Israel has agreed to the “necessary conditions” to finalise a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza, US President Donald Trump has said. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said that during the proposed ceasefire the US would “work with all parties to end the War”. He did not provide details on what the ceasefire would entail. […]
A street vendor shot in the head by police during protests two weeks ago has died a day after being declared brain-dead in hospital, his family says. “Boniface is no more. We have just viewed his body,” family spokeswoman Emily Wanjira told the BBC. Boniface Kariuki was shot as police cracked down on a protest […]
BBC There’s a saying that Robert F Kennedy Jr is very fond of. He used it on the day he was confirmed as US health secretary. “A healthy person has a thousand dreams, a sick person only has one,” he said as he stood in the Oval Office. “60% of our population has only one […]
US Treasury says it removed 518 Syrian individuals and entities from its list of sanctions after president’s decree. Washington, DC – United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to dismantle a web of sanctions against Syria, a move that will likely unlock investments in the country more than six months after the […]
James Melley Social Affairs Producer Getty Images Nicky Hastie, holding an image of her mother, attended the inquiry in person on Monday A civil servant’s assertion that there was a “generational slaughter within care homes” in the early days of the pandemic is a phrase that “chimes with the experience of thousands of our families”, […]
An Indian naval officer has conceded that the country lost fighter jets to Pakistani fire during their conflict in May and says the losses were a result of “constraints” placed on Indian forces by the government in New Delhi. Captain Shiv Kumar, defence attache at the Indian embassy in Jakarta, made the comments at a […]
BBC I’m on the hunt for a microbial saviour – a type of virus that can treat infections rather than cause them. We all know the viral bad guys – Covid, flu, norovirus, herpes, chicken pox, measles… the list goes on. But there’s a type of virus that’s not interested in infiltrating our bodies, instead […]
The internationally renowned Welsh opera singer Stuart Burrows has died aged 92 following a short illness. Born in Cilfynydd in Rhondda Cynon Taf, he performed for the first time with the Welsh National Opera in 1963 and went on to sing at world famous La Scala in Milan. His career took in the Met Opera […]
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., announced Sunday that he will not run for reelection following a series of attacks by President Trump over Tills’ decision to vote against a massive GOP-written tax and spending bill. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina announced on Sunday that […]
BBC The blocks came down in plumes of dust Two well-known Glasgow tower blocks have been blown up in a planned demolition. Numbers 305 and 341 Caledonia Road in the Gorbals were brought down to make way for new housing. Owners New Gorbals Housing Association (NGHA) will replace the high-rise flats with more than 100 […]