Philippa Roxby Health reporter Getty Images The government has announced plans to crack down on dodgy cosmetic practitioners who it says are exploiting people and causing harm. Under the new proposals, only qualified health professionals will be able to carry out risky non-surgical Brazilian butt lifts (BBLs) and clinics will need to meet strict rules […]
President Donald Trump is pictured walking to Marine One to depart the White House in May, with the Washington Monument in the background. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images President Trump said he is considering taking over the police force of Washington, D.C., after a former member […]
US President Donald Trump says “great progress” has been made over Ukraine during talks between his envoy, Steve Witkoff, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump also described the meeting as “highly productive” in a post on his Truth Social platform. The Kremlin earlier issued a vague statement about the talks, with foreign policy aide Yuri […]
On August 6, 1945, the United States became the first and only country in history to carry out a nuclear attack when it dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. While the death toll of the bombing remains a subject of debate, at least 70,000 people were killed, though other figures are […]
Two Chinese nationals have been arrested and charged with illegally shipping millions of dollars’ worth of powerful AI chips to China, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Tuesday. The DOJ alleged that over the last three years ALX Solutions, a company it said was run by Chuan Geng and Shiwei Yang, exported the […]
Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund Female gorillas appear to maintain their social relationships for many years The relationships built up between female mountain gorillas are more important than previously understood, new research from Rwanda suggests. It shows that when one of these social great apes moves into a new group, […]
Danai Nesta Kupemba BBC News Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Government spokesperson Yolande Makole says Rwanda will have the power to approve who it will accept “for resettlement” Rwanda has said it will accept up to 250 migrants from the US in a deal agreed with President Donald Trump’s administration. Under the scheme the deportees would be […]
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to cancel $500m (£376m) in funding for mRNA vaccines being developed to counter viruses like the flu and Covid-19. The move will impact 22 projects being led by major pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer and Moderna, for vaccines against bird flu and other viruses, HHS said. […]
Alex McIntyre BBC News, West Midlands BBC Police vehicles remained at Waterworld following the death of a four-year-old girl A multi-agency investigation is under way into the circumstances surrounding the death of a four-year-old girl after her visit to a water park. The girl died in hospital following an incident at Waterworld in Festival Park, […]
The Ghana international, who left Arsenal this summer, has been charged with sexual assaults on three women. Former Arsenal footballer Thomas Partey has been granted conditional bail after appearing in a London court on rape and sexual assault charges. The 32-year-old Ghana international has been charged with five counts of rape against two women and […]