Four Peruvian police officers disguised themselves as Marvel characters to carry out a drug raid in Peru. Spiderman, Captain America, Thor and Black Widow took part in an operation dubbed “Marvel”, which targeted a specific house in the San Juan de Lurigancho neighbourhood in Lima. The police detained four people during the raid, after seizing
Month: November 2022
By Vinnie O’Dowd BBC News Conditions at an overcrowded migrant centre in Kent were akin to living in a prison or a zoo, a recent resident has told the BBC. Ahmed – not his real name – said people at the Manston processing centre were treated like “animals” with 130 people forced to share a
YONHAP/REUTERS By Frances Mao BBC News North and South Korea have both fired missiles across their maritime border for the first time. The South retaliated on Wednesday three hours after Pyongyang fired a missile which landed less than 60km (37mi) from its eastern city of Sokcho. Seoul said such a firing was an “unacceptable” breach
Steve Nash was dismissed, Sean Marks was disheveled and Kyrie Irving has his fingerprints on dismantling yet another team with championship aspirations. That’s three, if you’re keeping count. This is why Kevin Durant understood this dysfunction wasn’t gonna change, that this powder keg of bad ingredients was always due to explode and he tried to
Reuters A man accused of a hammer attack on the husband of senior US politician Nancy Pelosi told police he was on a “suicide mission”, according to court documents. David DePape, 42, pleaded not guilty in a San Francisco court on Tuesday to attempted murder of Paul Pelosi, 82, and assault with a deadly weapon.
Police in Houston have confirmed the death of US rapper Takeoff after he was shot dead on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters, Houston police chief Troy Finner paid tribute to the 28-year-old, real name Kirshnik Khari Ball. He said the department had received many calls saying “what a great young man” he was. Chief Finner also
By Raffi Berg BBC News Online Middle East editor, Jerusalem Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on course for victory in Tuesday’s elections, according to exit polls. The polls, which forecast the outcome before official results, give his right-wing bloc a slim majority of seats over his opponents. Such a result would mark a
Reuters/Peter Nicholls Counter-terrorism police have taken on the investigation into a firebomb attack at a Dover immigration centre. Two or three devices – described as petrol bombs by a witness – were thrown by a man later found dead at a nearby petrol station on Sunday. Police who identified the man as Andrew Leak, 66,
Getty Images By Mark Savage BBC Music Correspondent Hip-hop stars and fans have paid tribute to US rapper Takeoff from the chart-topping group Migos, after he was shot dead at the age of 28. The musician, real name Kirshnik Khari Ball, was killed in Houston on Tuesday. Ja Rule, Kid Cudi, Khalid and Dave posted
PA Media By Becky Morton BBC political reporter Rishi Sunak has said the UK is a “compassionate” country, after the home secretary was criticised for saying southern England was facing an “invasion” of illegal migrants. Suella Braverman was accused of using inflammatory language by refugee charities and opposition parties. But some Tory MPs and the
Brazilian police have fired tear gas at supporters of President Bolsonaro who were taking part in a roadblock. Followers of Jair Bolsonaro have been protesting after he lost the election to his left-wing rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Lula received 50.9% of votes, while Bolsonaro got 49.1%. Police said they have already cleared more
Reuters By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Online Latin America editor, Rio Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, is expected to speak in the coming hours – breaking the silence he has maintained since being defeated in Sunday’s presidential election. Tension has risen in the country after Mr Bolsonaro broke with the tradition of acknowledging defeat. Some
Reuters By Jonathan Head and Tessa Wong BBC News, Seoul The first call to police from Itaewon came at 18:34 local time – several hours before the deadly crush took place. The caller to South Korea’s 112 emergency number said they were on the main street to Itaewon and an alley next to the Hamilton
Reuters By Tessa Wong BBC News, Seoul South Korea’s police chief has said their emergency response to the Itaewon crush was “inadequate” – the first acknowledgement from officials that they did not do enough to prevent it. Amid growing calls for accountability, Yoon Hee-keun said he felt “limitless responsibility about public safety” over what happened.
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Matt Murphy BBC News Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been accused of using inflammatory language about migrants, after telling MPs she wanted to stop “the invasion”. In a heated Commons debate, she promised to fix the
By Annabelle Liang Business reporter A US court has blocked a $2.2bn (£1.9bn) merger between the world’s largest book publisher Penguin Random House and its rival Simon & Schuster. In a brief order on Monday, US District Judge Florence Pan said the deal could “substantially” lessen competition in the publishing industry. The US Department of