Israel’s military has killed a senior member of the militant group Hezbollah in an air strike on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, despite a ceasefire. It described Haitham Ali al-Tabtabai, Hezbollah’s chief of staff, as a veteran of the group who had held a series of senior positions. Lebanon’s health ministry said […]
Sofia Ferreira Santos and Alex Smith Reuters/Adriano Machado Jair Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after being determined a “concrete flight risk” while under house arrest. The right-wing former Brazilian president was found guilty of plotting a military coup in September and sentenced to more than 27 years in prison, but remains under house arrest […]
President Donald Trump has said a US plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war is not his “final offer” for Kyiv, after Ukrainian allies voiced concerns over proposals. Earlier on Saturday, leaders from Europe, Canada and Japan said the plan had elements “essential for a just and lasting peace”, but would “require additional work”, citing concerns […]
Mark Poynting,Climate and science reporter and Georgina Rannard,Climate and science reporter, Belém, Brazil EPA The summit has had a large number of delegates from indigenous groups, but some say they still have not been listened to Fights over fossil fuels and money appear to have deadlocked the COP30 climate talks, as negotiations ran through the […]
Julia Quenzler/BBC Peter Sullivan sobbed when the court said it was quashing his conviction For someone who’s lost nearly 40 years of his life because of a crime he didn’t commit, Peter Sullivan strikes a remarkably optimistic tone. When I met him last month, for what was his first interview since being released from prison […]
Serbia’s president, Aleksandar Vucic, has described an allegation that he was involved in “sniper tourism” during the siege of Sarajevo as a “lie”. It follows a complaint submitted to Italian prosecutors by a Croatian journalist, who claimed that video from the 1990s and subsequent testimony by Bosnian officials showed that Vucic was a “war volunteer” […]
Georgina RannardClimate and science correspondent, in Belém, Brazil Getty Images Members of the Ipereg Ayu movement, representing the indigenous Munduruku group, demoonstrated outside this year’s summit All new mention of fossil fuels, by far the largest contributor to climate change, has been dropped from the draft deal under negotiation as the COP30 UN climate talks […]
Getty Images The Covid Inquiry’s second report, into political decisions during the pandemic, will be published on Thursday. In July 2024, the inquiry’s first report said the UK’s flawed preparations had led to more deaths and greater economic damage than there should have been. Just under 227,000 people died in the UK from Covid between […]
Nick TriggleHealth correspondent ‘Too little, too late’: What’s in the Covid inquiry report… in 68 seconds The UK response to Covid was “too little, too late” and led to thousands more deaths in the first wave, an inquiry into government decision-making says. The report also said lockdown may have been avoided if voluntary steps such […]
Former cabinet minister Lord Michael Gove has apologised on behalf of the then-government and Conservative Party for “mistakes made” during the coronavirus pandemic. In her long-awaited report published, Baroness Hallett says Boris Johnson, the prime minister at the time, oversaw a “toxic and chaotic” culture in No 10 during Covid. Lord Gove told the BBC’s […]