This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. World Central Kitchen (WCK) founder José Andrés has accused Israeli forces in Gaza of targeting his aid workers “systematically, car by car”. Monday’s strike which killed seven members of his staff was not a mistake, he said,
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TVBS By Kelly Ng & Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Singapore and Taipei A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan’s east coast on Wednesday, setting off tsunami warnings on the island and its neighbouring countries. The epicentre is located about 18km (11 miles) south of Taiwan’s Hualien city, according to the US Geological Survey. Multiple buildings have
EPA By Ian Aikman & Andre Rhoden-Paul BBC News Three British aid workers have died in an Israeli air strike in Gaza. Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron said the deaths of the seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in the strike were “completely unacceptable” and called on Israel to immediately investigate. WCK, which has paused its
ReutersCopyright: Reuters At least seven aid workers have been killed in Gaza, in what their charity founder said was an Israeli air strike. Chef and World Central Kitchen (WCK) founder José Andrés called on the Israeli government “to stop this indiscriminate killing”. Gaza’s Hamas-run media office also blamed Israel. A journalist working for the BBC
Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi was an important figure in the Quds Force, the overseas branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). He joined the IRGC 44 years ago and quickly rose to a top rank. He served as the commander of the Syria and Lebanon operation of the IRGC from 2008 to 2016,
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Yolande Knell & Sean Seddon BBC News, in Jerusalem and London Israel’s military says it has pulled out of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City after a two-week raid that left most of the major medical complex
BBC/Joyce Liu By Sarah Rainsford Eastern Europe correspondent in Kharkiv In central Kharkiv you hear the rattle of generators on every street. Ten days ago, Ukraine’s second city was plunged into darkness by a massive, targeted Russian missile attack on the energy system – it was the biggest since the start of the full-scale war.
HOLLIE ADAMS By Ian Casey BBC News King Charles III is due to make his most significant public appearance since being diagnosed with cancer. The King will join the Queen and other members of the Royal Family at an Easter Sunday service at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. The Prince and Princess of Wales
Liam McBurney/PA Media By Jayne McCormack BBC News NI political correspondent Northern Ireland’s Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly has said she is “determined” to ensure political stability in the days ahead. The DUP representative was reacting to the resignation of Sir Jeffrey Donaldson as DUP leader. Sir Jeffrey stepped down from the position after he
EPA By Lucy Williamson BBC News, above the Gaza Strip One thousand miles east of Gaza, large blocks of aid are being loaded on to a US military transport plane, its crew silhouetted by the morning sun glancing over the desert landscape around Qatar’s al-Udeid airbase. They push 80 crates into the plane’s cavernous interior,
Getty/Charles McQuillan Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has been charged with historical sexual offences and has resigned as Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader. A 57-year-old woman has also been charged with aiding and abetting in connection with the alleged offences. They were both arrested on Thursday morning by PSNI detectives and were questioned before being charged on
EPA By Hannah Price & Sean Seddon BBC News Former sub-postmasters and politicians have called for the Post Office to face a police investigation after BBC News revealed the company knew of flaws in its Horizon IT system. A document shows bosses and lawyers knew of issues in 2017, but kept arguing sub-postmasters were to
By Hannah Price and Tom Beal BBC News investigations A draft report uncovered by the BBC shows the Post Office spent £100m fighting sub-postmasters in court despite knowing its defence was untrue. The document reveals the Post Office was shown evidence by 2017 that losses could be due to errors in the Horizon IT system
By Jeremy Bowen BBC international editor, Jerusalem After months of warnings, a recent UN-backed report offered hard statistical evidence that the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza is turning into a manmade famine. It has increased the pressure on Israel to fulfil its legal responsibilities to protect Palestinian civilians, and to allow adequate supplies of humanitarian aid
Getty Images By Nick Triggle Health correspondent Public satisfaction with the NHS has dropped again, setting a new low recorded by the long-running British Social Attitudes survey. Just 24% said they were satisfied with the NHS in 2023, with waiting times and staff shortages the biggest concerns. That is five percentage points down on last
.Copyright: . Less than one hour after it left the Port of Baltimore, bound for Sri Lanka, the crew of the Dali sent a mayday signal, alerting port authorities that the ship had lost power and was out of control. But it appears from videos that the vessel was travelling too fast and the crew