Dozens of people have been killed in a stampede at a religious festival in the north-east of Israel. Israel’s national emergency service Magen David Adom (MDA) confirmed the deaths without giving exact numbers, and said dozens more had been wounded. Newspaper Haaretz reports at least 38 people have been killed. Emergency services are evacuating the
Month: April 2021
Illustrator and political cartoonist Henny Beaumont is painting portraits of women who died in violent circumstances in the past year. She came up with the idea after hearing Labour’s shadow domestic violence minister Jess Phillips read out the names of 118 women and girls killed in the UK since 2020’s International Women’s Day, where a
Getty Images Bars and restaurants are struggling to recruit enough staff and some may not be able to fully reopen in May, after thousands of workers left the sector. Venue owners say they are expecting huge demand from customers, but staff shortages may mean they have to limit opening hours. Figures suggest more than one
Getty Images Five people have been arrested over the violent theft of two French bulldogs belonging to US artist Lady Gaga. In February attackers shot dog walker Ryan Fischer in the chest and took Lady Gaga’s dogs, Koji and Gustav. Mr Fischer had to have part of his lung removed but survived the attack, and
Getty Images Boris Johnson’s personal mobile phone number has been found to be freely available online. The number, published on a press release in 2006, appears to have not been changed since. Last week officials denied that the prime minister had been told to change his mobile number. It is understood there were suggestions within
Getty Images The number of deaths related to Covid-19 has passed 400,000 in Brazil, the second-highest in the world, as the country continues to struggle with its vaccination programme. There were 3,001 deaths in 24 hours, after a peak of more than 4,000 was reached at the start of April. The 14-day average of deaths
Getty Images In a major blow to the tobacco industry, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has moved to ban the sale of mint-flavoured cigarettes. Public health and civil rights groups have lobbied vigorously for the ban, citing the disproportionate harms of menthol cigarettes on black Americans. But critics fear prohibition could give rise
Getty Images New laws that could leave flat owners facing bills for fire safety measures are “indefensible,” say Grenfell Tower survivors and bereaved relatives. The Fire Safety Bill is aimed at making homes safer following the 2017 blaze, in which 72 people died. But a push to include more financial protections for leaseholders was defeated
AFP/Getty Images The United States has told its citizens to leave India as soon as possible as the country battles a devastating coronavirus wave. India reported 379,257 new infections on Thursday, the world’s highest single-day total. The US embassy warned that “access to all types of medical care is becoming severely limited”. The Level 4
Court handout via Reuters Alexei Navalny has appeared in court from prison, head close-shaven and face gaunt, and accused Vladimir Putin of attempting to rule Russia “forever” and caring only about “clinging to power”. It is the opposition politician’s first public appearance since starting a 2.5-year jail term, seen as punishment for his fierce criticism
Actress Parminder Nagra, who found fame in 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham, has said she was once told “brown people don’t sell” by a TV producer. Talking to BBC Radio 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake, she spoke about wanting to put herself up for the role of a therapist on a well-known US TV programme,
Getty Images Joe Biden has spent his first 100 days as US president focusing on a series of issues facing the country – from immigration and the economy to Covid and the climate. On Wednesday evening ahead of this milestone, the president addressed a joint session of Congress. We’ve fact-checked some of the claims he
US President Joe Biden has laid out a sweeping investment plan for jobs, education and social care in his first speech to a joint session of Congress. Delivered on the eve of his 100th day in office, the Democrat pitched some $4 trillion (£2.9tn) in spending – the largest overhaul of US benefits since the
Reuters Labour has urged the PM to appoint a fully “independent” figure to oversee ministers’ conduct, including his own. Lord Geidt – announced on Wednesday as Boris Johnson’s new standards adviser – will look into the funding of the recent Downing Street flat renovations. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said it was wrong that Lord
PA Media Removing Arlene Foster is a “total mess” that could lead to a Northern Ireland Assembly election this year, a senior DUP source has told the BBC. Mrs Foster will step down as Democratic Unionist Party leader on 28 May and as first minister at the end of June. She had faced an revolt
Getty Images India’s deadly Covid-19 second wave has devastated big cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow and Pune. Hospitals and crematoriums have run out of space, and funerals are taking place in car parks. But the pandemic has now firmly gripped many smaller cities, towns and villages where the devastation is largely under-reported. Rajesh Soni spent
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