Christal Hayes and Regan MorrisUtah Utah governor details how Charlie Kirk murder suspect apprehended A 22-year-old from Utah has been arrested over the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot dead while on stage at a university event earlier this week. Tyler Robinson was taken into custody late on Thursday after a 33-hour […]
Getty Images Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani told the council that Israel was “led by blusterous extremists” The United Nations Security Council has condemned Israel’s strikes on a residential compound in the Qatari capital Doha, which targeted senior members of Hamas. The statement – which did not directly name Israel – was […]
Killing of divisive conservative Charlie Kirk triggers fears of a cycle of violence. As investigators look into the killing of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, his death is raising broader questions for the United States. He was a divisive figure – wildly popular with some for his Christian views. But to others, he promoted hate […]
President Trump has expanded his campaign to intervene in U.S. cities to combat what he says is out of control crime and illegal immigration to Memphis, Tennessee. Trump announced Memphis would be the next target for a federal law enforcement push. “Memphis is that’s the next city, deeply troubled,” Trump said, “We’re going to fix […]
Jonah FisherEnvironment correspondent and Tom InghamClimate and Science Producer Gwyndaf Hughes/BBC Water from drought-hit Hampshire has been used to help fill this lake in Wiltshire Southern Water has warned tanker companies to stop delivering its water to the Wiltshire estate of an American billionaire. Some of it was recently used, entirely legally, to help fill […]
Alison HoltSocial affairs editor and James Melley and Judith Burns BBC The cost of residential care for vulnerable children in England has nearly doubled in five years but many children still do not receive appropriate care, says a report from the independent public spending watchdog. Newsportual Audit Office (NAO) says councils on average spent £318,400 […]
Niamey, Niger – In a corner of the sprawling grounds of Niamey’s only museum – a unique, open-air style arrangement in Niger’s capital that doubles as a zoo – imposing fossil replicas of long-extinct animals stand in a corrugated iron stall. On a recent late Friday afternoon, the Boubou Hama National Museum was busy with scores […]
The grand foyer in the John F. Kennedy Center for the performing arts Ron Blunt/Kennedy Center hide caption toggle caption Ron Blunt/Kennedy Center The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has fired another staffer: Kevin Struthers, a senior director of music programming who had been at the D.C. arts institution for 30 years. […]
Hugh PymHealth editor BBC “It was really bad – we had patients dying on the waiting lists – politicians were getting desperate.” Jesper Fisker, chief executive of the Danish Cancer Society, is looking back 25 years – to the moment Denmark decided to transform its approach to treating cancer. At that point, he says, the […]
Charlie Kirk is shown at the Republican National Convention in downtown Milwaukee, Wisc., on July 17, 2024. Joel Angel Juarez/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joel Angel Juarez/The Washington Post via Getty Images The killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk Wednesday at a college in Utah is the latest in a […]