By Alice Cuddy BBC News, Israel They are known as Israel’s eyes on the Gaza border. For years, units of young female conscripts had one job here. It was to sit in surveillance bases for hours, looking for signs of anything suspicious. In the months leading up to the 7 October attacks by Hamas, they
Month: January 2024
No 10 By James Gregory BBC News The UK had “no choice” but to take military action against Houthis in Yemen over their attacks in the Red Sea, the foreign secretary has said. Lord Cameron said the UK had given the group “warning after warning” before joining US-led strikes this week. Writing in the Sunday
Maxar By Frank Gardner, security correspondent and Malu Cursino BBC News President Biden says the US has delivered a “private message” to Iran about the Houthis in Yemen after the US carried out a second strike on the group. “We delivered it privately and we’re confident we’re well-prepared,” he said without giving further details. The
EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock New Zealand’s former prime minister Jacinda Ardern has married her long-term partner Clarke Gayford in a small private ceremony in North Island. The couple had intended to tie the knot in 2022 but cancelled during strict Covid restrictions that Ms Ardern’s government imposed on the country. Ms Ardern gave a five-minute wedding speech to
Getty Images By Simon Jack Business editor The Post Office may have underpaid more than £100m in tax while overpaying its senior executives, according to tax experts. Dan Neidle of Tax Policy Associates says the Post Office paid less tax by deducting payments to victims of the Horizon scandal from its profits. This could count
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Andrew Head and Tim Robinson Panorama for BBC News The Post Office threatened and lied to the BBC in a failed effort to suppress key evidence that helped clear postmasters in the Horizon scandal. Senior managers
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Sean Seddon & George Wright BBC News Ex-Post Office investigator Stephen Bradshaw has denied he and colleagues behaved like “mafia gangsters” towards wrongly accused sub-postmasters. Mr Bradshaw was involved in the criminal investigation of nine sub-postmasters
Getty Images By Anna Holligan, Hague correspondent & Oliver Slow in London BBC News The UN’s International Court of Justice is hearing a case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The submission also calls on the court to order Israel to stop military operations there. The ICJ will
Reuters By Sean Seddon & George Wright BBC News Hundreds wrongly convicted in the Post Office scandal could have their names cleared this year, as emergency laws were announced to “swiftly exonerate and compensate victims”. Postal affairs minister Kevin Hollinrake said that hundreds fell victim to a “brutal and arbitrary exercise of power”. There were
Getty Images Seven Post Office workers of South Asian heritage have told the BBC they believe racism affected the way people were treated in the Horizon scandal. One of the workers who spoke to BBC Newsnight said: “It felt like they thought that you were a foreigner and you’d robbed them.” The Horizon scandal saw
Parliament TV By Oliver Slow BBC News Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells is handing back her CBE with immediate effect after facing mounting pressure over the Horizon IT scandal. More than 700 sub-postmasters were prosecuted based on information from faulty software. Some people went to prison for false accounting and theft, while many were
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By James Gregory BBC News Bolts in need of “additional tightening” have been found during inspections of Boeing 737 Max 9s, United Airlines has said. United Airlines said “installation issues” relating to door plugs would be “remedied”
Getty Images The government is looking at ways to fast-track the appeals of hundreds of sub-postmasters caught up in the Post Office IT scandal. More than 700 people received criminal convictions after faulty software made it look like money was missing. To date, 93 convictions have been overturned and only 30 have finalised compensation with
AFP By Chris Mason & Michael Race Political editor and Business reporter, BBC News Ministers are to meet to consider possible ways of clearing the names of hundreds of sub-postmasters convicted in the Post Office Horizon scandal. Justice Secretary Alex Chalk will meet Kevin Hollinrake, the Minister for the Post Office, on Monday. It comes
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Dearbail Jordan Business reporter Measures are being considered by the government to clear hundreds of sub-postmasters who were wrongly convicted in the Post Office Horizon scandal. More than 700 branch managers were convicted of false accounting,
Getty Images By Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent For Prince Andrew, it’s been a terrible 2024 so far. Awful headlines, being reported to the police, demands for him to lose his Windsor home. That’s just this week. At Christmas he was basking in the glow of the Royal Family, appearing before the public after a Sandringham