Almost 350,000 nursing staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be asked to vote from Monday on a 3.6% pay increase. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has already dismissed the award as “grotesque” and says the vote will be crucial in determining the next steps which could include a ballot for strike action. […]
Dean McLaughlin and Teresa Craig BBC News NI BBC Dean Blackwood, pictured at the Campsie site, wants a public inquiry Some politicians and environmental activists are calling for a public inquiry after two men were jailed last week for their roles in one of Europe’s largest illegal dumps outside Londonderry. The judge at Londonderry Crown […]
Daniela Relph Senior royal correspondent Watch: Prince William speaks French during address ahead of Oceans summit The Prince of Wales has described the challenge of protecting the world’s oceans as “like none that we have ever faced before.” In a speech delivered to the Blue Economy and Finance Forum in Monaco, Prince William said life […]
US President Donald Trump has said his relationship with Elon Musk is over. “I would assume so, yeah,” Trump told NBC News on Saturday, when asked if he thought the pair’s close relationship had ended. He replied “No” when asked if he wished to mend the damaged ties. The comments were Trump’s latest since the […]
BBC Even wars have rules. They don’t stop soldiers killing each other but they’re intended to make sure that civilians caught up in the fighting are treated humanely and protected from as much danger as possible. The rules apply equally to all sides. If one side has suffered a brutal surprise attack that killed hundreds […]
Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent NASA/Johns Hopkins The heart-shape on Pluto was captured by a spacecraft that will be turned off mid-mission if Nasa cuts are approved The row between Donald Trump and Elon Musk over a major spending bill has exacerbated uncertainty over the future of Nasa’s budget, which is facing deep cuts. The space […]
Kilmar Ábrego García, a 29-year-old from El Salvador mistakenly deported in March, has been returned to the US to face prosecution on two federal criminal charges. He has been accused of participating in a trafficking conspiracy over several years to move undocumented migrants from Texas to other parts of the country. El Salvador agreed to […]
Esme Stallard Climate and science correspondent Justin Rowlatt Climate editor The Prince of Wales interviewed TV naturalist Sir David Attenborough ahead of the UN oceans summit Sir David Attenborough has told Prince William he is “appalled” by the damage certain fishing methods are wreaking on the world’s oceans. The Prince of Wales interviewed the TV […]
BBC In the early 2010s, two ornate chairs said to have once belonged on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles appeared on the French antiques market. Thought to be the most expensive chairs made for Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France’s Ancien Régime, they were stamped with the seal of Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot, a […]
Medical sources say eight killed in a shooting incident near an aid distribution site west of Rafah in southern Gaza. Israeli attacks have killed at least 34 Palestinians across Gaza, medical sources told Al Jazeera, as a key hospital in the south of the besieged enclave said it was inaccessible amid ongoing Israeli military operations. […]