This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Nadeem Shad BBC News Pope Francis has led tributes to his predecessor, Benedict XVI, who has died, aged 95. Benedict had been “noble” and “kind” – and “gifted” to the Roman Catholic Church, the Pope said.
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AFP By Robert Greenall & Phelan Chatterjee BBC News Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will request leave from the high-security Belmarsh Prison to attend Dame Vivienne Westwood’s funeral, his wife says. Dame Vivienne was a vocal supporter and friend of Mr Assange for more than a decade, famously protesting against his incarceration suspended in a bird
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Robert Greenall BBC News Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has told Russians that their leader is destroying their country. Speaking after Vladimir Putin’s New Year address delivered while flanked by people in military uniform, Mr Zelensky said
Reuters By Hugo Bachega in Kyiv and Robert Greenall in London BBC News A wave of Russian missiles have hit cities across Ukraine, officials say. Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko said there had been several blasts in the capital, causing at least one death. A hotel has also been damaged. The attacks happened two days after
Getty Images By Emily McGarvey BBC News Former Pope Benedict XVI has died, aged 95, almost a decade after he stood down because of ailing health. He led the Catholic Church for fewer than eight years until, in 2013, he became the first Pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415. Benedict spent his final
Reuters Passengers arriving in England from China will have to provide a negative Covid test before they board a flight, ministers have confirmed. It comes as several nations announced they would be screening travellers from China after cases surged following Beijing’s decision to relax its zero-Covid policy. China has said it will fully reopen its
Getty Images Pioneering US TV broadcaster Barbara Walters has died aged 93 after a career spanning half a century. She became the first US female network news anchor when she joined ABC News in 1976. Born in Boston at the start of the Great Depression in 1929, she won 12 Emmy awards. As well as
Reuters By Kayla Epstein BBC News A Supreme Court justice’s wife expressed regret for her texts fanning conspiracies about the 2020 presidential election – in one among dozens of witness transcripts rushed out in the final days of activity by a congressional inquiry into last year’s riot at the US Capitol. The committee is racing
Reuters By George Wright BBC News North Korea has fired three short range ballistic missiles towards the sea to the east of the Korean peninsula, South Korea’s military says. This latest volley comes five days after North Korea flew drones into South Korea’s airspace for the first time since 2017. North Korea has launched more
PA Media 2022 was tough and the UK’s problems will not go away in 2023, Rishi Sunak has warned in his New Year’s message. The prime minister said the government was taking “difficult but fair” decisions to “get borrowing and debt under control”. He promised that his government would put “people’s priorities first”. He also
Getty Images By Jennifer Meierhans BBC News New Year’s Eve celebrations look set to be hit by rail strikes and the cost of living crisis as industry experts say bars and restaurant bookings are down. One in three reservations were cancelled in December, when the sector lost £2.3bn, UK Hospitality said. There is “huge” concern
Getty Images By Kayla Epstein BBC News, New York Former President Donald Trump’s tax returns have been released, ending a bitter six-year long battle to gain greater insights into his finances. The returns stretch from 2015 through 2020, covering Mr Trump’s candidacy and time in the White House. They give details of various entities through
UK Parliament Two MPs who caused trouble for ex-PM Boris Johnson have received knighthoods in the New Year Honours list. Labour’s Chris Bryant and Conservative Julian Lewis, who chair the standards and intelligence committees respectively, have both been honoured. Sir Tom Scholar, the top Treasury civil servant sacked by former PM Liz Truss, becomes a
Getty Images By George Wright BBC News Chinese officials must share more real-time information on Covid in the country as infections surge, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Many of the country’s strict restrictions have been lifted over the last few weeks, but cases have soared and several countries are now screening travellers from
Getty Images By Bernd Debusmann Jr. and Robin Levinson-King BBC News Newly released tax returns for former President Donald Trump have shed light on his business losses, complicated tax set-ups and tax payments during his White House years. However, they are unlikely to have a major political impact as he eyes another presidential run, experts
Getty Images Artist Grayson Perry and Queen guitarist Brian May have been knighted, leading the cultural names who have been included in the New Year Honours. Stephen Graham and David Harewood are among the actors to be honoured, both being appointed OBEs. Pioneering 1960s fashion designer Mary Quant, already a dame, is elevated to a
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