Reuters By Phil McCausland BBC News, Washington Three of Donald Trump’s children will take the stand in the former president’s civil fraud trial in New York in the coming days. Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump, and their sister Ivanka Trump are all expected to testify. Mr Trump’s sons, who are senior Trump Organization executives, are
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This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Phil McCausland BBC News, Washington Protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza interrupted US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a Senate hearing on Tuesday. Numerous people stood in the crowd and repeatedly yelled “Ceasefire now!”
AFP Stars of David have been found graffitied on buildings in the Paris area, in acts that political leaders have said “recall the 1930s”. Some 60 Stars of David were painted on walls in the 14th arrondissement of Paris on Monday night. France is grappling with a big rise in antisemitic incidents. More than 850
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Kate Whannel Political reporter Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said he understands calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, but argued it was not the “correct position” at the moment. More than 60 Labour MPs have
The prospect of a World Cup in Saudi Arabia has long been anticipated, with the country’s unprecedented investment in sport over recent years always seemingly intended to lead to this moment. No-one who has been paying attention to the way that the country has turned the world of golf upside down through the rebel LIV
Getty Images French counter-terrorism police have shot and wounded an unarmed woman in a full veil after she threatened train passengers, Paris authorities say. Officers opened fire eight times when the woman refused to comply with police orders, a source told the BBC. The alarm was raised by passengers on an RER suburban train in
Getty Images By Kelly Ng BBC News Two people have been injured in a shooting at a hospital in the central Japanese city of Toda, local media report. The suspect, believed to be in the age range of 50 to 70, fled on a motorcycle and is currently at large. Meanwhile, local media report that
Ready Singer One is a choir with a difference – specialising in performing songs from film, TV, anime and video games. It was started in London in early 2020 by trained opera singer Elisabeth Swedlund who spotted a niche in the market. The choir now has about 100 members and has racked up some high-profile
EPA By Nicholas Yong BBC News, Singapore A company in New Zealand has been found guilty of not “minimising risk” to 22 people who died in the 2019 White Island volcano disaster. Judge Evangelos Thomas criticised what he referred to as “astonishing failures” on the part of Whakaari Management. Whakaari Management licenses tours to White
Reuters By Antoinette Radford BBC News The US has rejected global calls for a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, arguing it is not the “right answer right now”. National Security spokesperson John Kirby made the comments on Monday, suggesting instead “pauses” to allow aid to be delivered inside Gaza. Currently, supplies of
Getty Images By Chris Mason Political editor, BBC News Shambolic dysfunction in Downing Street, with thousands upon thousands of lives at stake. That is the claim, to the Covid inquiry, from some of those who worked very closely alongside Boris Johnson during the pandemic. They are painting a picture of chaos, and of a prime
Reuters General Motors has struck a deal with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union to end a six-week strike in the US. The tentative agreement follows similar deals at Ford and Chrysler-maker Stellantis, the other two carmakers affected by walkouts. Nearly 50,000 workers and dozens of sites were involved in the action, the first in
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Christy Cooney BBC News The US has dismissed as “absurd” claims by Russia that an anti-Israel riot at a Dagestan airport on Sunday was organised by Ukraine and the West. In a televised meeting on Monday,
Getty Images Andy McDonald has been suspended as a Labour MP, after the party said he had made “deeply offensive” comments relating to the Israel-Gaza war. The MP for Middlesbrough used the phrase “between the river and the sea” in a speech at a pro-Palestinian rally. Critics of a chant which contains the phrase argue
Donetsk region prosecutor’s office By Vitaly Shevchenko, BBC Monitoring, & Jaroslav Lukiv, BBC News Nine people, including two young children, have been found shot dead in their house in the Russian-occupied eastern Ukrainian town of Volnovakha. Ukrainian officials say they believe Russian soldiers killed the whole of the Kapkanets family on 27 October for refusing
Getty Images By Shiona McCallum & Zoe Kleinman Technology team The White House has announced what it is calling “the most significant actions ever taken by any government to advance the field of AI safety.” An executive order from President Biden requires Artificial Intelligence (AI) developers to share safety results with the US government. It
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