Month: June 2023

By Jean Mackenzie Seoul correspondent People in North Korea have told the BBC food is so scarce their neighbours have starved to death. Exclusive interviews gathered inside the world’s most isolated state suggest the situation is the worst it has been since the 1990s, experts say. The government sealed its borders in 2020, cutting off

PA Media By Gavin Bevis & Greig Watson BBC News Two 19-year-old students and a man in his 50s were stabbed to death in attacks in Nottingham, police say. The University of Nottingham students were killed in Ilkeston Road at about 04:00 BST on Tuesday, while the man’s body was found in Magdala Road. Police

Getty Images By Jim Reed and Michelle Roberts BBC News The “potentially massive impact” of lockdowns on society was not thought through before the pandemic, the lead lawyer for the Covid inquiry has said. As the probe into the government’s handling of the pandemic began hearing evidence, Hugo Keith KC said the UK may not

Getty Images Parliament should debate overhauling abortion rules after a woman was jailed, the chair of the Commons equalities committee has said. Caroline Nokes MP told the BBC the 1861 law used to prosecute mother-of-three Carla Foster was “out of date”. The 44-year-old was convicted of inducing an abortion outside the legal limit using pills

By Hugh Schofield in Saint Herbot and Natasha Preskey BBC News The suspect held over the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old British girl in France is under investigation for murder, prosecutors say. Solaine Thornton was shot dead while playing on a swing in her garden on Saturday evening. Prosecutors said Dirk Raats, a 71-year-old neighbour,

Alamy By Hugh Schofield BBC News, Paris An 11-year-old girl from a British family has been shot dead while playing in her garden in France, following a reported dispute between neighbours. The family were enjoying a barbeque on Saturday evening when the shooting happened in the village of Saint-Herbot, north of Quimper in Brittany. The

PA Media By Debbie Jackson & Stuart Nicolson BBC Scotland Nicola Sturgeon has been released without charge pending further investigations after being arrested by police. Scotland’s former first minister was arrested in connection with the ongoing investigation into the SNP’s funding and finances at 10:09 on Sunday. After being questioned by detectives she was released

Kick-off: 20:00 BST Venue: Ataturk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey Coverage: Live text commentary on BBC Sport website and BBC Radio 5 Live commentary from 18:30 Manchester City will look to win the Champions League for the first time and complete the Treble when they play Inter Milan in the final at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium

Getty Images By Chris Mason, Political Editor, Helen Catt, Political Correspondent & Suzanne Leigh BBC News An ally of Boris Johnson has resigned, triggering a third by-election for the Tories and creating deepening political problems for Rishi Sunak. Nigel Adams did not say why he was leaving immediately but his decision follows that of Boris

Reuters By Chris Mason Political editor, BBC News Chaos, uncorked. Again. In his seven months as prime minister, the most notable characteristic Rishi Sunak has brought to government is – relatively speaking at least – stability. But 2022 – or much of it – was defined, politically, by a soap opera of Conservative squabbling. It

Getty Images By Joshua Nevett BBC Politics Some of Boris Johnson’s closest allies – including Priti Patel and Jacob Rees-Mogg – have been rewarded with peerages and other awards in the former PM’s honours list. Former secretaries of state Simon Clarke and Mr Rees-Mogg were knighted, while Ms Patel was made a dame. Tees Valley

Reuters By George Bowden BBC News, Washington DC Former US President Donald Trump has been charged over his handling of classified documents after he left the White House. Mr Trump, 76, faces seven charges including unauthorised retention of classified files, US media reported, but the indictment is not yet public. It is the second indictment

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Hugh Schofield & George Wright BBC News in Paris and London Four very young children have been stabbed in a park near Lake Annecy, in France’s south-east. Police overpowered and arrested the attacker, Interior Minister Gérald

PA By Jim Reed Health reporter The NHS is struggling to provide safe and effective care for all cancer patients, say senior doctors. The Royal College of Radiologists is warning that all four UK nations are facing “chronic staff shortages”, with patients waiting too long for vital tests and treatments. Half of all cancer units

Reuters By Tom Symonds, Dominic Casciani & James Gregory At the High Court The Duke of Sussex has told a court he was suspicious about how a newspaper got a story on his girlfriend Chelsy Davy being angry over his visit to a lap dance club. Prince Harry gave evidence for a second day against

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The destruction of a major dam in Ukraine will have “grave and far-reaching consequences for thousands of people”, the United Nations has warned. UN aid chief Martin Griffiths said the scale of the catastrophe at the Kakhovka