Getty Images More than 50 people have been killed in two separate travel-related accidents in Pakistan on Sunday. At least 41 people died when a bus fell into a ravine and caught fire in the south-west, while in the north-west at least 10 children drowned in a boating accident. All the dead recovered so far
Month: January 2023
EPA Nadhim Zahawi has been sacked from government amid mounting pressure over his tax affairs. The prime minister said an inquiry into Mr Zahawi’s financial affairs showed there was a “serious breach of the ministerial code”. Rishi Sunak ordered the investigation after it emerged Mr Zahawi paid a penalty to HMRC while he was chancellor,
By Sara Monetta BBC News, Washington In the US, new guidelines on how paediatricians should treat childhood obesity have been met with some criticism. The American Academy of Paediatrics has recommended intensive therapy for children as young as six and weight loss drugs and surgery for those in their early teens. But some fear this
Getty Images By Robert Plummer BBC News Guitarist Tom Verlaine, who rose to fame in the 1970s New York punk scene as the frontman of rock band Television, has died at the age of 73. In their heyday, Television scored three UK Top 40 hit singles and were acclaimed for their albums Marquee Moon and
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Robin Levinson-King BBC News Everyone who has seen the footage of Tyre Nichols’ fatal encounter with five Memphis police officers has come to the same conclusion: something went horribly wrong that night. Lawyers for his family
By Iain Watson, political correspondent & James FitzGerald BBC News Links between Boris Johnson and BBC chairman Richard Sharp are under fresh scrutiny, following a report that the then-prime minister was told to stop asking Mr Sharp for financial “advice”. Mr Sharp’s appointment is under review following successive reports in the Sunday Times that he
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By George Wright BBC News The Memphis Police Department has disbanded the so-called Scorpion special unit, whose officers are accused of murdering Tyre Nichols. Scorpion stands for “Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods”. The
FACEBOOK/DEANDRE NICHOLS By Chelsea Bailey in Memphis Angelina Paxton had been friends with Tyre Nichols for more than half her life. As teens, she said, they spent their days at the skate park, and their afternoons watching the California sunset while talking on the hood of a car. And that’s exactly how they spent a
FILIP SINGER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock By Rob Cameron in Prague and Maria Zaccaro in London BBC News Retired Nato general Petr Pavel has been elected as the new president of the Czech Republic, seeing off his populist challenger Andrej Babis. The 61-year-old took 57.6% of the vote, initial results released by the state statistics office showed. Mr Babis
Sophie Levy For Sophie Levy, a relaxing break to visit family in Windsor was scuppered when Flybe declared on Saturday that it was cancelling all flights. The airline said it had ceased trading, with 277 out of 321 staff being made redundant. Sophie is one of 2,500 people who were forced to change their Saturday
Getty Images By Nadine Yousif BBC News, Toronto Commuters in Toronto have been navigating the city’s public transport system with growing unease, following a surge of violent incidents targeting both riders and operators. As of Friday, there were seven reported incidents of violence in the last seven days on the transport system of Canada’s largest
Reuters A 13-year-old Palestinian boy was behind a shooting in Jerusalem on Saturday, Israeli police have said. Two people – a father and son – were seriously wounded, while the attacker was shot and injured by passers by and is being held in hospital. It came after seven people were killed, and at least three
Flybe Airline Flybe has cancelled all flights to and from the UK after going into administration. A statement on the airline’s website said it had “ceased trading” and told any passengers expecting to travel with it not to go to the airport. About 2,500 passengers were due to fly with Flybe on Saturday, with about
EPA By Jonathan Beale Defence correspondent Is this the week when the war dramatically turned in Ukraine’s favour? It was certainly a decisive moment, with a coalition of Western nations confirming they were finally willing to supply modern-made main battle tanks. Germany said it would send Leopard 2 tanks and the US said it would
Reuters Seven people have been shot dead at a synagogue in East Jerusalem, the most killed in an attack of this kind for years. At least three more people were injured. The incident happened in the city’s Neve Yaakov neighbourhood at about 20:15 local time (18:15 GMT). Police described the attacker as a “terrorist” and
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage of a traffic stop that has seen five ex-Memphis police officers charged with murder appears to show them taking turns to brutally kick and punch a motorist. Tyre Nichols, 29, is heard crying out repeatedly for
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