Outcry after the discovery of mass graves in two Gaza hospitals. Hundreds of bodies have been found in mass graves in Gaza after Israeli forces withdrew from the Nasser and al-Shifa medical compounds they had besieged for weeks, according to Palestinian authorities. The Palestinian Civil Defence says there is evidence the Israeli army committed crimes […]
Post Office inquiry live updates: Angela van den Bogerd ‘does not recall’ being told IT firm could access accounts – BBC News BreakingBreaking news Close breaking news Summary Angela van den Bogerd, who was a senior director in the Post Office working with sub-postmasters, begins her evidence to the public inquiry with an apology “I […]
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Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells ignored calls from the organisation’s top management team to halt sub-postmaster prosecutions, the Horizon IT inquiry has heard. Former top in-house lawyer Chris Aujard said that in 2013 the executive committee “were in favour of ceasing prosecutions entirely”, but Ms Vennells said “limited” prosecutions should continue. The inquiry is […]
Former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks during a forum on Nov. 14, 2022. Meadows has been indicted in Arizona for his alleged efforts to keep former President Donald Trump in power. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks […]
According to the myth, Catherine II’s courtier Grigory Potemkin recruited peasants to populate fake villages erected along the Dnipro River, so the Russian empress, passing in her barge, might get a favourable impression of conditions in newly conquered Crimea. Historians doubt that it happened, but the idea of counterfeiting progress to appease the boss was […]
Post Office latest: Lawyer deeply sorry for sub-postmasters’ ‘suffering’, inquiry hears – BBC News BreakingBreaking news Close breaking news Summary Former top Post Office lawyer Chris Aujard is giving evidence to the Horizon inquiry into how IT failings led to hundreds of prosecutions Aujard was involved in the collapse of the mediation scheme for sub-postmasters […]
Sogavare vies with opposition parties to form governing coalition after inconclusive election. The Solomon Islands election has delivered no clear winner leaving pro-China Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in a race with rival opposition politicians to form a coalition to lead the Pacific island nation. Solomon Islanders voted a week ago in a closely fought campaign […]
Their friendship began a dozen years ago while riding a team bus to U.S. youth national soccer training near Los Angeles. “I used to sit behind him and squirt air and a little bit of water into his ear,” said the mischievous midfielder, Weston McKennie. McKennie was scared of elevators, so after practice, his new […]
Tesla reported a steeper-than-expected 55 percent plunge in profit for the first quarter but managed to avoid a major beating on Wall Street on Tuesday by declaring a flurry of bold commitments that appeared to satisfy investors: ramping up the production timeline of a more “affordable” car, doubling down on its fully autonomous “Cybercab” and […]