MARTIN OUELLET-DIOTTE By Nadine Yousif BBC News, Toronto A controversial policy change that bars teachers from using a student’s preferred pronouns without parental permission will soon go into effect in New Brunswick despite pushback. It has caused political turmoil in the Canadian province. In May, under Premier Blaine Higgs, New Brunswick announced that a policy
Month: June 2023
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Steve Rosenberg Russia Editor Where’s Vladimir Putin? That’s what we were wondering most of Monday – two days after a dramatic insurrection by the Wagner Group that saw a convoy of mercenary fighters headed to Moscow.
Getty Images By Hugh Schofield BBC News, París Come to Nanterre to get an all-round view of the crisis boiling over in France. But if you are a journalist, be advised to keep your head down. An approach to a group of young men – some bearded, one built like a bodybuilder – outside the
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office By Chloe Kim BBC News A Florida murder suspect who featured thrice on America’s Most Wanted was arrested after nearly four decades on the run. Donald Santini, 65, allegedly used 13 aliases to evade arrest for the 1984 murder of a 33-year-old Florida woman, authorities said. He was serving as the
Getty Images By Anthony Zurcher North America correspondent The Supreme Court ended its term this week with a flurry of decisions that underlined the sharp political and ideological divides between the six conservative judges and their three liberal counterparts. President Joe Biden described it as “not a normal court” – saying it was willing to
Reuters By Faisal Islam BBC Newsnight The government’s deal to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda risks “downgrading” UK foreign policy, a former cabinet minister has said. A final report by a United Nations Group of Experts, published earlier this month, concluded that the Rwandans were supporting the M23 rebel group which is active in the
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Jessica Parker at the Supreme Court & Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington DC The US Supreme Court has struck down US President Joe Biden’s proposal to wipe out billions in student debt. The 6-3 ruling
One way to explain the entertainment value of baseball’s rich regular season is to envision a very limited form of time travel. Let’s say you — a person who knows the results of the baseball season so far and which players were chosen to start the 2023 MLB All-Star Game — return to January and
Getty Images By Gary Nunn Sydney Earlier this year, researchers raised eyebrows when Australia’s traditionally conservative medicines regulator approved the use of psychedelics to assist therapy sessions. The decision will see psilocybin, found in magic mushrooms, used for treatment-resistant depression. It will also allow MDMA, known as ecstasy in tablet form, for post-traumatic stress disorder
Getty Images By James Gregory BBC News The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a graphic designer who has refused to create wedding websites for same-sex couples. Lorie Smith, from Colorado, argued she could not serve same-sex couples because of her Christian faith. Colorado state law prohibits businesses open to the public refusing
Getty Images By Becky Morton Political reporter Lord Zac Goldsmith has hit back at Rishi Sunak’s claim he refused to apologise for criticising a Commons investigation into Boris Johnson. The Tory peer earlier resigned as a minister with a scathing attack on Mr Sunak’s climate change “apathy”. Mr Sunak said Lord Goldsmith had quit after
Getty Images By Michelle Roberts Digital health editor There has been an unusual rise in the number of children and teenagers around the world diagnosed with type 1 diabetes since Covid, say researchers. A new study in JAMA Network Open journal has collated available data from different countries, including the UK, on more than 38,000
Intense and widespread rioting has been taking place across France, following the shooting of a 17-year-old during a traffic stop. Video on social media showed the moment the police shooting of Nahel M took place, in the Paris suburb of Nanterre on 27 June. Riots erupted later that same day and have continued each day
Reuters By Laura Gozzi BBC News The fatal shooting by police of a 17-year-old boy driving a car in a Paris suburb is the latest in a spate of such deadly incidents in France. It was the third killing this year during a police traffic stop and followed a record 13 deaths last year. Most
Don Mueang International Airport By Kelly Ng, Joel Guinto & Thanyarat Doksone in Singapore and Bangkok A woman who got stuck in an travelator in Bangkok’s Don Mueang airport had to have her leg amputated by rescuers. Her son said the family was “shocked” and worried about her mental health after the surgery was carried
Getty Images By Frank Gardner BBC security correspondent The recent mutiny in Russia has exposed huge insecurities in that country. But what does it mean for the war in Ukraine and what happens now to Wagner, the mercenaries who rebelled? Why does it matter? Firstly, in the space of just a few hours on 24
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