Nalini Sivathasan and Tom Beal BBC News Investigations BBC/The Postal Museum/Getty Images The Post Office has paid more than £600m of public money to continue using the faulty Horizon IT system despite deciding to ditch it more than a decade ago, the BBC can reveal. The terms of the original 1999 deal with computer giant […]
In late 2023, Israel was aiming to assassinate Ibrahim Biari, a top Hamas commander in the northern Gaza Strip who had helped plan the Oct. 7 massacres. But Israeli intelligence could not find Mr. Biari, who they believed was hidden in the network of tunnels underneath Gaza. So Israeli officers turned to a new military […]
First Minister Michelle O’Neill will travel to Rome to attend the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday. She will join political leaders including Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Micheál Martin and Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney at the ceremony. O’Neill had cut short a family holiday so that plans could be made […]
Apr 25, 2025, 07:01 AM ET Palmeiras forward Estêvão had an 18th birthday to remember on Thursday, netting the club’s second goal in a 3-2 Copa Libertadores win over Bolivar before dropping to the turf, vomiting and leaving the field on a stretcher as the high altitude of La Paz, Bolivia, took its toll. Estêvão […]
Bill Edgar Local Democracy Reporting Service Google St Mary’s Church said its food bank is costing too much to run A food bank is to hand out just one bag of food a month because it is running out of money. St Mary’s Church, in the Cockerton area of Darlington, said it was struggling to […]
Stock market gyrations. Inflation. Layoffs of federal workers. A possible recession. Children may overhear their parents talking about these things and not fully understand what’s going on or how it may affect their family’s finances. But if the children have questions, parents should be ready to talk, experts say. “Parents are the biggest influence on […]
Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Apr 25, 2025, 02:03 PM ET Real Madrid denied they were considering boycotting Saturday’s Copa del Rey final against Barcelona, despite skipping Friday’s pregame news conference and training session in protest over comments made by the refereeing team. The club were angered by Friday’s remarks by referee Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea […]
Getty Images Rare earths are notoriously difficult to extract and refine Australia’s prime minister Anthony Albanese has pledged to invest A$1.2bn (£580m) in a strategic reserve for critical minerals if he wins next month’s election, as trade tensions escalate. The announcement came after China imposed export restrictions on seven rare earth elements, essential to the […]
Attorney General Pam Bondi looks on as President Trump delivers remarks during a cabinet meeting at the White House on March 24. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images The Justice Department on Friday rescinded a Biden-era policy that provided protections to journalists in leak investigations, paving the way for authorities to […]
China will let scientists from six countries, including the US, examine the rocks it collected from the Moon – a scientific collaboration that comes as the two countries remain locked in a bitter trade war. Two Nasa-funded US institutions have been granted access to the lunar samples collected by the Chang’e-5 mission in 2020, the […]