Month: December 2023

Andrea Mabry/University of Alabama at Birmingham By James FitzGerald BBC News A US woman with a rare double uterus has given birth twice in two days – after a “one in a million” pregnancy and a total of 20 hours in labour. Kelsey Hatcher, 32, delivered one daughter on Tuesday, and a second on Wednesday,

EPA By Oliver Slow BBC News Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip continued late into the night on Friday, with reports of sustained air strikes and bombardments. An Israeli air strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp killed at least 18 people, according to Palestinian media. People in another camp, Bureij, were ordered by Israel’s army

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Kathryn Armstrong & Sarah Rainsford, Eastern Europe Correspondent in London and Prague Prague police say the gunman who killed 14 people at a university on Thursday afternoon killed himself after being surrounded by the authorities. The

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Sarah Rainsford, Eastern Europe Correspondent in Prague, and Christy Cooney BBC News The Czech Republic has declared Saturday a national day of mourning after a gunman killed 14 people and injured 25 at a university in

Family handout/Cheshire Police By Lauren Hirst & Judith Moritz BBC News A judge will lift anonymity orders protecting the identities of Brianna Ghey’s killers next year. The 16-year-old, who was transgender, was stabbed 28 times in a “ferocious” attack in a park in Cheshire. Two teenagers, both now aged 16, were found guilty of her

By Merlyn Thomas BBC Verify At least 20,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been reported killed since Israel began bombing the territory in the wake of Hamas’s 7 October attacks. BBC Verify examines what Gaza’s death toll reveals about the conflict. On average, nearly 300 people have been killed each day since the start of the

Reuters By Tom Geoghegan BBC News A court has ruled that Donald Trump cannot run for president in Colorado because of his actions ahead of the January 6 riot. So what does this mean for the general election? The ruling said Mr Trump was ineligible as a candidate in the state’s Republican primary contest because

Getty Images By Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York Colorado’s Supreme Court has removed Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot, citing an insurrection clause in the US Constitution. In a decision that upends the White House race, the court ruled 4-3 that Mr Trump is not an eligible candidate. It is the first time

PA Media By Angus Cochrane BBC Scotland News Higher earners in Scotland are to pay more income tax, the Scottish government has announced. A new 45% band will be introduced for people earning between £75,000 and £125,140 – meaning they will pay more tax than they currently do. The top rate of tax, paid by

Icelandic Met Office By Marita Moloney BBC News A volcano has erupted on the Reykjanes peninsula of south-west Iceland after weeks of intense earthquake activity. About 4,000 people were earlier evacuated from the fishing town of Grindavik and the nearby Blue Lagoon geothermal spa was closed. The eruption started north of the town at 22:17

Getty Images By Oliver Slow BBC News Civilians trapped in a church in Gaza City are living in an “unreal” sense of fear, a relative of one of those confined there has said. Fifi Saba, whose sister is trapped inside the Holy Family Church, said people were scared to move out of fear of being

Israel Defense Forces Three Israeli hostages mistakenly killed by soldiers in Gaza on Friday had used leftover food to write signs pleading for help, Israel says. The men had been staying at the building next to where they were shot “for some period of time”, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Officials have admitted

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Laura Kuenssberg Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg Michelle Mone has admitted that she stands to benefit from tens of millions of pounds of profit from personal protective equipment (PPE) sold to the UK government during the

Greater Manchester Police British teenager Alex Batty, who was found in France after being missing for six years, has returned to the UK, Greater Manchester Police has said. Alex vanished in 2017 while on holiday in Spain with his mother and grandfather. His mother does not have parental guardianship of the 17-year-old and her current

Hostage and Missing Families Forum The Israeli military says it has mistakenly killed three hostages during its campaign in Gaza after they were mis-identified as a “threat”. They were named as Yotam Haim, 28, Samer Talalka, 22, and Alon Shamriz, 26. The military shared its remorse and said the three were shot by troops operating

Reuters By Katie Razzall Culture and media editor There is little doubt the High Court ruling that Prince Harry was a victim of phone hacking by Mirror Group Newspapers on multiple occasions has huge implications. The court has ruled that Prince Harry was hacked, as were his friends and associates. The case established that Mirror