This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Joshua Nevett & Iain Watson BBC Politics Home Secretary Suella Braverman has challenged critics to try to “get rid of me”, as she rejected claims she was to blame for dire conditions at a migrant processing
Month: October 2022
By Yogita Limaye in Morbi BBC News On Sunday evening, Chirag Mucchadiya, 20, and his brothers, Dharmik, 17, and Chetan, 15 went on an outing. They told their mother Kantaben they were going to “julto pul”, or hanging bridge – a historic colonial era suspension footbridge, which had reopened just a few days earlier, after
Getty Images By Gareth Evans in Washington A man has been charged with attempting to kidnap senior US politician Nancy Pelosi and assaulting her husband. The 42-year-old is accused of breaking into the couple’s San Francisco home early on Friday and assaulting Paul Pelosi, 82, with a hammer. He had been searching for the top
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Hugo Bachega in Kyiv & James FitzGerald BBC News People in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv had to queue for water after Russian missiles struck key facilities across the country on Monday. An evening update from the
HANNAH MCKAY By Daniel Sandford & Charley Adams BBC News home affairs correspondent Home Secretary Suella Braverman is making a statement in the Commons over worsening conditions at a migrant processing centre in Kent. The facility at Manston is said to be overcrowded, with one senior Tory MP describing it as “wholly unacceptable”. Some 4,000
Getty Images By Alex Binley BBC News Shanghai Disney has become the latest high-profile venue to shut its gates thanks to China’s strict zero-Covid policy, trapping visitors inside. People have been told they will not be allowed out of the theme park until they can show a negative test. It comes after Shanghai reported 10
By Tessa Wong & Youmi Kim BBC News, Seoul On a bright and cloudless October afternoon, Lee Insook marched into a grassy field in the middle of Seoul, sat down, and began to wail. Clutching a handmade sign that said “I’m so sorry, guys”, she directed her piercing cries at a large stage covered in
EPA Russia has launched massive missile strikes across Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv, causing power and water outages, Ukrainian officials say. At least two blasts were reported in Kyiv. One resident told the BBC his district was now without electricity. In the north-eastern city of Kharkiv, critical infrastructure facilities were hit, the local authorities said.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — As he was formulating his game plan to attack the Los Angeles Rams last Thursday night, San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan raised a pressing question about his team’s newest weapon. “Does anyone know if Christian can throw?” Shanahan shouted to any assistants within earshot. When tight ends coach Brian Fleury
Getty Images By Max Matza BBC News, Seattle It’s 157 years since the US constitution banned chattel slavery – in which one person is the legal property of another – but left in place an exemption for convicted prisoners. Throughout most of the US, slavery or involuntary servitude are still legal as punishment for a
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Online Latin America editor, Rio Brazil has taken a turn to the left as former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva beat far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the presidential election. After a
By Marianna Spring BBC Disinformation and Social Media correspondent Conspiracy theorists, who claim UK terror attacks have been staged, are tracking down survivors to their homes and workplaces to see if they are lying about their injuries, a BBC investigation has found. Martin Hibbert, who was paralysed from the waist down when he and his
A Swiss railway operator has set a new record for completing a journey with the world’s longest passenger train. The 1.9km (1.2 mile) train, which is composed of 100 coaches, completed a spectacular 25km (15.5 mile) journey through the Alps. The world record attempt took place to highlight Switzerland’s engineering achievements, as well as to
Getty Images By Merlyn Thomas BBC News At least 32 people have died after a bridge collapsed in India’s western state of Gujarat, officials say. Hundreds have been plunged into River Macchu in Morbi town. Local footage shows people hanging off the partly-submerged suspension bridge. Reports say as many as 400 people were on the
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Jean Mackenzie BBC Seoul correspondent Survivors of the deadly Seoul Halloween crush have been speaking of their horror at watching friends and strangers suffocate in an alleyway as dance music blared into the night. At least
All earners in the UK, not just the wealthiest, will need to pay higher tax if public services like the NHS are to improve, an ex-chancellor has warned. Lord Philip Hammond told the BBC that the next few months could be “incredibly difficult” for many people. It came after Michael Gove refused to confirm whether
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