Sebastia, occupied West Bank – Israel calls it an archaeological project to highlight Jewish heritage and create a new Israeli national park. Palestinians see it as further evidence of Israel’s plans to annex an ancient town and erase Palestinian history in an area that tells the 5,000-year-old shared story of the peoples who have lived […]
Ruth Clegg Health and wellbeing reporter Cara Hallinan Cara is stockpiling ahead of the ban and says she is hoping to buy enough disposable vapes to last her through the summer Cara Hallinan says she and many of her friends are feeling very nervous about the looming disposable vape ban. In fact, she says: “I’m […]
President Trump walks to board Air Force One prior to departure from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Friday en route to New Jersey for the weekend. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images President Trump has ordered massive cuts to the White House National Security Council, sending […]
Russ Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, speaks at a press briefing during President Trump’s first term, in 2019. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP The White House budget office on Friday rejected the conclusion of a nonpartisan congressional watchdog that said the Trump administration is breaking the […]
The imposing Atatürk Olympic Stadium was not the most conventional setting for a miracle. Commissioned in aid of Turkey’s ultimately unsuccessful bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games, the venue had long seemed destined never to fulfill its potential. But on a scorching Istanbul night on May 25, 2005, the ground played host to one […]
Michael Race Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images US President Donald Trump has said he is recommending a 50% tariff on all goods from the European Union being imported to the United States. “Our discussions with them are going nowhere!” he wrote in a post on social media on Friday. He said the new tariffs […]
Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez May 23, 2025, 05:24 AM ET Carlo Ancelotti will leave Real Madrid after this weekend’s final game of the LaLiga season, the club has confirmed. Ancelotti’s position at Madrid has come under growing pressure, with the club ending the season without a major trophy for the first time since 2021. Earlier […]
East African rights groups condemn Tanzania, saying human right activists ‘abandoned’ at border show signs of torture. A Ugandan human rights activist, arrested in Tanzania after travelling to the country to support an opposition politician at a trial for treason, has been tortured and dumped at the border, according to an NGO. Ugandan rights group […]
Becky Morton Political reporter PA Media Junior doctors have taken part in 11 separate strikes in the past two years Doctors in England are threatening strike action after they were handed a 4% pay rise. The British Medical Association (BMA), the union representing doctors, said the increase – effective from 1 April – was “derisory” […]
Helen Briggs BBC environment correspondent•@hbriggs Getty Images Only tree-living sloths are found on the planet today, but the group was once much more diverse Sloths have a reputation for being sluggish and slow, spending most of their lives dozing in trees, but a new study suggests this is one of the enduring secrets of their […]