Beirut, Lebanon – On Friday evening, Mariam* was in her apartment with her teenage daughter and mother when her building began rumbling and shaking. Agonising screams and the buzzing of Israeli warplanes soon followed. Israel had just launched a major air attack that killed Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah, as well as an unknown number of […]
Getty Images Mothers of emperor penguin chicks leave them for weeks to hunt for food In May a huge iceberg broke off from an Antarctic ice shelf, drifted, and came to a stop – right in front of “maybe the world’s unluckiest” penguins. Like a door shutting, the iceberg’s huge walls sealed off the Halley […]
Tesla, run by Elon Musk, would be welcome to invest in the UK, the prime minister has said. Sir Keir Starmer said he didn’t want to be misunderstood after the BBC reported that the tech tycoon had not been invited to the UK’s International Investment Summit due to his social media posts during last month’s […]
Getty Images The doctors’ union, the BMA, says it will take “a neutral position” on the recommendations of a landmark review into care for children and young people with gender identity issues. The British Medical Association (BMA) had previously called for a pause in implementing its recommendations – including a move away from drugs to […]
BBC John and Jane Brady’s son died in Craigavon Area Hospital six days after he was born The coroner at the inquest of a baby who died days after birth has said his death was avoidable. Troy Brady was born in Craigavon Hospital at 33 weeks in August 2016 “in a state of collapse” and […]
The owner of the politically right-leaning New York Sun has emerged as the favourite to acquire the Daily and Sunday Telegraph ahead of Friday’s deadline for bids. Though a late entrant to the auction British-born Dovid Efune’s bid is considered by several parties as the potential new frontrunner. He is thought able to offer a […]
Northumbria Police Kieran Usher pleaded guilty to riot following disorder in Sunderland The first adult in England to be charged with riot following widespread disorder last month has been jailed for four years and four months. Kieran Usher, 32, of Sunderland, pleaded guilty after being filmed working with a group of at least 20 people […]
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, seen here in June 2024, has sought to return the Justice Department to normal order. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Samuel Corum/Getty Images The day after rioters ransacked the U.S. Capitol and interrupted the peaceful transfer of power, the new president-elect unveiled his choice to lead the Justice […]
Prof Kevin Fong said he undertook an informal visit to one of the “hardest hit” intensive care units in the country Treating patients during the pandemic was like responding to a daily terror attack, the Covid inquiry has heard. Giving testimony, Professor Kevin Fong, spoke of staff he met during a hospital visit being in […]
Family handout Alice Webb, 33, died in the early hours of Tuesday Two people have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following the death of a woman believed to have undergone a non-surgical Brazilian butt lift (BBL). Mother-of-five Alice Webb, 33, died at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in the early hours of Tuesday after falling unwell. […]