Month: September 2023

Handout By Daniel Sandford & Doug Faulkner BBC News The father, stepmother and uncle of Sara Sharif, 10, have been arrested on suspicion of murder after returning to the UK from Pakistan. Urfan Sharif, 41, his wife Beinash Batool, 29, and his brother Faisal Malik, 28, were arrested at Gatwick Airport at around 19:45 BST

By Shehnaz Khan BBC News, West Midlands A 60-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of possessing a dog dangerously out of control after an 11-year-old girl was attacked. Ana Paun was seriously injured by an American bully XL and Staffordshire bull terrier crossbreed in Bordesley Green, Birmingham, on Saturday. West Midlands Police said the

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Lucy Fleming BBC News The death toll from floods in Libya in one city alone stands at more than 1,500, a minister who visited the eastern port of Derna has told the BBC. “I was shocked

Police handout By Caroline Davies & George Wright BBC News in Rawalpindi and London Sara Sharif’s grandfather has told the BBC that five children who travelled from the UK to Pakistan with Sara’s father have been taken by police. Neighbours said that dozens of officers raided the grandfather’s house, where the children were hiding, on

Getty Images By James Gallagher, Natalie Truswell and Jonathan Sumberg BBC News Female surgeons say they are being sexually harassed, assaulted and in some cases raped by colleagues, a major analysis of NHS staff has found. BBC News has spoken to women who were sexually assaulted in the operating theatre while surgery took place. The

By Alice Cuddy, in the Atlas Mountains BBC News Tayeb ait Ighenbaz was forced to choose whether to save his 11-year-old son or his parents when they became trapped under rubble after Morocco’s earthquake struck. The goat herder from a tiny community in the Atlas Mountains says he is haunted by the decision he had

Reuters By Alice Cuddy in Amizmiz & Graeme Baker BBC News Morocco faces a race against time to save those trapped under the rubble by Friday’s earthquake, as emergency services battle to supply remote areas. Villagers continue to dig by hand and shovel to find survivors, as response teams struggle to bring in machinery. Those

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Marita Moloney BBC News Terror suspect Daniel Khalife remains in police custody after being arrested in north-west London on Saturday. The 21-year-old was apprehended by a plain-clothes officer who pulled him from a bicycle on a

A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.8 has hit central Morocco, sending people rushing into the streets – with unconfirmed reports of casualties. The epicentre was 71km (44 miles) south-west of Marrakesh at a depth of 18.5 km, the US Geological Survey said. The quake struck at 23:11 local time (22:11 GMT). Unverified video clips on

Social media By Adam Durbin BBC News Police have confirmed sightings of missing terror suspect Daniel Khalife in Chiswick, west London, as they released a new description. He is said to be wearing a black baseball cap, black t-shirt and dark-coloured clothes on his legs, as well as carrying a small bag or case. Police

By James Gregory BBC News A sighting of escaped terror suspect Daniel Khalife is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police. Mr Khalife was reportedly seen walking away from the BidFood van near the Wandsworth roundabout, shortly after his escape from HMP Wandsworth. The Met is offering a reward of up to £20,000 for information that

PA Media By James Gregory BBC News King Charles III has recorded a message and released a favourite photograph of Elizabeth II to mark the first anniversary of his mother’s death. In the message, the King said he recalled the late Queen’s “devoted service and all she meant to so many of us”. The photograph

Met Police A manhunt is continuing for terror suspect Daniel Abed Khalife, more than 24 hours after he escaped from prison. The 21-year-old ex-soldier was on remand charged with collecting information which might be useful to an enemy, understood to be Iran. He escaped from Wandsworth prison in south London on Wednesday morning, wearing his

Patricia Stanley By Ruth Clegg, Harriet Agerholm and Alison Benjamin BBC News Dozens of young autistic people have died after serious failings in their care despite repeated warnings from coroners, BBC News has found. Our investigation found issues that were flagged a decade ago are still being warned about now. The government says £4.2m is

Weizmann Institute of Science By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent Scientists have grown an entity that closely resembles an early human embryo, without using sperm, eggs or a womb. The Weizmann Institute team say their “embryo model”, made using stem cells, looks like a textbook example of a real 14-day-old embryo. It even released

PA Media By Daniel Wainwright & Lucy Gilder BBC Verify At least 13 schools confirmed to have reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) had funding to rebuild withdrawn in 2010, the BBC has found. They had been approved for rebuilding under a Labour scheme, later scrapped by the Conservative-led government. School buildings have been closed because