3 hours ago By Nick Triggle, Health correspondent, @nicktriggle • Elena Bailey, BBC News PA Junior doctors in England have begun a five-day strike – the 11th walkout in their long-running pay dispute. British Medical Association (BMA) members walked out from 07:00, with NHS England warning of significant disruption to routine hospital services. The union said it was taking action as […]
Metropolitan police says at least 7 officers now under investigation over election timing bets The number of Metropolitan police officers under investigation over bets on the timing of the general election has risen to at least seven, the force has said. On Tuesday the Met said six officers were being investigated – of whom one […]
Beijing is celebrating its successful world-first mission to collect samples from the far side of the moon, saying U.S. efforts to deter China can’t keep it from making “giant steps” in space. China this week became the first country to retrieve rocks and other materials from the little-known lunar hemisphere, which experts say could be […]
Jun 27, 2024, 04:00 AM ET After 13 breathless days of football, Euro 2024 shrinks from 24 teams to 16. There was plenty of drama to savour as the groups concluded, with Croatia bowing out, France and Belgium finishing second in their groups, and Georgia making yet more international football history. Ahead of the tournament […]
Getty Images When Americans choose their next president, the contest is always closely watched around the world. There are countless ways US foreign policy – and the actions of the White House – has an impact on different parts of the globe. American influence abroad is sure to play a part in the first debate […]
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22 hours ago By Malcolm Prior, @NewsMPrior, BBC News, rural affairs correspondent Simon Porter Farmer Simon Porter has had to install metal girders to stop thieves from ram-raiding his farm storage sheds Farmers and landowners say they are “at war” with countryside crime gangs and need more help from specialist rural police officers. One farmer told the BBC […]
5 hours ago By Tom Espiner, BBC business reporter • Emma Simpson, BBC business correspondent Getty Images A former Fujitsu software engineer who appeared as an expert witness in court has admitted the Post Office asked him to alter his draft witness statement to make it less emotive. The public inquiry into the Horizon scandal heard that evidence that Gareth […]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has convicted the former head of the Islamic police in Mali’s historic city of Timbuktu for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Prosecutors say al-Hassan ag Abdoul Aziz ag Mohamed ag Mahmoud led a “reign of terror” in Timbuktu after it was overrun in 2012 by the al-Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine […]
It seems like every few weeks, we hear mutterings of a new book ban in the United States. Whether it’s Iowa’s school districts trying to remove more than 3,000 books from its schools, or the governor of Utah signing a bill making it easier to ban books like Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, it can […]