Dr. Maya Bass would visit Oklahoma monthly to help provide abortions at a local clinic. Since the state banned abortions after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, she found another way to support patients with limited access to abortions. Hannah Yoon for Newsportu hide caption toggle caption Hannah Yoon for Newsportu This story is […]
Sir Keir Starmer has called on Iran to “return to the negotiating table” after the US bombed nuclear sites in the country overnight. In a statement, the UK prime minister said stability in the region was a priority, describing Iran’s nuclear programme as “a grave threat to international security”. The BBC understands there was no […]
Maia Davies & Johanna Chisholm BBC News Getty Images Dame Esther Rantzen told the BBC in 2023 that she had joined assisted dying clinic Dignitas Dame Esther Rantzen has appealed to the House of Lords not to block a bill giving terminally ill adults in England and Wales the right to an assisted death, after […]
Ruth Clegg Health and wellbeing reporter Getty Images It could apparently change the shape of my face, add pounds to my midriff, and even make my hair fall out. I feel like warnings about cortisol – a stress hormone I know very little about – have hijacked my social media accounts. I see posts advising […]
Senate Majority Leader John Thune is pushing for a vote on President Trump’s signature domestic policy bill next week, but big hurdles remain inside the GOP. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Of course, this week has been dominated by events in the Middle East, but at home, President Trump presses ahead with his domestic agenda. Senate Majority […]
Clashes with police have left at least one person dead and about 30 injured in a major banana-producing province. Panama has declared a state of emergency in western Bocas del Toro province, where antigovernment protesters opposing a pension reform law are accused of setting fire to a baseball stadium and of looting businesses, including a […]
Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent BBC The King with his script for the BBC broadcast to Antarctic researchers King Charles has recorded a warm personal message to researchers in Antarctica celebrating a frozen Midwinter’s Day, with the monarch praising their work in understanding climate change. This marks the 70th anniversary of the BBC’s Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast, […]
United States President Donald Trump has said his director of national intelligence was “wrong” when she testified that Iran was not building a nuclear weapon and that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had not re-authorised the country’s suspended nuclear weapons programme. The comments come after Trump earlier this week cast doubt on Tulsi Gabbard’s March […]
One person is dead after a rockfall struck several hikers in the Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies. Another three people were injured, as rescuers continue the search for potential survivors. Authorities are yet to say if anyone is missing. The Bow Glacier Falls hiking trail is six miles (9 km) long and runs […]
Despite a heavy downpour and slippery roads, supporters of presidential candidate Tidjane Thiam poured into Abidjan’s streets in the thousands on Saturday to march on the offices of the Ivory Coast electoral commission. Decked in the white and green colours of Thiam’s main opposition Democratic Party of Ivory Coast (PDCI), the demonstrators chanted his nickname […]