BBC's Henry Zeffman explains. | Politics | Why Grant Shapps is warning about a Labour 'supermajority'
There are only two men who realistically can enter Downing Street on the morning after the general election: Rishi Sunak or Sir Keir Starmer. Listen to the Conservatives’ messaging today, though, and you could be forgiven for thinking that there is only one po... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv221jple3jo | news_articles_cv221jple3j | |
What Hunter Biden's conviction means for President Joe Biden - BBC News | 2024-06-12 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The guilty verdict is unlikely to change voters' minds, but it will be a personal blow for the US president. | US & Canada | Hunter Biden’s conviction for lying about his drug use on a handgun licence application will be a devastating personal blow for his father, Joe Biden. The US president doubles as the patriarch of a tight-knit family that has seen its share of personal tragedy and trauma. Now his surviving son has been found guilty of t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clwwz7rlgrgo | news_articles_clwwz7rlgrg | |
Mifepristone: Supreme Court rejects limits on abortion pill - BBC News | 2024-06-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Mifepristone is used in medication abortion, the most common method of ending pregnancies in the US. | US & Canada | Demonstrators surrounded the Supreme Court in March as the justices heard arguments in the case
The US Supreme Court has unanimously rejected an effort to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone. The decision, which came two years after the court rescinded the nationwide guarantee to an abortion, was welcome... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2qq1wqw3w2o | news_articles_c2qq1wqw3w2 | |
Why Grant Shapps is warning about a Labour 'super-majority' - BBC News | 2024-06-13 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | This feels like a real inflection point in the campaign, the BBC's Henry Zeffman explains. | Politics | Why Grant Shapps is warning about a Labour 'supermajority'
There are only two men who realistically can enter Downing Street on the morning after the general election: Rishi Sunak or Sir Keir Starmer. Listen to the Conservatives’ messaging today, though, and you could be forgiven for thinking that there is only one po... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv221jple3jo | news_articles_cv221jple3j | |
Mifepristone: Supreme Court rejects limits on abortion pill - BBC News | 2024-06-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Mifepristone is used in medication abortion, the most common method of ending pregnancies in the US. | US & Canada | Demonstrators surrounded the Supreme Court in March as the justices heard arguments in the case
The US Supreme Court has unanimously rejected an effort to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone. The decision, which came two years after the court rescinded the nationwide guarantee to an abortion, was welcome... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2qq1wqw3w2o | news_articles_c2qq1wqw3w2 | |
What next for Sunak and Starmer as poll race enters second half? - BBC News | 2024-06-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Chris Mason and Henry Zeffman find Sunak supporters downbeat and Starmer's team buoyant as polls fail to narrow. | Politics | As campaign passes halfway, mood in Tory and Labour camps could not be more different
The moods of the two main parties’ general election campaigns do not tell us what will happen on 4 July. But as we pass the halfway stage in the long slog to polling day, they do give us a strong flavour of how candidates, strategist... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4nn8k23zlqo | news_articles_c4nn8k23zlq | |
Will The Sun newspaper endorse Keir Starmer's Labour Party? - BBC News | 2024-06-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The paper has backed the Conservatives since 2010 but in 2024 that may change. | BBC InDepth | Had the paper’s portrayal of the Labour leader (including the eve-of-poll headline "If Kinnock wins today will the last person to leave Britain turn out the lights") swung it for the Tories? Did the Sun really have that much influence?
Rupert Murdoch, the Sun's owner, later said that headline had been "tasteless and w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw88x6ww1p8o | news_articles_cw88x6ww1p8 | |
What next for Sunak and Starmer as poll race enters second half? - BBC News | 2024-06-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Chris Mason and Henry Zeffman find Sunak supporters downbeat and Starmer's team buoyant as polls fail to narrow. | Politics | As campaign passes halfway, mood in Tory and Labour camps could not be more different
The moods of the two main parties’ general election campaigns do not tell us what will happen on 4 July. But as we pass the halfway stage in the long slog to polling day, they do give us a strong flavour of how candidates, strategist... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4nn8k23zlqo | news_articles_c4nn8k23zlq | |
Euro 2024: England and Gareth Southgate must deliver in tournament - BBC Sport | 2024-06-16 | https://www.facebook.com/BBCSport/ | It is time for England and manager Gareth Southgate to deliver when their Euro 2024 campaign begins on Sunday, writes Phil McNulty. | England Men | 'It's time for Southgate & England to deliver'
Watch England's game with Serbia live on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app
England's Euro 2024 campaign starts in what was once known as the "City of Thousand Fires”, with manager Gareth Southgate knowing his fourth major tournament in charge cannot ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cw992w1pq17o | rt_football_articles_cw992w1pq17 | |
Will The Sun newspaper endorse Keir Starmer's Labour Party? - BBC News | 2024-06-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The paper has backed the Conservatives since 2010 but in 2024 that may change. | BBC InDepth | Had the paper’s portrayal of the Labour leader (including the eve-of-poll headline "If Kinnock wins today will the last person to leave Britain turn out the lights") swung it for the Tories? Did the Sun really have that much influence?
Rupert Murdoch, the Sun's owner, later said that headline had been "tasteless and w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw88x6ww1p8o | news_articles_cw88x6ww1p8 | |
What next for Sunak and Starmer as poll race enters second half? - BBC News | 2024-06-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Chris Mason and Henry Zeffman find Sunak supporters downbeat and Starmer's team buoyant as polls fail to narrow. | Politics | As campaign passes halfway, mood in Tory and Labour camps could not be more different
The moods of the two main parties’ general election campaigns do not tell us what will happen on 4 July. But as we pass the halfway stage in the long slog to polling day, they do give us a strong flavour of how candidates, strategist... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4nn8k23zlqo | news_articles_c4nn8k23zlq | |
Will The Sun newspaper endorse Keir Starmer's Labour Party? - BBC News | 2024-06-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The paper has backed the Conservatives since 2010 but in 2024 that may change. | BBC InDepth | Had the paper’s portrayal of the Labour leader (including the eve-of-poll headline "If Kinnock wins today will the last person to leave Britain turn out the lights") swung it for the Tories? Did the Sun really have that much influence?
Rupert Murdoch, the Sun's owner, later said that headline had been "tasteless and w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw88x6ww1p8o | news_articles_cw88x6ww1p8 | |
Will The Sun newspaper endorse Keir Starmer's Labour Party? - BBC News | 2024-06-18 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The paper has backed the Conservatives since 2010 but in 2024 that may change. | BBC InDepth | Had the paper’s portrayal of the Labour leader (including the eve-of-poll headline "If Kinnock wins today will the last person to leave Britain turn out the lights") swung it for the Tories? Did the Sun really have that much influence?
Rupert Murdoch, the Sun's owner, later said that headline had been "tasteless and w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw88x6ww1p8o | news_articles_cw88x6ww1p8 | |
Carol Morgan: Husband found guilty of conspiring to murder wife - BBC News | 2024-06-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Carol Morgan was found dead in the shop she ran with her husband more than 40 years ago. | Beds, Herts & Bucks | Husband guilty of conspiring to murder wife in 1981
A new witness in 2018 said Allen Morgan wanted to find a hitman to kill his wife
A husband accused of hiring a hitman to murder his former wife in 1981 has been found guilty. Carol Morgan, 36, was killed in a shop she ran with her husband Allen Morgan in Leighton Bu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz77x3e8eeyo | news_articles_cz77x3e8eey | |
BBC Verify: Do Tory plans to save £12bn in welfare payments add up? - BBC News | 2024-06-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Conservatives say they can save £12bn from the welfare budget but Labour argue there are no extra savings to be had. | null | Do Tory plans to save £12bn in welfare payments add up?
• None The Conservatives say they can save £12bn from the welfare budget if they win the election - but Labour argues there are no extra savings to be had and there is a black hole in the Tory plans
• None While it appears some of the measures - and their associat... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c97785q63n5o | news_articles_c97785q63n5 | |
UK Amazon workers to be balloted on union recognition - BBC News | 2024-06-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Workers are set to vote on whether GMB should be recognised at the online retailer's Coventry site. | Coventry & Warwickshire | Workers at Amazon in Coventry will be balloted over union recognition
A ballot process that could see Amazon recognise a trade union in the UK for the first time is to begin. GMB union officials were due to enter the trading giant's Coventry fulfilment site for the first time on Wednesday, where they were set to hold ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd11j9p9g0po | news_articles_cd11j9p9g0 | |
Labour's battle between right and left causes Starmer to stumble - BBC News | 2024-06-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The furore over Diane Abbott has exposed long-running divisions in the Labour Party | BBC InDepth | These arguments are happening in public at deafening volume because we are in a general election campaign, when Labour wants to be seen above all else as a sensible, credible force, and when many of the public will be taking a proper look at Keir Starmer for the first time.
The worst possible time to indulge in a big,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7220exjzvno | news_articles_c7220exjzvn | |
Donald Trump: Nothing will change White House fight, lawyer tells BBC - BBC News | 2024-06-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Donald Trump's lawyer Alina Habba tells the BBC he would run for president even if he was in jail. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Donald Trump's lawyer Alina Habba says he would run for president even if he was in jail
One of Donald Trump's lawyers has told the BBC "nothing will change" his fight for the White House - despite being convicted following ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crggwzl6vq1o | news_articles_crggwzl6vq1 | |
Carol Morgan: Husband found guilty of conspiring to murder wife - BBC News | 2024-06-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Carol Morgan was found dead in the shop she ran with her husband more than 40 years ago. | Beds, Herts & Bucks | Husband guilty of conspiring to murder wife in 1981
A new witness in 2018 said Allen Morgan wanted to find a hitman to kill his wife
A husband accused of hiring a hitman to murder his former wife in 1981 has been found guilty. Carol Morgan, 36, was killed in a shop she ran with her husband Allen Morgan in Leighton Bu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz77x3e8eeyo | news_articles_cz77x3e8eey | |
Will The Sun newspaper endorse Keir Starmer's Labour Party? - BBC News | 2024-06-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The paper has backed the Conservatives since 2010 but in 2024 that may change. | BBC InDepth | Had the paper’s portrayal of the Labour leader (including the eve-of-poll headline "If Kinnock wins today will the last person to leave Britain turn out the lights") swung it for the Tories? Did the Sun really have that much influence?
Rupert Murdoch, the Sun's owner, later said that headline had been "tasteless and w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw88x6ww1p8o | news_articles_cw88x6ww1p8 | |
Travis Scott arrested in Miami over intoxication and trespassing - BBC News | 2024-06-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The rapper is detained under his real name, Jacques Bermon Webster, according to custody records. | Newsbeat | Travis Scott was detained under his real name, Jacques Bermon Webster
Travis Scott has been arrested in Miami on suspicion of disorderly intoxication and trespassing over an argument on a boat. The American rapper was detained by police at Miami Beach Marina at around 01:45 local time on Thursday, according to officia... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cldd457vk3ro | news_articles_cldd457vk3r | |
Euro 2024: Should England start Phil Foden against Denmark? - BBC Sport | 2024-06-20 | https://www.facebook.com/BBCSport/ | Chief football writer Phil McNulty looks at how Gareth Southgate can get Phil Foden's brilliance at club level to translate into England's Euro 2024 campaign. | European Championship | Will Southgate stick or twist with Foden?
Phil Foden created one chance against Serbia on Sunday
Gareth Southgate's England squad selection for Euro 2024 received widespread approval for being bold and courageous - and yet he is still revisiting a debate stretching back two decades. It is a conversation that returns ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cprr8gdjn85o | rt_football_articles_cprr8gdjn85 | |
Scottish Greens manifesto: Key policies analysed - BBC News | 2024-06-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Scottish Greens promise to "turbo charge" Scotland's journey to net zero. | Scotland Politics | The Scottish Greens have launched their 2024 election manifesto, in which they promise to "turbo charge" Scotland's journey to net zero with a call to invest £28bn a year in tackling climate change. The document, external sets out the party's plans if it was to form a government. Here are some of their key policies, an... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cevv9dkwekeo | news_articles_cevv9dkweke | |
TikTok confirms it offered US government a 'kill switch' - BBC News | 2024-06-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The platform made the disclosure as part of its legal challenge against a law forcing its sale in the US. | Technology | TikTok says it offered the US government the power to shut the platform down in an attempt to address lawmakers' data protection and national security concerns. It disclosed the "kill switch" offer, which it made in 2022, as it began its legal fight against legislation that will ban the app in America unless Chinese pa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxwwz7l02j0o | news_articles_cxwwz7l02j0 | |
No guns for domestic abuse suspects, Supreme Court rules - BBC News | 2024-06-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The court showed there are limits to the right to bear arms as it upheld a gun ban for those under restraining orders. | US & Canada | No guns for domestic abuse suspects, top US court rules
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People placed under restraining orders for suspected domestic violence do not have a right to own guns, the Supreme Court has ruled. The 8-1 decision upholds a 30-year-old law that bars th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy77g704ldzo | news_articles_cy77g704ldz | |
Why are devolved issues dominating a UK election? - BBC News | 2024-06-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The vote is a UK general election, and thus will not directly affect how some services are delivered here. | Scotland Politics | The vote on July 4 is a UK general election, and thus will not directly affect how the Scottish government delivers services north of the border. But those services and policies which are devolved to the Scottish Parliament are still playing a huge role in the campaign. Why aren't Scottish politicians more concerned ab... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjrr1z51y0jo | news_articles_cjrr1z51y0j | |
Swinney: Parliament stamps not used for campaign - BBC News | 2024-06-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The first minister responds to fresh claims about SNP parliamentary resources being used for campaigning. | Scotland Politics | Swinney: Parliament stamps not used for campaign
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. John Swinney insists parliament stamps were not used for campaign
First Minister John Swinney has said he is "confident" that no public money has been used on the SNP's elect... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck55kg2882go | news_articles_ck55kg2882g | |
Apple in breach of law on App Store, says EU - BBC News | 2024-06-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It is the first time a company has been found to be in breach of the Digital Markets Act (DMA). | Technology | Apple in breach of law on App Store, says EU
European Union regulators have accused Apple of being in breach of new laws designed to rein in big tech companies. The European Commission, which regulates competition in the EU, said Apple's App Store squeezes out rival marketplaces, marking the first time it has found a ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5111qxl2nro | news_articles_c5111qxl2nr | |
Swinney: Parliament stamps not used for campaign - BBC News | 2024-06-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The first minister responds to fresh claims about SNP parliamentary resources being used for campaigning. | Scotland Politics | Swinney: Parliament stamps not used for campaign
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. John Swinney insists parliament stamps were not used for campaign
First Minister John Swinney has said he is "confident" that no public money has been used on the SNP's elect... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck55kg2882go | news_articles_ck55kg2882g | |
Manchester Airport passengers still without luggage after power cut - BBC News | 2024-06-24 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A power cut caused cancellations of departures and arrivals at Manchester Airport. | Manchester | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Some passengers whose travel plans were thrown into chaos by a power cut at Manchester Airport face further delays as airlines rearrange grounded flights while others have been left without luggage and their final destinatio... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4nnn0vn0k0o | news_articles_c4nnn0vn0k0 | |
Apple in breach of law on App Store, says EU - BBC News | 2024-06-25 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It is the first time a company has been found to be in breach of the Digital Markets Act (DMA). | Technology | Apple in breach of law on App Store, says EU
European Union regulators have accused Apple of being in breach of new laws designed to rein in big tech companies. The European Commission, which regulates competition in the EU, said Apple's App Store squeezes out rival marketplaces, marking the first time it has found a ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5111qxl2nro | news_articles_c5111qxl2nr |
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