This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Kate Whannel Political reporter, BBC News Rishi Sunak has asked for the investigation into alleged bullying by Dominic Raab to be expanded to include a third formal complaint. Earlier this week, No 10 confirmed a lawyer
Month: November 2022
EPA By Jaroslav Lukiv BBC News “We share your pain,” Russian President Vladimir Putin has told a group of mothers of Russian soldiers who have been fighting – and some of whom have been killed – in Ukraine. “Nothing can replace the loss of a son”, he said in his opening remarks, before the footage
An 18-year-old silverback gorilla is settling into his new home at ZSL London Zoo. Kiburi is a critically endangered western lowland who weighs 193kg. He was transported from Zoo Loro Parque in Tenerife to London’s Heathrow Airport, before arriving at his new enclosure in the Gorilla Kingdom. He was moved as part of an international
Wales’ first World Cup for 64 years looks set to end at the first hurdle after a gut-wrenching – but deserved – last-ditch defeat by Iran in Qatar. Substitute Roozbeh Cheshmi struck from 20 yards nine minutes into stoppage time, before Ramin Rezaeian finished off a counter-attack to seal victory for a revitalised Iran side,
By James Clayton BBC North America technology reporter Donald Trump loves Twitter. In 2017, he said he wouldn’t have become president without it. “Twitter is a wonderful thing for me, because I get the word out… I might not be here talking to you right now as president if I didn’t have an honest way
Getty Images Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended her policy towards Russia prior to the February invasion of Ukraine, saying she had run out of power to influence Vladimir Putin. She said she had tried to convene European talks with the Russian president and French President Emmanuel Macron in the summer of 2021. “But
PA Media By Nick Triggle Health correspondent Nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are to strike for two days next month in what is set to be their biggest walkout in the NHS’s history. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) announced strikes on 15 and 20 December in its pay dispute with the government.
Getty Images The cost of living crisis may dampen this year’s Black Friday sales rush, retail experts have predicted. This is first festive season without Covid restrictions in place in three years, so the number of people hitting the shops is expected to be up on 2021. But purse strings will be tighter as prices
By Lyse Doucet Chief international correspondent Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska tells the BBC that Ukraine will endure this coming winter despite the cold and the blackouts caused by Russian missiles, and will keep fighting what she describes as a war of world views, because “without victory there can be no peace”. We meet in
Reuters By Jaroslav Lukiv BBC News Ukraine has said that as much as 50% of the country’s electricity needs are currently not being met, after massive Russian missile strikes this week. The Ukrenergo power operator said the priority was to fix key infrastructure but repairs were now taking more time. President Volodymyr Zelensky said “the
Getty Images Writer E Jean Carroll has sued Donald Trump in the US state of New York for allegedly raping her in the 1990s. Ms Carroll is among the first to sue under the Adult Survivors Act, which came into effect on Thursday. The state law allows a one-year period for victims to file sexual
By Dominic Casciani Home and legal correspondent UK net migration hit 504,000 in the year to June – the highest figure ever recorded, The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates. The rise is driven by people arriving legally from outside the EU and the resumption of post-pandemic travel. Reception of Afghan and Ukrainian refugees and
Getty Images By Jasmine Andersson BBC News Russia’s lower house of parliament has unanimously voted to extend its ban on so-called “gay propaganda”. Under the latest version of the law, any promotion of homosexuality – including in books, films and online – is illegal and carries heavy penalties. It was nicknamed the “Answer to Blinken”
By James Waterhouse BBC Ukraine correspondent, Kherson region There is a business-like synchronisation to Andrii’s Kysenko’s team as they work on a downed electricity cable in the rural Kherson region. With a crater only a few metres from the pylon, they’re confident a shell was the culprit. Two months ago, this 100km (62-mile) long powerline
South Wales Police By India Pollock and Steve Duffy BBC Wales News Hospital doctors failed to share with child protection services a list of “significant” injuries a five-year-old boy suffered 11 months before he was murdered, a case review has found. Logan Mwangi had a broken arm and multiple bruises across his body when he
Getty Images By Kerry Allen BBC Monitoring Chinese state media have given huge attention to the World Cup this week, but the matches are fuelling frustrations that people in the country are being left out of the celebrations. On top of China’s men’s national team not qualifying for the event, scenes of maskless celebrations and
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