Netflix By Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent A trailer for Prince Harry and Meghan’s Netflix documentary has been released, offering a first glimpse at what the couple say is the inside story of why they stepped down from royal duties. “No one sees what’s happening behind closed doors,” said Prince Harry. “When the stakes were this
Month: December 2022
Getty Images By Pumza Fihlani BBC News, Johannesburg A damning report from a panel of legal experts into accusations that President Cyril Ramaphosa covered up the theft of $4m (£3.3m) in cash from his farm in 2020 has raised uncomfortable questions for South Africa’s leader. The panel – headed by a former chief justice –
Getty Images By Yvette Tan BBC News China has signalled a shift in its Covid stance as it moves to ease some virus restrictions despite high daily case numbers. Dozens of districts in Shanghai and Guangzhou, cities that have seen rising cases, were released from lockdown measures on Thursday. The country’s vice-premier also announced that
Reuters By James FitzGerald BBC News Donald Trump’s tax returns have been handed over to a committee of the US House of Representatives after the former president lost a long legal battle to keep them sealed. The Treasury Department said it had complied with a Supreme Court order that the records should be given to
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Andre Rhoden-Paul BBC News A black British charity boss who was repeatedly asked where she was “really” from by the Prince of Wales’s godmother, Lady Susan Hussey, has told the BBC the encounter was an “abuse”.
By Ben Derico & James Clayton BBC News, San Francisco Sam Bankman-Fried, the former chief executive officer of crypto exchange FTX, has denied committing fraud. The man once hailed as a legendary figure in the crypto industry told The New York Times he had had a “bad month” and had almost no money left. The
Getty Images By Elsa Maishman BBC News South African president Cyril Ramaphosa is facing a possible impeachment threat over the “Farmgate” scandal. The president has been accused of covering up a $4m (£3.3m) theft from his farm in 2020, including kidnapping and bribing the burglars into silence. A leaked report from an independent panel has
EPA By Nick Triggle and Jim Reed BBC News More than 10,000 ambulances a week are caught in queues of at least an hour outside accident-and-emergency units in England, a BBC News analysis shows. The total – the highest since records began, in 2010 – means one in eight crews faced delays on this scale
Reuters By Natalie Sherman & Michael Race Business reporters, BBC News Elon Musk has said he and Apple boss Tim Cook have “resolved the misunderstanding” over Twitter possibly being removed from the app store. On Monday, Mr Musk accused Apple of threatening to cut the platform from its app store and said it had halted