4 hours ago By Caroline Hawley, Diplomatic correspondent REX/Shutterstock Growing crowds have attended reformist Massoud Pezeshkian’s rallies A snap election called after a deadly helicopter crash. A candidate promising a different approach both at home and abroad. And suddenly there’s an element of suspense and unpredictability in Iran, as voters go to the polls to choose a […]
TONYA MOSLEY, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Tonya Mosley. Tonight, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will meet in Atlanta for the first debate of this year’s presidential election. The debate is expected to be an inflection point for the nation and for the presidency. It’s the first time the two will […]
Jun 27, 2024, 04:00 AM ET After 13 breathless days of football, Euro 2024 shrinks from 24 teams to 16. There was plenty of drama to savour as the groups concluded, with Croatia bowing out, France and Belgium finishing second in their groups, and Georgia making yet more international football history. Ahead of the tournament […]
Getty Images When Americans choose their next president, the contest is always closely watched around the world. There are countless ways US foreign policy – and the actions of the White House – has an impact on different parts of the globe. American influence abroad is sure to play a part in the first debate […]
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1 day ago By Jared Evitts, BBC Newsbeat The Loop Drug testing at festivals is part of an approach known as harm reduction A drug testing charity has warned festival-goers that potentially deadly super-strength MDMA pills are being sold in the UK. The Loop, based in Bristol, conducted tests in the city and at the recent Parklife […]
Heavy with his hands, but also adept on the ground – as his four submission wins suggest – Rasulov was already delighted to have been signed to ONE in the lightweight MMA division, but with current champion Christian Lee side-lined the Dagestan-born Turkish fighter will now open his career with an interim title fight. The […]
22 hours ago By Malcolm Prior, @NewsMPrior, BBC News, rural affairs correspondent Simon Porter Farmer Simon Porter has had to install metal girders to stop thieves from ram-raiding his farm storage sheds Farmers and landowners say they are “at war” with countryside crime gangs and need more help from specialist rural police officers. One farmer told the BBC […]
7 hours ago By Philippa Roxby, Health reporter Reuters Mpox, formerly called monkeypox, is a viral infection and can be deadly A new strain of the mpox virus spreading quickly along the eastern border of Democratic Republic of Congo is “incredibly worrying”, say health officials monitoring its spread. The virus, which can cause lesions across the whole […]
A man who had a terminal cancer diagnosis, and who described Labour as “the party of hope for a brighter future I won’t live to see” at the party’s manifesto launch, is now cancer-free. Nathaniel Dye, a 38-year-old music teacher, was diagnosed with stage four incurable bowel cancer in October 2022, and tumours were understood […]