At least 10 Palestinians desperately seeking aid from a contentious and heavily criticised United States-backed organisation have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza over the last 48 hours, according to the besieged enclave’s Government Media Office. The updated toll on Wednesday comes a day after a harrowing video showed thousands of starving Palestinians rushing […]
Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Reuters Saúl Luciano Lliuya says water in Lake Palcacocha has increased, putting his hometown at risk A court in Germany has rejected a lawsuit brought by a Peruvian farmer against German energy giant RWE in a long-awaited decision. Saúl Luciano Lliuya had argued that the firm’s global emissions contributed to the […]
Elen Davies BBC News Reporting fromSkomer Island Amy Compton Conservationists have counted 43,626 puffins on Skomer Island this year – a new record A record number of puffins have been recorded on a small island off the Pembrokeshire coast, despite global populations declining rapidly. According to the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales (WTSWW), […]
Tom McKibbin expects that competing in the 153rd Open at Royal Portrush will be something he will remember for the rest of his life. The 22-year-old from Northern Ireland was in the field last year at Royal Troon, as well as for the US Open in 2024 and US PGA last month, but feels playing […]
Jo Lonsdale BBC North East & Cumbria Investigations BBC Martin Beal’s former home, which he lost to the now cancelled A1 road scheme, has been empty since 2022 In October 2024 the government announced it was cancelling a project to widen part of the A1 in Northumberland, years after National Highways had spent more than […]
Jenny Rees Health Correspondent BBC Former Royal Navy engineer, Lee, has been through rehabilitation for alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD) Thousands of people with alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD) could be going undiagnosed, an expert says. Research suggests consuming 35 units of alcohol per week for five years or more can cause ARBD, which affects a person’s […]
Nitrous oxide – known colloquially as “laughing gas” – has many uses, from a painkiller during dental procedures to a whipping agent for canned whipped cream. While its euphoric side effects have long been known, the rise of vaping has helped create a perfect delivery vehicle for the gas – and a perfect recipe for […]
Harvard University’s campus in Cambridge, Mass., pictured on Saturday, as students prepared to graduate. Zhu Ziyu/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Zhu Ziyu/Getty Images The Trump administration is asking federal agencies to cancel their remaining federal contracts with Harvard University, worth an estimated $100 million, according to a government official. A letter from the U.S. […]
Stephanie Scarbrough/Associated Press This is Part 2 in our series on manufacturing in America. Part 1 asked why Americans aren’t filling the manufacturing jobs that are already here. Subscribe to the Planet Money newsletter for the next installment. As always, our podcast is here. Politicians in both big political parties have been trying to reengineer […]
Joe Crowley / BBC Kate Pryke is campaigning to prevent new housing being built in a village where sewage facilities are over capacity On the edge of Buckingham in southern England, the quiet and leafy village of Maids Moreton, dotted with thatched cottages, is at the heart of a dilemma. There is a plan – […]