United States President Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of Marines in Los Angeles to quell protests that have erupted against the arrests of 44 people on Friday for violating immigration laws. Trump on Monday also doubled the strength of National Guard forces that his administration has deployed in the country’s second largest city to […]
Alison Holt Social Affairs Editor, BBC News Reporting fromThe Old Bailey Figueiredo family Alice Figueiredo made previous attempts to take her own life, the Old Bailey heard A hospital trust and a staff member have been found guilty of health and safety failings over the death of a young woman in a mental health unit. […]
Lyndsey Telford and Chris Page BBC News NI Pacemaker Properties were set on fire in Ballymena Disorder in Ballymena following a protest over an alleged sexual assault in the town has been described as “unwanted and unwarranted” by the area’s MP. People wearing masks threw masonry and other missiles at police, while houses were set […]
California resident shipped at least three containers of guns bound for North Korea, according to prosecutors. A Chinese man living illegally in the United States has pleaded guilty to exporting guns, ammunition and other military items to North Korea at the direction of Pyongyang, the US Department of Justice has said. Shenghua Wen, of Ontario, […]
Courtroom ftwitty/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption ftwitty/Getty Images Employment attorney Diane Seltzer has won a closely watched contest to lead the D.C. Bar Association, defeating securities lawyer Brad Bondi in a race with record turnout. Seltzer tallied more than 90 percent of the electronic vote with “no issues or irregularities” in the voting system, […]
Mills/Laity family photograph/PA Wire Martha Mills died from sepsis in a London hospital in 2021 The failings of a doctor responsible for Martha Mills’ care, who died from sepsis, amounted to “gross negligence” and were “particularly grave”, a medical tribunal says. Her death gave rise to Martha’s Rule in hundreds of hospitals in England, giving […]
Esme Stallard Climate and science correspondent Reporting fromUN Oceans Conference, Nice, France Getty Images Unregulated mining in the deep sea should not be allowed to go ahead, the head of the United Nations has warned. “The deep sea cannot become the Wild West,” UN Secretary General António Guterres said at the opening of the UN […]
Adam Eley & Catrin Nye BBC News Getty Images Baby food pouches have become a staple for many families Parents should not rely on shop-bought baby food pouches as everyday meals, new government guidance states. It is the first time the NHS website has published advice on commercial baby food, and follows an investigation by […]
Tehran indicates it will not accept the US proposal made during the fifth round of talks last month. Iran will soon present a counterproposal for a nuclear deal to the United States, according to its Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Esmaeil Baghaei, the ministry’s spokesman, told a weekly news conference on Monday that Iran was not […]
GSTT UK doctors are attempting to clear dangerous superbug infections using “poo pills” containing freeze-dried faeces. The stool samples come from healthy donors and are packed with good bacteria. Early data suggests superbugs can be flushed out of the dark murky depths of the bowel and replaced with a mix of healthy gut bacteria. It […]