Reuters By Anthony Zurcher Travelling with the US secretary of state For three days, the US’s top diplomat, Antony Blinken, has been dashing around the Middle East, trying to contain a situation that threatens to spin out of control. Israel on Friday. Jordan on Saturday. The West Bank, Iraq and Turkey on Sunday. Every stop
Month: November 2023
Getty Images More than 100 British people have left Gaza this week – and it is hoped more will be evacuated on Sunday, the deputy prime minister has told the BBC. Oliver Dowden told Laura Kuenssberg said it was “disappointing” the Rafah crossing was closed on Saturday. He said the government is “engaging closely” with
EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock By Jaroslav Lukiv BBC News The Israel-Gaza war is “taking away the focus” from the conflict in Ukraine, the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has admitted. He said this was “one of the goals” of Russia, which launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. And he denied that fighting in Ukraine had reached
Getty Images By Max Matza BBC News The US has confirmed for the first time that it has been flying unarmed surveillance drones over Gaza. Pentagon spokesman Brig Gen Pat Ryder said the drones were operating in “support of hostage recovery efforts”. “These UAV flights began after the Oct 7 attack by Hamas on Israel,”
Reuters By Jeremy Bowen International editor, in southern Israel One of the first things to understand about the reportage, analysis and commentary that has poured out since the Hamas attacks of 7 October is that no-one has the full story. Not only is it, as ever, hard to penetrate the fog of war to work
By Daniel De Simone Correspondent, BBC News 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. The victim said Matthew White told him in the 2015 attack there had been no consequences for killing “Stephen”. White was
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Harrison Jones BBC News Communities across the British Isles are reeling after Storm Ciarán battered homes and businesses. There is widespread flooding and damage around the UK, with thousands of homes left without power, hundreds of
By James Oliver, Will Dahlgreen, James Melley & Andy Verity BBC Panorama, Newsnight and BBC News An offshore firm helped create companies used by members of Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, including one hiding the late mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin’s yacht, the BBC can reveal. Seychelles-based Alpha Consulting also helped to form more than 900 UK
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Paul Seddon Politics reporter A “macho” culture in Downing Street harmed the UK’s response to the Covid pandemic, a top official from the time has said. Former deputy cabinet secretary Helen MacNamara told the Covid inquiry
By Angus Crawford and Tony Smith BBC News A leading UK broadband provider has blocked access for its 5.7 million users to a website promoting suicide. Sky Broadband says the forum will automatically be barred if home users are using its standard filters. A second provider, TalkTalk, said the controversial site had now been added