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US Central Command By Tiffany Wertheimer BBC News A US military ship is sailing towards the Middle East, carrying equipment to build a temporary pier off the coast of Gaza, the army says. The support ship, General Frank S Besson, set sail from a military base in the state of Virginia on Saturday. It comes

Getty Images By Lipika Pelham BBC News Sweden and Canada have said they will resume aid payments to UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. They were among 16 countries that paused funds after Israel accused at least 12 UNRWA staff of involvement in the 7 October attack by Hamas. The UN is investigating, and

WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN/OPEN ARMS By Sofia Ferreira Santos BBC News A ship carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid is expected to set sail this weekend, bound for Gaza. The Spanish vessel, Open Arms, is scheduled to depart from Cyprus – the closest EU country to Gaza – and hope to use a newly opened shipping route.

By Luke Sproule & Julian O’Neill BBC News NI An Army spy operating at the heart of the IRA during the Troubles in Northern Ireland probably cost more lives than he saved, a report has found. Operation Kenova investigated the agent known as Stakeknife. It said speculation he had saved hundreds of lives was wrong

Happens once a year: The State of the Union Address is the president’s annual message to Congress, generally given in January or February – although often presidents don’t give one in their first year of office. It’s rooted in the Constitution: The president “shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the

GMP By Daniel Sandford at the Old Bailey & Jeremy Culley BBC News Constance Marten has denied harming her newborn baby girl and told a jury she “did nothing but show her love”. Giving evidence in court, Ms Marten said she believed her baby died on 9 January last year and that she wondered if

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Paul Seddon & Becky Morton Political reporters Jeremy Hunt has announced cuts to the tax paid by workers from April, in a bid to revive Tory fortunes ahead of this year’s election. In the last spring

BBCCopyright: BBC Aga Szedzianis and her husband, who are both associate architects, earn just over £50,000 each. But she says, with price rises, the cost of childcare and their mortgage soon set to go up by £500 a month, things are getting “quite uncomfortable”. “We had to stop paying pension contributions recently. We can afford

Getty Images By Chris Mason & Kate Whannel BBC Politics Jeremy Hunt is expected to announce a 2p cut to National Insurance when he delivers his Budget on Wednesday. The plan – which matches a cut announced in the Autumn Statement – was first reported in The Times. Mr Hunt has been under pressure, particularly

Getty Images By Rebecca Woods BBC News, England A toxic environment in swimming clubs in England has enabled abusive training practices and bullying to exist for years, a review has found. Extreme competitiveness led to an “ongoing and systemic” culture of fear at all levels of aquatic sports and was a major threat to its

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington The US Supreme Court has struck down efforts by individual states to disqualify Donald Trump from running for president using an anti-insurrection constitutional clause. The unanimous ruling is specific to

BBC/Everard family By Andre Rhoden-Paul BBC News The detective who led the Sarah Everard murder inquiry has told the BBC about the moment she found out killer Wayne Couzens was a police officer. Ms Everard, 33, was abducted, raped and murdered by serving Metropolitan Police officer Couzens as she walked home in London in 2021.

EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock US Vice-President Kamala Harris says people in Gaza “are starving” and has urged Israel to “significantly increase the flow of aid” there. She said “there must be an immediate ceasefire for at least the next six weeks”, which would “get the [Israeli] hostages out”. Earlier, Israel did not attend truce talks in Egypt, saying

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Becky Morton & Laura Kuenssberg BBC Politics Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said he wants to move towards lower taxes, but will only do so in “a responsible way”. He told the BBC it would be “unconservative”

The US has carried out its first air drop of aid for Gaza, with more than 30,000 meals parachuted in by three military planes. The drop involved three C-130 transport planes, a spokesman for the US Central Command told the AFP news agency. US sources told the BBC’s partner CBS the drop was the first

Reuters By Christy Cooney BBC News Many of the people treated for injuries following a rush on an aid convoy in Gaza on Thursday suffered gunshot wounds, the UN has said. UN observers visited Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital and saw some of the roughly 200 people still being treated. Hamas, which governs Gaza, has accused