This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Sam Cabral BBC News, Washington George Santos remains defiant ahead of a vote to expel him from Congress, accusing members of rushing to oust him without due process. Two previous efforts to boot the lawmaker from
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Getty Images By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, Dubai In a surprise that has lit up COP28, delegates have agreed to launch a long-awaited fund to pay for damage from climate-driven storms and drought. Such deals are normally sealed last minute after days of negotiations. COP28 president Sultan al-Jaber shook up the meeting by bringing the
Getty Images By Dominic Bailey, Erwan Rivault & Daniele Palumbo BBC Visual Journalism and BBC Verify New satellite images commissioned by the BBC reveal the extent of destruction across northern Gaza, before the start of the temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The satellite images were taken last Thursday, just before the suspension of hostilities
Zyadna family By Anna Foster BBC News, in southern Israel Each evening, Naeema Zyadna waits for the phone to ring. Since the Israel-Hamas temporary truce deal began last week, she’s been expecting word that her children who were taken hostage by Hamas – 16-year-old Aisha and 18-year-old Bilal – are coming home. But they haven’t
Getty Images By Steven McIntosh, Helen Bushby and Annabel Rackham Entertainment reporters The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan has died aged 65, following a recent hospital stay after being diagnosed with encephalitis. The singer-songwriter, whose hits include 1987’s Fairytale of New York and A Pair of Brown Eyes, had been unwell for some time. MacGowan also
Getty Images By James Clayton BBC North America technology reporter In a profanity-laced outburst, Elon Musk has slammed advertisers that have left X, warning they will kill the social media platform. At an event in New York, he accused companies that have joined an ad boycott of the site formerly known as Twitter of trying
Former foreign policy giant Henry Kissinger has died aged 100. Kissinger served as National Security Advisor and Secretary of State during the Nixon and Ford administrations. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 for his role in negotiating the Paris Peace Accords, but has also been roundly condemned as a war criminal.
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who played a pivotal and polarising role in US foreign policy during the Cold War, has died at the age of 100. He
Getty Images Henry Kissinger – who has died, aged 100, at his Connecticut home – divided opinion. A committed practitioner of “realism” in foreign relations, he was both awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and roundly condemned as a war criminal. As US National Security Adviser and Secretary of State, he energetically pursued the policy of
MOD By Jonathan Beale Defence correspondent The UK is to send a second warship to the Gulf, in response to rising tensions in the Middle East. HMS Diamond – a Type 45 destroyer – is en route to join the frigate HMS Lancaster. Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said it was “critical that the UK bolsters
By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News A dual US-Israeli citizen held hostage in Gaza has been released as part of a temporary ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. The hostage, Liat Beinin Atzili, was taken from her home in Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel on 7 October. She was among 12 Israeli and four Thai
Dave Bull By Lucy Williamson & David Gritten BBC News, in Jenin and London Four Palestinians, including two children, have been killed by Israeli forces during a raid in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials say. CCTV videos appeared to show eight-year-old Adam al-Ghoul and Basel Abu al-Wafa, 14, being shot during the same incident
UK Covid-19 Inquiry/PA Media By Chas Geiger BBC Politics Dominic Raab has rejected a claim by a former cabinet colleague that many of the key government decisions at the start of the Covid pandemic were taken by Dominic Cummings. Sajid Javid told the Covid inquiry that then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson was content for his chief
Back in August, it was unfathomable that the Buffalo Bills could miss the playoffs. They were one of the few teams that was a reasonable Super Bowl pick. As we get to December, it wouldn’t take a miracle for the Bills to make the playoffs. But it’s going to take a lot of work. ESPN’s
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Adnan El-Bursh in Deir al-Balah, Gaza BBC Arabic “Where are all Arabs and Muslims? Where are all the defenders of human rights? You’ve left the Palestinian people to suffer, go hungry and be destroyed.” A middle-aged
Getty Images By Riyah Collins BBC Newsbeat Beyoncé’s mum has criticised “sad little haters” who suggested the star lightened her skin for the premiere of her Renaissance film. The singer went for a platinum blonde hair look and wore a silver dress at the red carpet event on Saturday. Some criticised Beyoncé on social media
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