Month: March 2024

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The attack on a Moscow concert hall on Friday was the worst in Russia for years. More than 100 people were killed as gunmen stormed the complex, days after President Vladimir Putin began his fifth term of

The statement from so-called Islamic State (IS) saying they were behind the attack came out on one of the group’s official accounts. That is not absolute confirmation – sometimes IS has issued false claims – however, a US official has told CBS, the BBC’s US partner, that it has intelligence confirming the IS claim that

ReutersCopyright: Reuters This week Israeli troops returned to al-Shifa – Gaza’s biggest hospital – with the Israeli military saying it had “concrete intelligence” of Hamas operatives having regrouped there. Israeli military said it had killed “over 140 terrorists” in ongoing fighting at al-Shifa and to have made some 600 arrests, including dozens of top Hamas

By Fergus Walsh Medical editor Thousands of patients in England with suspected lung cancer are being offered a blood test which can show if they can get early access to targeted therapies. The test looks for genetic variations to aid treatment decisions. Some tumours can be treated with pills rather than standard chemotherapy, often meaning

The US suit comes just two weeks after Apple faced a similar antitrust hit in the EU. The tech giant was fined €1.8bn ($1.9bn, £1.5bn) by the European Commission for breaking competition laws over music streaming. Apple was found to have stopped streaming services like Spotify from informing users of ways to pay outside of

Getty Images By Becky Morton BBC political reporter The House of Lords has inflicted fresh defeats on the government over its flagship Rwanda bill. Six proposed changes, including a provision to ensure “due regard” for domestic and international law, have been passed by peers so far. MPs will now have to vote on the bill

He says that his reasons for stepping down now are “personal and political, but mainly political.” With a reference to the forthcoming elections, he expresses confidence: “I believe my party, Fine Gael, can gain seats in the next Dáil”. “After careful consideration and some soul-searching, I believe a new taoiseach will be better placed than

Dany Abi Khalil / BBC By Feras Kilani in Sudan & Mercy Juma in Chad BBC News Civilians caught up in Sudan’s civil war have given graphic accounts to the BBC of rape, ethnic violence and street executions. Our journalists have managed to make it to the front line of the fighting close to the

Reuters By Tom Bateman BBC News, travelling with Antony Blinken Gaza’s two million people are experiencing “severe levels of acute food insecurity”, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. This was first time an entire population had been so classified, he said when questioned by the BBC about conditions in the territory. Mr Blinken

Reuters By Will Grant, Central America correspondent BBC News “Port-au-Prince is in panic mode,” a friend in the Haitian capital texted me. Residents of Petionville, a wealthier area of of the city, are shaken after their most violent day so far in the country’s spiralling security crisis. More than a dozen bullet-ridden bodies lay in

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Paul Kirby BBC News Vladimir Putin was always going to claim his fifth term as president with a landslide, faced with three other candidates all rubber-stamped by the Kremlin. But when election officials said results gave

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Sam Francis Political reporter, BBC News A senior cabinet minister has denied the Conservative Party has a problem with race after accepting at least £10m from a donor who is accused of racism. Transport Secretary Mark

As I walk around Borovsk, two things strike me about this town 60 miles (100km) from Moscow. First, there is almost no sign of the presidential election coming up this weekend. I see few election banners or billboards and no political flyers being handed out. Not surprising, really. The absence of election preparations mirrors the

Family handout By Orla Guerin BBC News, Tel Aviv Rachel Goldberg-Polin now lives by a new calendar – not weeks, or months, but days of absence and anguish. Every morning when she wakes, she writes a number on a piece of tape and sticks it to her clothing. It’s the number of days since her

Officially, no, but unofficially, yes. After Drakeford officially resigns – which is expected to be on Tuesday – the winner of the contest is set to be nominated in the Senedd the following day. If the opposition parties – the Welsh Conservatives, Plaid Cymru or one Liberal Democrat MS – nominate someone else, there could

PA Media By Pritti Mistry BBC News Detectives believe they have identified all 35 bodies recovered at a funeral directors in Hull, which is at the centre of a police investigation. Humberside Police said it has had more than 1,500 calls from people concerned about their loved ones’ remains. Few details about the investigation have