President Donald Trump has warned that he would impose sanctions on Russia if Moscow does not agree to a ceasefire. United States special envoy Steve Witkoff has arrived in Moscow, days before the White House’s deadline for Russia to reach a peace deal with Ukraine or face economic penalties. President Donald Trump has warned that […]
Danai Nesta Kupemba BBC News Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Government spokesperson Yolande Makole says Rwanda will have the power to approve who it will accept “for resettlement” Rwanda has said it will accept up to 250 migrants from the US in a deal agreed with President Donald Trump’s administration. Under the scheme the deportees would be […]
A Social Security Administration office building is seen on March 6 in Nashville, Tenn. George Walker IV/AP hide caption toggle caption George Walker IV/AP Phone calls to local Social Security offices are currently being rerouted to other field offices — often to staff who don’t have jurisdiction over the caller’s case, employees say. Disability advocates […]
A dental practice in Nottinghamshire says it has been told it cannot offer NHS treatment because there is deemed to be “no need” for it in the area. Toothbank aims to open in The Square, Beeston, later this month, offering private care but has been unable to obtain an NHS contract from the local integrated […]
Matthew Hill West of England health correspondent BBC One of the walls of the unit was damaged during an incident earlier in the year Nurses have been assaulted and “punched in the face” amid violent behavioural problems at a hospital’s children’s unit, staff have told the BBC. Since April, nurses at the Great Western Hospital […]
Emma Saunders Culture reporter Getty Images TV presenter Jay Blades has been charged with two counts of rape. Mr Blades, best known for hosting BBC show The Repair Shop, will appear in court next Wednesday over the allegations, police said. A West Mercia Police spokesperson said: “Jason Blades, 55, of Claverley in Shropshire, has been […]
Esme Stallard Climate and science reporter, BBC News Nipah Dennis/Bloomberg/Getty Images Plastic production has exploded in the last century – to some it has been a miracle product while to others it is a pollution nightmare. Scientists have estimated that there are nearly 200 trillion pieces floating in the world’s oceans, and this could triple […]
Russia is no longer bound by a moratorium on the deployment of short- and medium-range nuclear missiles, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said, with former President Dmitry Medvedev blaming NATO’s “anti-Russian policy” and warning that Moscow will take “further steps” in response. Medvedev, who has engaged in a war of words on social […]
Rebecca Morelle, Alison Francis and Victoria Gill BBC News Science Team Getty Images / Maxar Technologies. Iran’s Natanz nuclear site has been a target of Israel’s airstrikes US warplanes have bombed three nuclear sites in Iran, the same places Israeli planes had targeted in its ongoing war with Iran. One of the targets was Fordo, […]
Newsportu’s Sarah McCammon talks to Kori Schake of the American Enterprise Institute, about her recent piece in Foreign Affairs, Dispensable Nation: America in a Post-American World. SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: When he returned to the White House, President Trump said his foreign policy approach would build peace through strength. So far, that’s meant making some unconventional […]