Month: May 2023

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Kate Whannel Political reporter, BBC News The government needs to reflect and do more, Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer has said following bruising losses for her party in local elections in England. Some Conservatives have blamed Rishi

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent The first coronation in 70 years is to take place on Saturday morning, with King Charles III and the Queen Consort preparing for their historic carriage ride to Westminster Abbey. Despite forecasts

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Matt Murphy & Andre Rhoden-Paul BBC News The Duke of Sussex has joined other royals at Westminster Abbey for his father King Charles III’s Coronation. Prince Harry appeared relaxed as he arrived at the Abbey and

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Joshua Nevett BBC Politics Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer says his party is on track to win the next general election after the Tories were hammered in local polls across England. The Tories have lost 48

PA Media By Oliver Slow BBC News Voters have told the BBC of their anger at being unable to vote in local elections due to new ID rules, which critics say should be dropped. James Greenhalgh, from Leeds, said he was “livid” after being unable to vote in Thursday’s local elections, having left his passport

PA Media The polls for more than 8,000 council seats on 230 councils, and four mayors, across England have closed. Millions of votes will now be counted in the first big test of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s electoral popularity. Some people were unable to cast their vote due to new rules requiring voters to show

EPA By David Gritten BBC News Israeli security forces say they have killed two Palestinian militants accused of shooting dead a British-Israeli woman and her two daughters in the occupied West Bank last month. A third militant who allegedly aided the pair was also killed during the raid in the city of Nablus. Palestinian officials

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Russia says it downed two drones that targeted the Kremlin in Moscow last night and accused Ukraine of attempting to kill President Vladimir Putin. Unverified footage on social media appeared to show an object flying over the

PA Media By Oliver Slow & Dominic Casciani BBC News Anti-monarchy groups will be allowed to protest at the King’s Coronation on Saturday, security minister Tom Tugendhat has insisted. However they will not be permitted to “disrupt others”, Mr Tugendhat said. His comments came after protest groups received letters reminding them about changes to the

By Yogita Limaye Afghanistan correspondent Three-month-old Tayabullah is quiet and motionless. His mother Nigar moves the oxygen pipe away from his nose and puts a finger below his nostrils to check if she can feel him breathing. She begins to cry as she realises her son is fading. At this hospital in Afghanistan, there is

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A man widely seen as the godfather of artificial intelligence (AI) has quit his job, warning about the growing dangers from developments in the field. Geoffrey Hinton, aged 75, announced his resignation from Google in a statement

AFP via Getty Images By George Wright BBC News The White House believes that more than 20,000 Russian combatants have died in the battle for the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut in the last five months. A further 80,000 have been wounded, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said, citing newly declassified intelligence. Half of the

AFP via Getty Images By Lyse Doucet Chief international correspondent Port Sudan is rapidly becoming a crucial hub in the midst of Sudan’s violence. The BBC’s Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet joined the latest evacuation mission to Jeddah. In the dead of night, as HMS Al Diriyah approached Sudan’s coast, Saudi officers flicked on sweeping