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"Dignity and dishonour," is theSunday Expressheadline. "As the nation remembers our war dead, extremists from the left and right march for hate," the paper writes. It goes on to say that the two "short" minutes of silence, "in honour of our fallen war heroes", was "a brief respite in a day which saw trouble flare, even... | The protests on Armistice Day dominate the front pages, with pictures of police being confronted by far-right demonstrators near the Cenotaph, as well as the separate pro-Palestinian march in central London. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-67394611?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Megan Thee Stallion has opened up about her mental health in her first solo song since Tory Lanez was jailed for shooting her.
In new release Cobra, the rapper says she hit "rock bottom" and cried every night after the 2020 shooting in which she was shot in the foot.
In August, Canadian rapper Tory was sentenced to 10 ... | This news story deals with issues of mental health and depression | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67308120?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
All photos subject to copyright | A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-67308202?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
The service, which randomly placed users in online chats with strangers, grew in popularity with children and young people during the Covid pandemic.
But the site has been mentioned in more than 50 cases against paedophiles in the last couple of years.
Founder Leif Brookssaidthat operating the website was "no longer su... | Popular live video chat website Omegle is shutting down after 14 years following user claims of abuse. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67364634?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
It is unclear whether the ministry's statement refers to the LGBT community as a whole or specific organisations.
It said the movement had shown signs of "extremist activity", including inciting "social and religious strife".
The ban could leave any LGBT activist vulnerable to criminal prosecution.
The extremist label ... | Russia's justice ministry has filed a motion with the country's Supreme Court to ban the activities of what it calls the "international LGBT public movement" as extremist. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67454386?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Paul Mosley was jailed along with Mick and Mairead Philpott for the manslaughter of six children in a house fire in Derby in 2012.
He was released in May 2021 after serving half of his sentence, but was returned to prison in 2022 after breaching the terms of his parole.
The Parole Board confirmed the decision on Wednes... | A man convicted of killing six children in a deliberate fire can be released from prison following a parole hearing. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-67427340?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
National Security spokesman John Kirby said the group stored arms there and were prepared for an Israeli attack.
This is the first time the US has independently backed claims by close ally Israel that Hamas uses hospitals to hide its bases. Hamas denies this.
The statement came as Israel faced mounting global pressure ... | The US says it has intelligence that Hamas has a command centre under Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67414091?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said 65-year-old Yehudit Weiss was discovered in a house near Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City.
It said that her family had been informed, and her body would be returned to Israel.
Ms Weiss was kidnapped from her home in Be'eri near the Gaza border.
She had been recovering from breast canc... | Israel's military says its soldiers have found the body of an Israeli hostage taken into Gaza by Hamas in its attack last month. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67442048?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
A military spokesman said one of them - a soldier - was murdered there.
Cpl Noa Marciano, 19, was killed after being taken into al-Shifa hospital with minor injuries, he said.
Israel said a tunnel had been found at the site which it claims was a Hamas command centre. Hamas denies that.
The BBC has not been able to veri... | The Israeli military has released footage which it says shows hostages being taken into Gaza's largest hospital after the deadly Hamas attacks of 7 October. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67469591?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
It sets out the government's tax and spending plans for the year ahead, affecting the take-home pay and household budgets of millions of people, as well as the funding for key public services.
Here is a summary of the main measures.
Are you a small business owner or self-employed with a young family? How will the Autum... | Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has unveiled the contents of his Autumn Statement in the House of Commons. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67276717?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
The 15-year-old girl was killed while on her way to school in Croydon.
Hundreds of people in colourful T-shirts lined the route of the funeral procession on Saturday morning.
The family service at the New Life Christian Centre was live streamed for the community.
A white coach pulled by white horses with pink head plum... | Mourners have paid their respects at a funeral for "remarkable" Elianne Andam, who was fatally stabbed in south London in September. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67389309?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
The celebrity chef, 57, strongly suggested that Jesse James Ramsay would be his last child, posting on social media: "3 boys, 3 girls.... Done."
Cookery book author Tana, 49, married Ramsay in 1996.
Ramsay posted pictures of Jesse and Tana in hospital on Saturday night.
The baby boy, wearing a pink hat, can be seen in ... | Gordon Ramsay has announced the birth of his sixth child, as he and his wife Tana welcome a 7lbs 10oz "whopper" to the family. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67395138?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
A US State Department official says around 140,000 litres of fuel will be allowed in every two days.
Most of that is intended for trucks delivering aid, as well as supporting the UN in providing water and sanitation, the official said.
The rest is for mobile phone and internet services, which had been cut off due to a ... | Israel says it will allow two fuel trucks a day to enter the Gaza Strip, after pressure to do so from the US. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67455962?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Dozens of severely injured Palestinians were taken in ambulances and hundreds of foreign passport holders made the crossing on Wednesday.
Egypt said it would initially allow in more than 80 injured and more than 500 foreign and dual nationals in total, in a deal said to have been brokered by Qatar.
This is the first su... | The first civilians from the Gaza Strip have crossed the Rafah border into Egypt since the Israel-Gaza war started. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67121372?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Jess Phillips, Afzal Khan and Yasmin Qureshi were among shadow ministers who quit their roles toback the motion from the SNP.
Ten of the party's frontbenchers have left their jobs over the vote, including eight shadow minsters.
Sir Keir has instead backed pauses in the conflict to deliver aid.
Announcing she was quitti... | Sir Keir Starmer has suffered a major rebellion over his stance on the Israel-Gaza war, with 56 of his MPs voting for an immediate ceasefire. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67432393?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
On Monday Mr Trump's defence team will begin presenting their side, calling the former president's oldest son back to the stand as their first witness. But legal analysts told the BBC that after two damaging weeks of testimony from members of the Trump family, salvaging their case now will be a herculean task.
"It's be... | This week marked the end of the most dramatic phase of Donald Trump's New York business fraud trial, which saw high-profile members of his family make the journey to Lower Manhattan one by one to answer probing questions from prosecutors. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67366022?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
About two million workers aged 23 and over benefit from the living wage, currently worth £10.42 an hour, and from April it will also apply to over-21s for the first time.
The minimum wage -known officially as the National Living Wage- varies according to the age of the employee, and is updated every April.
From 1 Apri... | The national living wage is to rise to £11.44 an hour in April 2024, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has confirmed. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48445674?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
More than 3,000 volunteers completed yearly questionnaires and online cognitive tests to measure changes in memory, and other faculties, as the pandemic unfolded.
The results revealed a decline, irrespective of Covid infection.
Stress, loneliness and alcohol consumption may explain some of the findings, experts say.
Co... | The Covid pandemic may have impacted brain health in people in the UK aged 50 and over, according to a new study. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-67272152?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Since receiving her diagnosis, mother-of-two Wendy Clarke has been working to raise awareness of cervical cancer.
Kylie, who has had cancer herself, said she was "so proud" of Wendy for everything she was doing.
Wendy, from Fairfield, Stockton, spoke with the singer for a BBC local radio Christmas special.
"She's such ... | Pop star Kylie Minogue has thanked a terminally-ill woman for her "acts of bravery and selflessness". | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-67415667?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
The younger Mr Trump made the case for the Trump Organization that the ex-president was a "genius".
He was the first defence witness in the trial, in which he is a co-defendant along with his father and brother Eric.
A loss in court threatens the Trump real estate empire, which could be banned from doing business in Ne... | Returning to the stand in his family's civil fraud trial in New York, Donald Trump Jr described his father as "an artist with real estate". | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67408894?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
How is it, foreign ministers said to me, that the West slams Russia for killing civilians in Ukraine, yet, in their words, it "gives a green light to Israel to do the same in Gaza"?
In the luxurious surroundings of Riyadh's Ritz-Carlton hotel, amid giant floral bouquets and glittering chandeliers, and a world away from... | Hypocrisy, double standards and a failure to understand the region. These are the charges being levelled at the West, primarily the US, by leaders of 57 Arab and Muslim countries who convened at the weekend in the Saudi capital Riyadh. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67417570?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Covid will, for some, feel like a distant memory. For others, it will bring back painful recollections of isolation and lost loved ones.
Part of the Covid Inquiry's job is to find out how key decisions were made.
The evidence we have seen at the hearings this week has been remarkable.
Sitting in the press room at the i... | Three years ago on Sunday, the government brought in a second lockdown in England. People were told again to stay at home to protect the health service and save lives. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67316473?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
For the first time ever, a major demonstration being attended by representatives of the major political parties includes the far right - but not the far left.
On Sunday afternoon thousands of people heeded a call from the Speakers of the two houses of parliament to show their support for French "Republican" values and ... | Something unprecedented is happening this weekend in Paris, brought about by the war between Israel and Hamas and its spill-over in Europe. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67378893?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
The plane was headed to Belgium from New York but did a U-turn roughly 90 minutes after its departure when the animal got loose.
Air traffic control audio recorded the pilot saying: "We have a live animal, a horse, on board the airplane. The horse managed to escape."
"We cannot get the horse back secured."
The pilot fl... | A Boeing 747 cargo jet has been forced to turn around, after a horse escaped from its stall and caused chaos as the plane cruised at 30,000ft (9,144m). | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67406779?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Pupils were among hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters at events around the UK on Friday, amid a row over whether they should miss class.
The number of youngsters on strike is unclear but turnout appears fairly low.
Demonstrations took place in various cities, with some signs reading "stop killing children".
Educatio... | The education secretary has said she is "deeply concerned" about children skipping lessons to attend protests calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67454274?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
A platform is being prepared to place the drilling machine at the site in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand.
Another bid to reach the workers will also be made from the mouth of the tunnel. Three attempts to drill through the debris there have failed so far.
Part of the tunnel under construction caved in after a lands... | Efforts to rescue 40 workers trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in northern India have been expanded to include drilling down from the mountain top. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-67461090?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
He said he ran up the charges during a trip to Morocco while completing constituency work.
The charges were said to be due to an outdated sim card.
Mr Matheson said the decision to pay back the money was "the right one in all circumstances".
In a statement released on Friday, he said: "I have contacted the Scottish Par... | Scotland's Health Secretary Michael Matheson has said he will pay back the full cost of an £11,000 data roaming bill he incurred while using a parliamentary iPad on holiday. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-67382388?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Since 2007, Gaza has been under the control of Hamas, an Islamist group committed to the destruction of Israel.
In response to Hamas's attacks on Israel on 7 October, Israel launched airstrikes on Gazan cities and towns and sent tanks and troops into Gaza. The UN says more than a million people have been forced to leav... | Home to 2.2 million people, the Gaza Strip is a densely populated enclave, 41km (25 miles) long and 10km wide, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on one side and fenced off from Israel and Egypt at its borders. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20415675?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
"The boys told me that they heard gunshots outside, and I started reassuring them that it was the army coming to save them," she said of Yagel, 12, and Or, 16.
It was not Israeli soldiers outside the home, however, but Hamas gunmen, who killed 1,400 people, mainly civilians, and took more than 200 people hostage in tho... | Renana Jacob was not at home when Hamas's deadly attack on 7 October reached her kibbutz in southern Israel, but she quickly managed to reach her two sons by phone. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67353034?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
This is the school run with a difference.
For six weeks, a handful of students have been unable to take the bus to Lochgilphead High School after a landslide cut off the community of Ardfern during the wettest two-day period ever recorded in Scotland.
A trip by sea is, for now, their commute.
We have become used to see... | It is dawn on the rugged shores of Loch Craignish and two little boats are setting off into the sunrise. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-67438057?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
The Liverpool striker and his father cried as they hugged each other for the first time after the kidnapping ordeal.
Luis Manuel DÃaz's abduction by the National Liberation Army (ELN) caused outrage in Colombia and abroad.
The ELN said it had kidnapped the 58-year-old and his wife for ransom.
The group quickly release... | Colombian football star Luis DÃaz has been reunited with his father Luis Manuel DÃaz who was released by rebels after holding him hostage for 12 days. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-67413977?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
The victim said Matthew White told him in the 2015 attack there had been no consequences for killing "Stephen".
White was jailed for four months but did not face charges for attempting to harm the guard or racially abusing him.
The Metropolitan Police says it apologises "if this was not investigated as it should have b... | The sixth suspect in the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence tried to stab a black security guard while saying he had killed before, the BBC can reveal. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67227760?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
So what can those struggling to make repayments do - and what support should they get from their provider?
There are different types of mortgages, all of which have become more expensive in recent months.
Mortgage rates have risen, and the 1.6 million people on tracker or variable deals are paying much more than a year... | The average interest rate charged by mortgage lenders recently hit a 15-year high. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63486782?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
The Met Police said 145 people were arrested - the "vast majority" of whom were counter-protesters - and nine officers were injured on Saturday.
It condemned violence from right-wing counter-protesters who it says set out to confront the pro-Palestinian march.
Investigations into other offences - including antisemitic ... | Seven men have been charged over disorder on Armistice Day for offences including inciting racial hatred. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67398933?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Juwayriya Ahmed married her cousin in 1988. The 52-year-old teacher says her children once asked her how she and their father met.
"I was laughing at them. I said I didn't really meet him. My parents took me to Pakistan and my dad said you're going to marry this person. And I sort of knew who he was, but the first time... | The number of people in Bradford's Pakistani community who have married a cousin has fallen sharply in the past 10 years, a study suggests. Higher educational attainment, new family dynamics and changes in immigration rules are thought to be possible reasons. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67422918?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
The alarm was raised when Roman Butchaski failed to return to his camping ground on Sunday.
Some of his belongings have since been found near a river on Queensland's remote Cape York Peninsula.
Mr Butchaski, known as Butch, is an avid angler and a former host of Sydney radio station 2GB's fishing show.
His former co-ho... | A search is under way in northern Australia after a former radio host went missing while on a solo fishing trip in crocodile-infested waters. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-67376812?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Being dyslexic, she admits that using it might help improve the clarity of her communication with customers on her website. But ultimately she says that she just doesn't trust it.
Ms Kelsall, who is based in Cambridge, says that when she experimented with ChatGPT this year, she noticed errors. She tested it by quizzing... | Popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT now has more than 180 million users, but jeweller Harriet Kelsall says it isn't for her. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67217915?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
She is one of more than 160 people who have approached the BBC with allegationsafter our investigation.
They include claims of sexual assault, harassment, racism and bullying.
McDonald's said it was "determined" to root out behaviour that falls below the high standards it expects of staff.
It comes as a group of ex-McD... | Izzy, who is 18 and works at McDonald's, says she is still witnessing "disgusting behaviour", months after the BBC revealed sexual abuse claims at the fast food chain. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67093982?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Over the past month, Hezbollah has frequently targeted Israeli armour and military positions from across the border in Lebanon.
Hezbollah is a Shia Muslim organisation which is politically influential and in control of the most powerful armed force in Lebanon.
It was established in the early 1980s by the region's most ... | Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Islamist group Hezbollah, has praised the Hamas attacks on Israel in his first speech about the war. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67307858?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Some of the criticism of his appointment has been political in nature, such as questions about his role inthe Greensill lobbying controversy, or objections to the fact he will not have to answer questions in the House of Commons.
It is also fair to say Eurosceptic Tory MPs are not exactly dancing for joy either.
But mo... | David Cameron is not the first former prime minister to take over at the Foreign Office - but he comes to the role with some baggage. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67406036?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Cox, who played his on-screen wife Monica, shared a clip of her with Perry's character Chandler on Instagram and said she was "so grateful for every moment" they worked together.
Matt Le Blanc, who played room-mate Joey, posted his first tribute earlier.
"It was an honour to call you my friend," he wrote.
Le Blanc, 56,... | Friends stars Courteney Cox and Matt Le Blanc have both paid their first individual tributes to co-star Mathew Perry, following his death last month. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67413627?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
The Macallan 1926 single malt is one of the world's most sought-after bottles of Scotch whisky.
It was sold by Sotheby's on Saturday, at more than double its estimated price.
The auction house's head of whisky said he had been allowed to taste "a tiny drop" of it beforehand.
"It's very rich, it's got a lot of dried fru... | A rare bottle of whisky has been sold for $2.7m (£2.1m) - breaking the record for the most expensive wine or spirit sold at auction. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-67466202?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
GB News currently employs four serving Conservative MPs as well as the former prime minister, Boris Johnson.
This has raised questions about whether GB News is abiding by Ofcom rules and if Ofcom is doing its job properly.
Lord Grade said rules around impartiality, fairness and accuracy are the same for GB News as for ... | The chairman of media watchdog Ofcom, Lord Grade, has said it is not his job to tell broadcasters who to hire. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67396474?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
All photos subject to copyright | A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-67449995?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Britney Spears' sister Jamie Lynn and This Morning presenter Josie Gibson are also in the jungle on this year's show.
Hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are cheering on the celebrities as they battle it out to be crowned King or Queen of the Jungle.
The ITV programme returned on Sunday, 19 November.
Here is the fu... | Politician Nigel Farage and social media sensation Nella Rose are among this year's I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here campmates. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67410716?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
When we last spoke in 2021, Latham said her debut album had to be handed in âby the end of the yearâ. But here we are in 2023 and itâs only just arrived. So what happened?âI wrote a scuzzy â90s rock album that is never gonna see the light of day,â she admits.âSo that was one reason. But ultimately, it jus... | One of Baby Queenâs guitars is missing.If youâve ever seen her on stage, the pop star plays a custom-made hot pink Fender Telecaster.But when she joins the BBC on Zoom from her flat in London, thereâs a blank space on the wall where the guitar would normally be.âIâm not allowed to have it at home,â the 26-y... | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c518g2lg02yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
The US confectionery giant will pay £534m for the firm that Angus Thirlwell and Peter Harris set up in 1993.
Hotel Chocolat said the deal would allow the brand to "grow further and faster", including overseas.
The company has had mixed success with expanding internationally and last year had to shut down its five shop... | The co-founders of Hotel Chocolat will each get £144m after agreeing to sell the British business to Mars. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67436228?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Telecom firms Paltel and Jawwal said all energy sources sustaining their networks were depleted, and an internet monitor confirmed a major outage.
Israel has blocked all but one delivery of fuel to Gaza since the start of its war with Hamas five weeks ago.
The UN said a blackout could jeopardise civil order and undermi... | Mobile phone and internet services have gone down across the Gaza Strip due to a lack of fuel for back-up generators, Palestinian telecoms companies say. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67441025?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Rio de Janeiro recorded 42.5C on Sunday - a record for November - and high humidity on Tuesday meant that it felt like 58.5C, municipal authorities said.
More than a hundred million people have been affected by the heat, which is expected to last until at least Friday.
Officials have attributed it to the El Niño pheno... | Red alerts have been issued for almost 3,000 towns and cities across Brazil, which have been experiencing an unprecedented heatwave. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-67422663?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
In a Times article, Suella Braverman called protesters "hate marchers" and accused police of a "double standard".
Mr Shapps said it was "proper" for the home secretary to debate the issue, but he "wouldn't use that set of words".
Labour's Yvette Cooper said she "shouldn't carry on in her job".
She also suggested Ms Bra... | Grant Shapps is the latest cabinet minister to distance himself from the home secretary's choice of words, after she criticised police ahead of Saturday's pro-Palestinian rally. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67397030?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Stress and exhaustion are visible on her face. Being a first-time mother is hard anywhere in the world, but Kefaia had to do it under unimaginable trauma.
Originally from northern Gaza, the 24-year-old fled her home with her family after the Israeli military warned civilians to move to the south of the Strip for their ... | "My child doesn't have a name yet because of the war. She's four days old," says Kefaia Abu Asser. Sitting on a straw mat in a corner of a school shelter run by the UN in Rafah, in southern Gaza, Kefaia cradles her baby daughter, who is wrapped in a red blanket. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67398743?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Four of the big unions have called the action in an escalating row over pay.
It has led to classroom assistants, bus drivers, catering staff, cleaners and other support workers walking out at hundreds of schools.
A representative from one union said up to 20,000 are expected to take part.
The Department of Education (D... | Thousands of non-teaching staff have gone on strike from Northern Ireland schools with one classroom assistant saying he has to work three jobs to pay his bills. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-67431064?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Hampshire, 42, told her Instagram followers she was "sorry and ashamed".
In a now-deleted post, Hampshire was seen styled as Depp, with drawn-on facial hair and tattoos, while her friend screwed up her face in mock distress as the actor's ex-wife.
Former couple Depp and Heard both accused each other of domestic abuse.
... | Schitt's Creek actress Emily Hampshire has apologised for dressing up as Johnny Depp and Amber Heard with a friend for Halloween. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67296157?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
The UN has said the situation at Al-Shifa Hospital is dire, with constant gunfire and bombings in the area.
Doctors there have said newborn babies have died after power for incubators was cut off due to a lack of fuel.
When challenged by the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg about those reports, Mr Herzog rejected them as "spin b... | Israeli President Isaac Herzog has denied that Israel is striking the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67397963?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
It was August 2000. The first film was in pre-production at a former Rolls-Royce engine factory converted into movie studios. And the filmmakers were still trying to decide how to convincingly bring some of the magic of JK Rowling's best sellers to the cinema screen.
"My first day's work was being the world's first Qui... | David Holmes vividly remembers the day he joined the Harry Potter stunt crew. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67350355?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
On Sunday came military veterans, lots of them, in blazers and berets, well-shined shoes and crisply-creased trousers, with nods to old comrades and regimental rivals.
Here were families making sure their loved ones were remembered and here were people who had come to see the spectacle, but also to pay their respects.
... | For one day a year the hustle and bustle of London's Whitehall - gawking tourists, chanting protestors and hooting taxis - is swept away and in its place a very different slice of Britain descends. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67397244?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
The pair, a man and a woman in their early 20s, were picked up after a series of raids on houses in Diepenbeek and Ostend, prosecutors said.
One house contained large quantities of Nazi memorabilia and flags, they added.
The allegations against the two include "recruiting people with the aim of committing terrorist cri... | Anti-terrorism police in Belgium have detained two suspected members of a far-right group accused of plotting bomb attacks and inciting violence. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67381829?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
A 32-year-old man was detained over the apparent protests on Wednesday evening, West Midlands Police said.
Videos on social media show the rodents being released in branches in Star City, Perry Barr and Small Heath.
Police are also looking for Billal Hussain, 30, in connection with the incidents.
The force said a numbe... | A man has been arrested after boxes of live mice were released into McDonald's restaurants in Birmingham. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-67289660?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
They feature lyrics from Christmas carols including Silent Night and Away in a Manger, and a barcode that you can scan to get a special Christmas message from Shaun the Sheep.
They've been made with an art technique called woodblock printing, which involves using carved wooden blocks to print ink or paint onto paper.
T... | This year's Christmas stamps have been revealed by Royal Mail. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/67295693?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
During filming for the rom-com Arthur in July 2010 the comedian is alleged to have exposed himself to the anonymous woman before following her into a bathroom and sexually assaulting her.
Brand is facingaccusations of rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuseafter reports in the British media.
He denies the allegations... | Russell Brand has been accused of sexually assaulting an extra on a film set in a civil lawsuit filed in the US. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67318813?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
In an interview with CBS News, Benjamin Netanyahu said Hamas was firing at Palestinians trying to get safety.
Hamas "don't give a hoot about the Palestinians", he said.
More than 11,500 people have been killed in Gaza, Hamas's health ministry says, since Israel went to war after Hamas's deadly attack on 7 October.
Some... | Israel's prime minister has said it is trying to minimise civilian casualties in the war in Gaza but has been "not successful", blaming this on Hamas. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67449383?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Incendiary because it is a direct, unflinching assault not just on the prime minister's political capabilities - or lack of them, as she claims - but on his integrity.
Her language drips with derision.
Betrayal. Equivocation. Disregard. Wishful thinking. Uncertain. Weak.
She claims to have presented Rishi Sunak with a ... | This letter is incendiary. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67420397?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said soldiers were engaged in close quarters combat with Hamas fighters staging hit-and-run attacks from tunnels.
The UN said four of its schools being used as shelters had been damaged and warned water shortages were worsening.
The Hamas-run health ministry says over 9,000 Palestinians... | Israeli forces have encircled the Hamas stronghold of Gaza City, Israel's military says, as it continues its assault on the Gaza Strip. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67302206?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Vivian Silver, 74, lived close to Israel's border with Gaza in kibbutz Be'eri - which was attacked by Hamas during the 7 October attacks.
Remains had been found earlier at her house, but they were only formally identified as hers five weeks later.
Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly described Ms Silver as a "lifelon... | An Israeli-Canadian peace advocate, feared to have been taken hostage in Gaza, has been confirmed killed. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67413993?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Here in this town on Australia's northern edge, laksa is the meal of choice for breakfast, lunch and dinner, weekday or weekend, a staple everywhere from food courts and cafes to snazzy restaurants.
The sour and spicy noodle broth, traditionally topped with meat or seafood, is the love child of Malaysian, Indonesian an... | Darwin is a city obsessed. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-67259696?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Nottinghamshire Police was called to the Hickling Court area of Mansfield shortly after 23:00 GMT on Friday, following reports a large dog had attacked people and was on the loose.
Police believe the woman fell from the window of a flat where the attack began.
A 38-year-old man and 24-year-old woman have been arrested,... | A man and woman have been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a suspected American bully XL attack. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-67320107?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Mr DÃaz said he was made to walk "too much" with little sleep, while he was kept in a mountainous area.
"I would not want anyone to be in that mountain in the situation I was in," he told reporters in a tearful interview.
Mr DÃaz was abducted on 28 October in his family's hometown of Barrancas in Colombia.
In a news ... | Luis Manuel DÃaz, the father of Liverpool striker Luis Diaz, has spoken publicly for the first time since being freed by a Colombian guerrilla group. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-67390367?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
The advice - the first update in almost a decade - says cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) can help with hot flushes, and sleep and mood changes.
Health watchdog The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) says this will give women more choice.
But critics called it "disappointing".
NICE says the eviden... | Women should be offered talking therapy instead of, or as well as, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for problematic menopause symptoms,new draft guidancefor the NHS says. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-67438995?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Security forces have been deployed to help rescue efforts in the rugged districts of Jajarkot and West Rukum, 500km (310 miles) west of Kathmandu.
Strong tremors were felt far away in the Nepalese capital and in cities in neighbouring India, including Delhi.
The government said about 375 people had been injured. Jajark... | More than 150 people have been killed after an earthquake struck remote western Nepal on Friday. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-67317442?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Bernard Cowan, from Scotland, was killed by Hamas gunmen in his home on a kibbutz in Southern Israel during the 7 October attack.
The 57-year-old left his family in Glasgow when he was just 19 to move to Israel.
His brother Colin says he "is filled with dread" as a Jew living in Britain.
He told BBC News how his brothe... | The brother of a British-Israeli man murdered by Hamas has told the BBC he has never been more fearful of antisemitism in the UK. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-67404606?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
The thousands of civilian casualties and desperate humanitarian conditions have alarmed Arab allies, but also stirred an extraordinary level of criticism from within his own administration.
"I'm stunned by the intensity," said Aaron David Miller, who worked as an adviser on Arab-Israeli relations during a 25 year tenur... | US President Joe Biden is under growing pressure to rein in Israel's military campaign against Hamas in Gaza. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67453674?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Attenborough's long-beaked echidna - scientifically known as Zaglossus attenboroughi - was thought to be extinct - until it was spotted on camera-trap footage by Oxford University researchers.
Sir David is said to be "absolutely delighted".
While the elusive egg-laying mammal may be rare, it is part of a long line of e... | A long-lost species of echidna, named after British naturalist Sir David Attenborough, has been rediscovered in the thick jungles of Indonesia after more than 60 years. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67382235?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Researchers from the University of Essex studied the dialects of a group of 18 to 33-year-olds in the region.
They identified three voices, estuary English, southern British English and multicultural London English.
Project leader Dr Amanda Cole said the latter was "a really innovative and interesting accent".
"Multicu... | The King's English and Cockney are no longer common dialects among young people in the South East of England, according to a new study. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-67289519?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Sources tellthe Guardianthat Lord Cameron's return was facilitated by the former Conservative leader, William Hague. Under a headline describing the cabinet changes as "high-stakes", the paper says they represent a shift towards securing the Tory base in southern seats, known as the "blue wall", even if this costs vote... | "Cameron's Return Sparks Brexiteer Backlash," is the headline onthe front page of the Daily Telegraph. The paper says the reshuffle has "triggered a new row" between the prime minister and the right of the Conservative Party. It also reports that Rishi Sunak offered David Cameron the job in a face-to-face meeting last ... | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-67410952?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
The Bank rate, set by the Monetary Policy Committee,is unchanged at 5.25%.
Another hold may bring some relief to homeowners who have seen mortgage rates rise and potentially the end of better news for savers.
The Bank rate is currently at its highest level for 15 years.
The theory is that raising interest rates makes i... | The Bank of England has held interest rates for a second time in a row following a run of 14 consecutive increases. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57764601?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Iceland has declared a state of emergency after a series of earthquakes.
Authorities have ordered thousands of people living in the southwestern town of GrindavÃk to leave as a precaution.
The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) said there was a considerable risk of an eruption.
The probability of an eruption on or ... | The chance of a volcanic eruption in Iceland is rising, posing a threat to a now-evacuated town, experts say. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67387827?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Expectations were high as India had reached the final after nearly two decades. But the match ended in tears for Indians as the Australians completely outplayed them.
In 2007, Dravid got another crack at the coveted trophy - this time, he was leading the team.
Once again, the ODI tournament ended in misery for Indians ... | In 2003, Rahul Dravid and his team-mates walked into the New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg to take on mighty Australia in the Cricket World Cup final. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-67447215?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
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For Whitney Wolfe Herd, that meant taking a difficult exit from online dating app firm Tinder - which she sued for sexual harassment - and setting up Bumble, her own rival company with a focus very much on women.
Nearly a decade and a billion dollar fortune later, Ms Wolfe Herd announced this week that she isstepping d... | Out of adversity comes opportunity, so the saying goes. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67359823?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
All tickets for the 2024 event were bought just before 10:00 GMT.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, the festival said: "Our thanks to everyone who bought one and we're sorry to those of you who missed out, on a morning when demand greatly exceeded supply."
There will be a re-sale of any cancelled or returned tickets in... | Tickets for next year's Glastonbury Festival have sold out in just under an hour. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-67454066?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Michigan Democrat Rashida Tlaib was rebuked for her defence of the chant "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free".
The resolution formally condemned her for "calling for the destruction of the state of Israel".
The measure passed by 234 to 188 votes. Twenty-two Democrats voted to censure.
Ms Tlaibposted a vi... | The US Congress has voted to censure its only Palestinian-American member over comments she made on the Israel-Gaza war. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67354706?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
He was immediately condemned by conservative opponents for dragging Spain towards "humiliation".
Although the conservative Popular Party won July elections they were unable to form a majority.
The amnesty deal would give the Socialists the numbers they need.
However, right-wing protesters have taken to the streets in M... | Spain's Socialist acting prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has agreed a controversial amnesty deal with a Catalan separatist party, bringing him closer to four more years in office. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67368314?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Michael Matheson ran up the charges on his parliamentary iPad during a holiday to Morocco which he says was caused by an "outdated sim card".
He said he was not aware it was due to be replaced and the cost built up as a result.
Humza Yousaf said Mr Matheson should not have to pay it back.
It is understood the health se... | An £11,000 iPad roaming bill racked up by Scotland's health secretary was a "legitimate parliamentary expense", according to the first minister. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-67370793?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Suella Braverman's plan would introduce new penalties in England and Wales for homeless people who authorities believe have rejected offers of help.
The plan was to stop "those who cause nuisance... by pitching tents in public spaces," she said.
Housing charity Shelter said: "Nobody should be punished for being homeles... | The home secretary is proposing new laws to restrict the use of tents by homeless people, arguing that many of them see it as a "lifestyle choice". | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67321319?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
The role of home secretary is one of the biggest jobs in government, with responsibility for the police, immigration, and national security.
Asked if he wanted to distance himself from the rhetoric of his predecessor, Suella Braverman, he said: "I intend to do this job in the way that I feel best protects the British p... | James Cleverly arrived at the Home Office pledging to run the department in his own style. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67404782?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
An investigation by the Sunday Times, the Times and Channel 4's Dispatches revealed allegations of rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse against the British comedian and actor.
Brand has previously denied the claims.
The Met has confirmed that a man in his 40s attended a police station in south London on 16 Novembe... | Russell Brand has been questioned by the Metropolitan Police in relation to allegations of historical sex offences. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67469301?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Last week, as the Indian capital battled days of toxic air, the city's environment minister said that his government was considering cloud seeding - a rain-making technique - to bring down pollution levels.
The plan's fruition will depend on getting approval from India's Supreme Court, and possibly a number of federal ... | Could the answer to Delhi's pollution problem lie in the clouds? | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-67364941?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
A resident protested after noticing no apostrophe on a replacement sign for St Mary's Terrace in Twyford, Hampshire.
Winchester City Council found the old sign and reinstalled it more than a year later.
Councillor Susan Cook said it was "a small thing but important to people".
The issue was first raised with the counci... | Villagers are "extremely pleased" that a missing piece of punctuation has returned to a village road sign after a year-long wait, a councillor has said. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-67457675?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Flowers in hand, he and his son walk up to Li's childhood home on Hongxing road in the city of Hefei. The footpaths are covered in a sea of flowers. Crowds of mourners have been gathering sincethe 68-year-old suddenly died in Shanghaiof a heart attack.
"He visited our textile factory and it left a deep impression," say... | "He was a great leader who has remained in our hearts," says a man who has come to pay his respects to Li Keqiang, China's popular former premier who died last week. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-67294136?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Nottingham Panthers player Adam Johnson was pronounced dead in hospital after sustaining the injury from a skate worn by Sheffield Steelers player Matt Petgrave on Saturday evening.
An inquest into the 29-year-old's death will open at the Medico-Legal Centre in Sheffield.
The Nottingham Panthers have described his deat... | An inquest into the death of an ice hockey player whose neck was fatally cut is due to open on Friday. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-67297775?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Bidding for a place in history as the woman who made Paris green, she has promised another city referendum.
The vote next February will be on whether to increase parking fees for so-called sports utility vehicles.
If last April's e-scooter referendum is anything to go by, the mayor should be confident of another easy v... | Flush from this year's victory over banning rental electric scooters, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has a new on-street target in her sights: SUVs. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67424678?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Not only is a brand new party among the front-runners, but the Netherlands could be about to welcome its first female prime minister too.
Mark Rutte's 13-year era ended when his fourth government collapsed, and this election has been fought on a cluster of domestic crises - from the high cost of living and a shortage o... | There really is a sense of a new era beginning in Dutch politics in Wednesday's snap parliamentary election. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67399766?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
The country called for a ceasefire and said it would be supplying the blockaded Gaza Strip with aid.
An Israeli official said the move was "a surrender to terrorism".
Lior Haiat accused the Bolivian government of "aligning itself with the Hamas terrorist organization".
Bolivia's Deputy Foreign Minister Freddy Mamani sa... | Bolivia has become the first Latin American country to cut diplomatic ties with Israel over what it describes as "aggressive and disproportionate" military actions in Gaza. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-67281584?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
In autumn 2017, there were estimated to be 48 people sleeping rough on a single night in Milton Keynes. That number has now fallen to just 16, according to the local council.
The city appears to be bucking the national trend,with the total number of people estimated to be rough sleeping across England on the rise again... | Milton Keynes was created in the 1960s as a way of easing housing shortages in London. But five decades later it was facing a housing crisis of its own, dubbed "tent city" in the media because of the encampments of rough sleepers dotted around the centre. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67370571?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
And when Hassan Nasrallah spoke, what he did not say was as important as what he said.
There was no declaration of all-out war on Israel. At least, not now.
Few in Lebanon had expected one.
Nasrallah knows there is little appetite in this country for another war with its powerful neighbour. The last one was in 2006.
Le... | The Hezbollah leader took his time to respond to the past month of bloodletting which has turned the Middle East into a tinder box. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67317454?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
The 19 interpreters wrote to the German government on 7 August asking for protection as the jihadist groups that operate in northern Mali regard those who work with the UN as traitors.
"The terrorists have been openly saying that any person working for international forces is considered an enemy," a translator for the ... | Translators who work for German peacekeepers in Mali have told the BBC they fear for their lives as the UN mission winds up its mission in the West African country. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-67378497?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Luis Manuel DÃaz was handed over to United Nations and Catholic church officials by members of the National Liberation Army (ELN).
He was abducted on 28 October in the family's hometown, Barrancas.
The footballer's mother was also seized, but was freed within hours.
Local media said Mr DÃaz had travelled by military ... | Colombian-born Liverpool footballer Luis DÃaz's father has been released by the left-wing guerrillas who kidnapped him 13 days ago, police sources and local media say. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-67372903?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
When Ditza's daughter called her on 7 October, Hamas answered the phone.
"They were shouting 'It's Hamas, it's Hamas'," another daughter, Neta Heiman Mina, told the BBC.
"My sister was terrified, she hung up. I didn't think they had taken her. I thought they had killed her."
Ditza Heiman is being held hostage in Gaza.
... | Nearly four weeks have passed since Hamas kidnapped about 240 people into Gaza - among them is 84-year-old Ditza Heiman. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67304340?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
The group stormed a jail in the capital, Conakry, early on Saturday morning - taking Capt Camara and three others.
Those taken are currently on trial for their alleged roles in deaths of more than 150 people in a 2009 protest.
Besides Capt Camara, two other prisoners have also been found.
It is unclear if they were kid... | Guinea's former military ruler, Moussa Dadis Camara, is back in jail after being taken from prison by armed men, according to his lawyer. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-67320519?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
Prince William was in Manchester's Moss Side to learn about how the Manchester Peace Together Alliance is trying to tackle youth violence.
Amir Hassan, 11, made the prince laugh with his financial inquiry during the visit to the Hideaway Youth Project.
The boy said afterwards the future king had quipped he did not know... | The Prince of Wales has been put on the spot when visiting a youth project in a city when a boy asked him how much was in his bank account. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-67440515?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA |
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