Month: February 2023

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Laura Bicker in Hatay and Oliver Slow in London BBC News Rescuers are once again searching for people trapped under rubble in Turkey after two new earthquakes hit the country, killing at least three people. Tremors

By Miles Davis & Johanna Carr BBC News Breathtaking incompetence and failings by police allowed a gunman to kill five people during a mass shooting in Plymouth, victims’ families have said. Jake Davison killed his mother and four other people, including a girl aged three, with a shotgun in August 2021. Families of four of

Reuters By Phelan Chatterjee BBC News The body of footballer Christian Atsu, who died when an earthquake hit Turkey two weeks ago, has been returned to his native Ghana. The flight landed in Accra late on Sunday, and his coffin was carried away by members of Ghana’s armed forces. Atsu was found dead on Saturday

Police handout By Rumeana Jahangir BBC News Police searching for missing Nicola Bulley have found a body in the river. The mother-of two disappeared during a riverside dog walk in St Michael’s on Wyre in Lancashire three weeks ago, sparking a major search operation. Lancashire Police said they “sadly recovered a body” after they were

EPA By Phelan Chatterjee & Matt Murphy BBC News French President Emmanuel Macron has said he does not want to see Russia crushed by a defeat in Ukraine. Speaking to French media, Mr Macron urged Western nations to increase military support for Kyiv and said he was prepared for a protracted war. “I want Russia

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By James Landale Diplomatic correspondent Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has urged world leaders to send the most advanced weapons to Ukraine now in order to secure its long-term future. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Mr Sunak

Last updated on 17 February 202317 February 2023.From the section Man Utd Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, the chairman of one of Qatar’s biggest banks, has confirmed his foundation will bid to buy Manchester United. BBC Sport understands that Ineos, owned by Sir Jim Ratcliffe, also officially made a bid before Friday’s 22:00 GMT

Social Media By Tom Symonds and Judith Burns BBC News A spy at Berlin’s British embassy, who sold secrets to Russia and was caught in an undercover MI5 sting, has been jailed for 13 years and two months. David Smith, 58, tried to damage Britain’s interests by passing on details of the embassy and its

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By John Simpson and James Waterhouse BBC News, Kyiv Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has ruled out giving up any of his country’s territory in a potential peace deal with Russia. In a BBC interview to mark a

Police handout By Lynette Horsburgh & Tom Mullen BBC News The family of missing Nicola Bulley have said “appalling” speculation surrounding her private life “needs to stop”. The 45-year-old went missing on 27 January during a riverside dog walk in St Michael’s on Wyre in Lancashire. Police had faced a growing backlash for revealing she

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The search for a new First Minister of Scotland has begun after Nicola Sturgeon’s surprise decision to stand down. The SNP leader made the announcement on Wednesday after more than eight years in the job. She plans

Lancashire Police By Lauren Hirst & Monica Rimmer BBC News Online Nicola Bulley was considered a high-risk missing person from the start of the investigation into her disappearance, police have said. The 45-year-old went missing on 27 January during a riverside dog walk in St Michael’s on Wyre in Lancashire. Det Supt Rebecca Smith said

Shaw family By Fergus Walsh Medical editor A toddler with a rare inherited condition has become the first child to be treated by the NHS with a new life-saving gene therapy. Teddi Shaw was diagnosed in time because her older sister Nala showed symptoms – but it was too late to treat Nala, who is

Met Police Two police officers face misconduct cases over the handling of reports of indecent exposure by Sarah Everard’s killer Wayne Couzens. A Metropolitan Police constable has a case to answer for gross misconduct, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said. The IOPC added a Kent Police sergeant faced a misconduct meeting over how

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Sam Cabral BBC News, Washington The White House has said its decision to shoot down three objects flying over North American airspace this weekend was “out of an abundance of caution”. The objects posed a threat

AFP By Gareth Evans & George Wright BBC News in Washington and London The US military is unsure what three flying objects it shot out of the skies over North America were – and how they were able to stay aloft. President Joe Biden ordered another object – the fourth in total this month –