The NHS has warned that it continues to face a “challenging” blood shortage, as it calls for 200,000 new donors to come forward. Concern over blood stocks prompted the health service to issue an “amber alert” last year, meaning supplies were running low enough to have an impact on patient treatment. Supplies have remained low […]
Dean McLaughlin and Teresa Craig BBC News NI BBC Dean Blackwood, pictured at the Campsie site, wants a public inquiry Some politicians and environmental activists are calling for a public inquiry after two men were jailed last week for their roles in one of Europe’s largest illegal dumps outside Londonderry. The judge at Londonderry Crown […]
For the past three decades, Vipan Kumar has been importing Himalayan pink salt from Pakistan to sell in India. However, New Delhi banned the import of all Pakistani goods, including those routed through third countries, after the killing of 26 people, mostly Indian tourists, in Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir in April. Kumar, the 50-year-old trader […]
National Guard soldiers and US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Police officers clash with demonstrators outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, MDC, in downtown Los Angeles, California on June 8, 2025. Frederic J. Brown/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Frederic J. Brown/Getty Images National Guard soldiers and US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Police officers clash […]
UK government plans major defence reforms at the cost of welfare programmes, drawing public anger. Under the slogan “welfare not warfare”, protesters have come out in force in London, objecting to the British government’s plans to increase military spending while cutting back on social support. Like its European allies in NATO, the United Kingdom is […]
Becca Morris in the home she’s in the process of buying in Harrington, Delaware, on May 14, 2026. She found it just a few months before her federal housing subsidy was set to end. Wesley LaPointe/for Newsportu hide caption toggle caption Wesley LaPointe/for Newsportu When Becca Morris applied for a federal housing subsidy years ago, […]
Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have marched through the streets of the Italian capital, Rome, against the war in Gaza in a protest called by Italy’s main opposition parties, who accuse the right-wing government of being too silent. At the start of Saturday’s march, protesters held a banner, reading: “Stop the massacre, stop complicity!” The […]
Esme Stallard Climate and science correspondent Justin Rowlatt Climate editor The Prince of Wales interviewed TV naturalist Sir David Attenborough ahead of the UN oceans summit Sir David Attenborough has told Prince William he is “appalled” by the damage certain fishing methods are wreaking on the world’s oceans. The Prince of Wales interviewed the TV […]
BBC In the early 2010s, two ornate chairs said to have once belonged on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles appeared on the French antiques market. Thought to be the most expensive chairs made for Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France’s Ancien Régime, they were stamped with the seal of Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot, a […]
A very public rift between President Trump and his onetime adviser Elon Musk captivated social media. But it’s unclear what sort of long term changes it may bring. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: What happens after two of the most powerful men in the world publicly tear each other apart on social media? Well, today, the answer […]