Getty Images Actress Jane Fonda has revealed she has been diagnosed with cancer and is having chemotherapy. In a post to her 1.9m Instagram followers, the 84-year-old said she has non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Fonda described it as “a very treatable cancer… so I feel very lucky”. The Hollywood icon used her post to highlight the state
Month: September 2022
Getty Images More than a million bottles of water have been handed out in less than a day to people in Jackson, Mississippi due to a long-running water supply issue. Nearly 200,000 people in the state’s capital have been unable to use tap water for five days after flooding disabled a water treatment centre. Officials
PA Media Dame Cressida Dick “felt intimidated” into stepping down as Metropolitan Police commissioner after an ultimatum from Sadiq Khan, according to a review. She quit in February when the mayor of London said he had lost confidence in her leadership. Sir Tom Winsor’s report into the handling of Dame Cressida’s exit found that Mr
EPA Russia’s gas pipeline to Germany will not reopen as planned on Saturday, state energy firm Gazprom has said. The firm said it had found an oil leak in a turbine on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, meaning it would be closed indefinitely. The pipeline has been shut down for the past three days for
Reuters Voting has closed in the Conservative leadership contest to decide who will replace Boris Johnson as prime minister. The two contenders, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, will find out which of them has won the ballot of Tory members at 12.30 BST on Monday. The winner will be formally appointed prime minister on Tuesday
EPA FBI agents found dozens of empty folders marked as classified during a search of Donald Trump’s home last month, a court document shows. The document, made public by a Florida court, provides an inventory of the contents of 33 boxes recovered from the former president’s Mar-a-Lago estate. It also shows top secret files were
Getty Images The devastating floods in Pakistan are a “wake-up call” to the world on the threats of climate change, experts have said. The record-breaking rain would devastate any country, not just poorer nations, one climate scientist has told BBC News. The human impacts are clear – another 2,000 people were rescued from floodwaters on
Getty Images A leading pro-Taliban cleric is among 18 people killed in a blast outside a mosque in the Afghan city of Herat. Mujib Rahman Ansari died alongside his brother, members of his security detail and civilians gathered for prayers in a suspected suicide blast, officials say. It is not yet clear who is behind
Vertical farming – growing plants indoors, on stacked levels, in a highly controlled environment – allows higher yields. And now, the Gardin company hopes to further improve productivity, using sensors and artificial intelligence to assess individual leaves and suggest changes to each plant’s environment. BBC Click’s Laura Goodwin reports. See more at Click’s website and
Wiltshire Police Opportunities to bring Becky Godden’s killer to justice sooner were missed during a flawed murder investigation, a report says. Wiltshire Police Chief Constable Kier Pritchard has been heavily criticised over his handling of the inquiry into double murderer Christopher Halliwell. An Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) report said the investigation “was poorly
Getty Images The UK’s former ambassador to Myanmar and her husband have each been sentenced to one year in prison by the country’s military authorities. Vicky Bowman and Htein Lin, a former political prisoner, were charged with breaching immigration laws. The couple were arrested last week in their home in Yangon. The case is likely
Reuters Argentina’s vice-president has narrowly avoided assassination after a gunman’s weapon jammed as he aimed at her. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was greeting supporters outside her home when a man emerged from the crowd and pointed a handgun in her face. President Alberto Fernandez said the gun was loaded with five bullets but failed to
Reuters Supporters of Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” (Maga) agenda are a threat to democracy, President Joe Biden has said. “Maga forces are determined to take this country backwards,” he said in a primetime speech in Pennsylvania. Top Republican Kevin McCarthy hit back that Mr Biden had “severely wounded America’s soul”. The duelling speeches
This week has been all about Serena Williams and what she has given. What she has given the game of tennis, what she has given so many female athletes, what she has given Black women. Thankfully, since she strongly intimated in an essay for Vogue last month that this US Open will be her last,
US Justice Department An ex-New York City police officer who assaulted law enforcement officials during the 6 January riots has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Thomas Webster, 56, was convicted in May on multiple charges, including assaulting police and violent and disorderly conduct. More than 850 people have been charged over their involvement
Friends and colleagues of Bill Turnbull have shared personal stories of the broadcaster who has died at the age of 66. Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt paid an emotional tribute as they announced the news on BBC Breakfast while former sofa colleagues Louise Minchin and Sian Williams reflected on first meetings with the BBC star.