The project on a river that runs through Tibet and India downstream could dwarf the Three Gorges Dam when completed. China has started building a mega-dam on the Yarlung Zangbo River in Tibet, which could become the world’s largest source of hydroelectric power when completed, according to Chinese officials. The mega-project in the foothills of […]
Chris Craddock BBC Jersey communities reporter BBC Sports groups like Skateboard Jersey were at ‘Every Girl Moves’ Girls have been encouraged to get involved in different sports at an event where they could have a go at a range of them. The ‘Every Girl Moves’ event was held at Les Quennevais School on Monday with […]
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. sits speaks on the telephone after encountering a white mob protesting against the Freedom Riders in Montgomery, Alabama, May 26, 1961. On Monday, the Trump administration released a trove of records about King’s assassination. Express Newspapers/Getty Images/Hulton Archive hide caption toggle caption Express Newspapers/Getty Images/Hulton Archive Newsportual Archives has published […]
A row has broken out between NHS England bosses and the British Medical Association over the level of cover that will be made available during a five-day strike by doctors. NHS England has ordered hospitals to only cancel non-urgent care, such as hip and knee operations, in exceptional circumstances. But the BMA has warned this […]
Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories Harvard University’s lawyers will argue in court today that the federal government’s freeze of over $2 billion in grants and contracts is […]
Tessa Wong BBC News, Singapore Getty Images The dam is situated in the Yarlung Tsangpo canyon, said to be the world’s largest and deepest canyon on land Chinese authorities have begun constructing what will be the world’s largest hydropower dam in Tibetan territory, in a project that has sparked concerns from India and Bangladesh. Chinese […]
Amrit Paul Amrit has been waiting over four years for a kidney transplant to save his life Amrit Paul was in the middle of his computer science exams when he was told by doctors he would need a kidney transplant. “It was a shock. I didn’t really know how to handle it and, in all […]
Basillioh Rukanga BBC News, Nairobi AFP/Getty Images Mrenda, being prepared here by a chef in Nairobi, has many more micronutrients than cabbage Once dismissed as wild weeds and a “poor man’s food”, indigenous leafy vegetables in Kenya are now becoming much more common – grown on farms, sold in markets and gracing the menus of […]
Getty Images Water companies spilled raw sewage for a record time of 3.61m hours into sea and rivers in England in 2024, according to data from the Environment Agency. Rules allow a limited discharge of sewage in periods of excess rain, but environmental groups remain concerned that the levels post a threat to wildlife and […]
Development financing to Southeast Asia is expected to fall by more than $2bn in 2026 due to recent cutbacks by Western governments, according to a major Australian think tank. The Sydney-based Lowy Institute predicted in a new report on Sunday that development assistance to Southeast Asia will drop to $26.5bn next year from $29bn in […]