United States President Donald Trump signed a presidential proclamation on Wednesday banning citizens of 12 countries from entering the US. Heightened restrictions on entering the US have been put in place for nationals of seven more countries. The travel ban is Trump’s latest move in the immigration crackdown that he promised on the campaign trail before […]
Getty Images The first bacteria our bodies meet – in the hours after we’re born – could protect us from dangerous infections, UK scientists say. They have shown, for the first time, that good bacteria seem to halve the risk of young children being admitted to hospital with lung infections. The researchers said it was […]
Northumbrian Water has agreed to pay out £15.7m after failures in the maintenance and operations of its sewage and water network. Water sector regulator Ofwat said the firm would pay out the “enforcement package” to local environmental causes and improvements to the region’s water infrastructure. The company’s failures led to “excessive spills from storm overflows”, […]
People participate in a rally to call on Congress to protect funding for US public broadcasters, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (Newsportu), outside the Newsportu headquarters in Washington, DC, on March 26, 2025. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption toggle caption SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images/AFP As GOP congressional leaders are […]
United Nations rights chief urges accountability after dozens of bodies found in Tripoli militia strongholds. The United Nations has raised grave concerns following the discovery of dozens of bodies in areas of the Libyan capital Tripoli previously controlled by a powerful militia, the Stabilisation Support Apparatus (SSA), whose leader was slain in clashes last month. […]
Elen Hughes Elen Hughes says if she was investigated while grieving, it “might well have been the end of me” Women’s bodies are still controlled by “Victorian era” laws, a mum has said, after police issued new guidelines which allow officers to search grieving women for abortion drugs. Elen Hughes, from the Llŷn Peninsula in […]
Israel said it had launched strikes on weapons belonging to Syria, hours after reports that two projectiles had been fired from Syria into Israel on Tuesday. The Israeli strikes on southern Syria caused “significant human and material losses”, Syria’s foreign ministry said, adding that Israel was “trying to destabilise the region”. Israeli Defence Minister Israel […]
US federal prosecutors have charged two Chinese nationals with smuggling a toxic fungus into the United States, which authorities claim could be turned into a “potential agroterrorism weapon”. The charges against Jian Yunqing, 33, and Liu Zunyong, 34, two researchers from China, were unsealed by the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan […]
Orders tumble by 3.7 percent after a rise in March when businesses increased purchases in anticipation of tariffs. Orders from United States factories have tumbled in April after a surge in March when businesses had front-loaded purchases in anticipation of tariffs. New orders for US manufactured goods dropped by 3.7 percent on a monthly basis, […]
Marie-Louise Connolly, Denise O’Connor and David Hunter BBC Spotlight BBC Shelley Browne was diagnosed with postpartum psychosis after Ruby’s birth A new mother who was detained in a psychiatric hospital for five weeks says she “felt like a prisoner” because she was separated from her baby. Shelley Browne, who had postpartum psychosis, was admitted under […]