Watch: Ros Atkins on…the apparent Trump assassination attempt The suspect in an apparent assassination attempt against Donald Trump is a staunch supporter of Ukraine who was rejected by the country’s armed forces and failed to make much of a contribution to the war effort. Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, who appeared in court on Monday, is […]
Getty Images Making books slimmer and lighter could mean significant CO2 savings A typical paperback book accounts for around 1kg of carbon dioxide, according to sustainability expert Mike Berners-Lee. Perhaps that does not sound like much. But in the US alone, where 767 million paperback books were sold in 2023, this is equivalent to the […]
Enjoy the next three years of watching Sidney Crosby play for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Breathe it in. Cherish it. Get a little sentimental, if necessary. Never in your lifetime will you see his kind again. I’m not talking about the hockey, the backhand, the vision, the power, the tenacity — you know, all of the […]
Junior doctors in England have voted to accept the government’s pay offer, bringing to an end one of the longest and bitterest disputes in recent NHS history. Just under two-thirds (66%) of the 45,830 junior doctors who voted backed the deal, which will see them receiving an average salary increase of 22.3% over two years. […]
Getty Images An mpox vaccine will be offered to thousands of men who have sex with men and some healthcare workers in the UK to boost protection against a form of the virus at the centre of an outbreak in parts of Africa, the government has said. It has bought more than 150,000 doses and […]
Getty Images Protests erupted on the streets of Iran after Mahsa Amini’s death Women in Iran have told the BBC how their online activity has been spied on by the authorities, leading to arrests, threats and beatings. Iran stepped up surveillance following nationwide women-led anti-establishment protests, after the death in police custody two years ago […]
Video Assistant Referee causes controversy every week in the Premier League, but how are decisions made, and are they correct? After each weekend we take a look at the major incidents, to examine and explain the process both in terms of VAR protocol and the Laws of the Game. In this week’s VAR Review: Why […]
Bucha, Ukraine – Valentyna beams when she talks about her new vocation – a “witch of Bucha”. That’s the unofficial moniker of almost 100 women aged 19 to 64 who are volunteers in part-time military service in air defence units in the suburban community northwest of Kyiv. Each “Bucha witch” trains to handle assault rifles […]
NASA Work to build the International Space Station began in 1998 In June two American astronauts left Earth expecting to spend eight days on the International Space Station (ISS). But after fears that their Boeing Starliner spacecraft was unsafe to fly back on, Nasa delayed Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore’s return until 2025. They are […]
Suw Charman-Anderson Suw Charman-Anderson warns that the annual event she organises may have to end Groups supporting women in science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) fields are struggling to survive as corporations’ shrinking budgets, and cultural changes, see diversity strategies take a back seat. Ada Lovelace Day – a global annual celebration of women working […]