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 […]
German car making giant Volkswagen (VW) says it will invest up to $5bn (£3.94bn) in Tesla rival Rivian. The deal creates a joint venture that will allow VW and the US-based electric vehicle (EV) maker to share technology. Rivian shares jumped by almost 50% after the announcement. The tie-up comes as competition intensifies between EV […]
The Euro 2024 knockout round bracket is starting to take shape, with four of the six groups complete. Group C finished play Tuesday with a pair of scoreless draws: England against Slovenia and Denmark against Serbia. As a result, England won the group and will next face a third-place team, and Denmark finished second. Slovenia […]
7 hours ago By Michelle Roberts, Digital health editor, BBC News ©2024 Takeuchi et al. CC-BY-ND Taking inspiration from human skin ligaments, the prototype face can be made to smile Japanese scientists have found a way to attach living skin to robot faces, for more realistic smiles and other facial expressions. The breakthrough came from copying tissue […]
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