Gisèle Pelicot, the French woman who earned international recognition after publicly testifying at her mass-rape trial last year, has been given France’s top honour. The 72-year-old was named knight of the Legion of Honour on a list announced ahead of France’s Bastille Day. Pelicot waived her right to anonymity during the high-profile trial against her […]
At least 10 Palestinians have been killed at a water collection point in central Gaza, six of them children, as famine spreads in the besieged enclave and food and water supplies remain at critically low levels. Israeli forces on Sunday killed at least 59 Palestinians, 28 of them in Gaza City, as they targeted residential […]
The husband of TV presenter Fiona Phillips says they have become socially isolated since her Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Phillips, who hosted ITV’s GMTV breakfast programme, announced in 2023 that she had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s the previous year, at the age of 61. In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Martin Frizell, a former editor of […]
Newsportu’s Scott Simon asks veteran career diplomat Nicholas Burns about the Trump administration’s plans to downsize the State Department. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Secretary of State Marco Rubio complains of bloat in his agency. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) MARCO RUBIO: When I get a decision memo early on at the State Department, and they would hand […]
Paul Njie BBC News, Rubaya Hassan Lali / BBC More than 10,000 people work at the Rubaya mine digging up coltan ore M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo recently allowed the BBC to visit a huge mining site under their control which is vital to the production of the world’s mobile phones – […]
BBC Amy Loring, a makeup artist and influencer, says a lack of “clear” labelling on products can have “severe” consequences Makeup and skincare ingredients should be listed in English and not Latin to protect people with allergies, campaigners say. Cosmetic companies display ingredients in Latin, or using scientific names. But MP Becky Gittins, who has […]
BBC Ethan Humphreys lives in chronic pain as a result of his former ketamine addiction Every day, 25-year-old Ethan Humphreys lives with the physical pain that reminds him of what ketamine has cost him – his health. “The first side effect was the cramps, where I’d get just bad stomach pains, where I couldn’t lie […]
On June 9, soon after United States President Donald Trump dispatched US National Guard troops to Los Angeles to quell the protests taking place over immigration raids, California Governor Gavin Newsom posted two photographs on X. The images showed dozens of troopers wearing the National Guard uniform sleeping on the floor in a cramped space, […]
Jonathan Geddes BBC Scotland News Reporting fromTRNSMT, Glasgow Green PA Media The first bands took to the stage in the blistering sunshine Fans have flocked to Glasgow after Scotland’s biggest music festival opened its gates. This year’s TRNSMT is headlined by 50 Cent, Biffy Clyro and Snow Patrol over three days on Glasgow Green. Scottish […]
Getty Images Temperatures are set to be well above average in many parts of the UK, and UV levels are expected to be high. How can you protect your skin from the sun’s rays and what should you do if you get burned? What do the SPF numbers mean on sunscreen? The most prominent number […]