Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Reuters Saúl Luciano Lliuya says water in Lake Palcacocha has increased, putting his hometown at risk A court in Germany has rejected a lawsuit brought by a Peruvian farmer against German energy giant RWE in a long-awaited decision. Saúl Luciano Lliuya had argued that the firm’s global emissions contributed to the […]
Covid inquiry Dido Harding said she had repeatedly urged greater financial support payments during the pandemic If the UK had spent more money helping people to self-isolate during the pandemic then fewer people would have been infected or died, the former head of NHS Test and Trace has said. Baroness Dido Harding, who was in […]
Nitrous oxide – known colloquially as “laughing gas” – has many uses, from a painkiller during dental procedures to a whipping agent for canned whipped cream. While its euphoric side effects have long been known, the rise of vaping has helped create a perfect delivery vehicle for the gas – and a perfect recipe for […]
Britain’s Jack Draper says trusting his tennis would “click into place” was the key to earning the first French Open win of his career. Draper, seeded fifth, moved through the gears to secure a 3-6 6-1 6-4 6-2 victory against Italy’s Mattia Bellucci. The British men’s number one lost on his first two appearances at […]
The high court has declined to hear a bid to block a project that Indigenous groups say would destroy a site of religious significance. The United States Supreme Court has declined to weigh a bid from a Native American advocacy group to block the construction of a large copper mine on land that many Apache […]
Paul Glynn Culture reporter Getty Images There were big wins for Billie Eilish, Beyoncé, Eminem and Sir Rod Stewart at the American Music Awards (AMAs). Monday’s event in Las Vegas was hosted – and in some ways dominated – by the evening’s host, singer and actress Jennifer Lopez. There were also peformances from stars including […]
The BBC has been given rare access to an operation by French troops, part of the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon known as Unifil, as they search for positions that were used by the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah to carry out attacks against Israel. Under a ceasefire reached six months ago that ended more than […]
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building […]
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has urged doctors in England to “vote no” in a ballot on industrial action which gets under way on Tuesday. In a BBC interview, he urged resident doctors, the new name for junior doctors, to “work with the government” and warned strikes risked hampering the progress being made in the NHS. […]
Iraq war veteran Irving Webb moves his belongings as sanitation workers clear the sidewalk, where he spent some nights in April, outside the Los Angeles VA campus. Quil Lawrence/Newsportu hide caption toggle caption Quil Lawrence/Newsportu On a cool weekday morning last month, just steps away from some of California’s fanciest boutiques and bistros, Irving Webb […]