AFP By Phil McCausland BBC News, New York Hamas leader Marwan Issa died in an Israeli air strike, White House official Jake Sullivan has said. As deputy military commander, Mr Issa would be Hamas’s most senior leader to die since the war began on 7 October. The Palestinian group, which controls Gaza, has not officially
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Reuters By Will Grant, Central America correspondent BBC News “Port-au-Prince is in panic mode,” a friend in the Haitian capital texted me. Residents of Petionville, a wealthier area of of the city, are shaken after their most violent day so far in the country’s spiralling security crisis. More than a dozen bullet-ridden bodies lay in
Majdi Fathi/BBC By Joel Gunter BBC News, Jerusalem When dawn broke last Monday morning, signalling the beginning of Ramadan, it brought a cruel irony for the people of Gaza. The holy month when Muslims fast during daylight had arrived amid a looming famine. Gazans had already endured five months of war. Virtually the entire population
Getty Images By Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York Donald Trump cannot find a private company to guarantee the $464m (£365m) he has been ordered to pay in a New York civil fraud case. The former president must either pay the full amount in cash or secure a bond in order to continue his appeal.
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Steve Rosenberg Russia Editor As predictions go, a Putin landslide was the easy one. No crystal ball or tea leaves required there. After all, in Russia the Kremlin tightly controls the political system. Including elections. But
By Becky Morton BBC political reporter Conservative MPs speculating about ousting Rishi Sunak as prime minister should “stop it”, Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch has said. Reports have been swirling in recent days that some Conservative MPs want Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt to replace him. But Ms Badenoch told BBC Breakfast this was only “a small
Getty Images By Sean Seddon BBC News Israeli forces have launched an overnight raid on the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, with reports of tanks and heavy gunfire at the facility. An Israel Defense Forces spokesperson said the IDF was carrying out a “high precision operation in limited areas” of the hospital. The IDF said “senior
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Paul Kirby BBC News Vladimir Putin was always going to claim his fifth term as president with a landslide, faced with three other candidates all rubber-stamped by the Kremlin. But when election officials said results gave
Getty Images By Will Grant BBC News, Cap-Haitien, Haiti As the passengers from Port-au-Prince disembark at the bus terminal in Cap-Haitien, the harrowing journey is evident on their faces. The trip out of the beleaguered Haitian capital city involves running the gauntlet along risky and dangerous roads, trying to avoid gunmen and sporadic violence along
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Sam Francis Political reporter, BBC News A senior cabinet minister has denied the Conservative Party has a problem with race after accepting at least £10m from a donor who is accused of racism. Transport Secretary Mark
As I walk around Borovsk, two things strike me about this town 60 miles (100km) from Moscow. First, there is almost no sign of the presidential election coming up this weekend. I see few election banners or billboards and no political flyers being handed out. Not surprising, really. The absence of election preparations mirrors the
Alaska Airlines By Theo Leggett Business correspondent, BBC News “It’s as if I’m watching a troubled child” is how Captain Dennis Tajer describes flying a Boeing 737 Max. The head of the Allied Pilots Association, the pilots union for American Airlines, insists he would never board an aircraft if it were not safe. But he
Family handout By Orla Guerin BBC News, Tel Aviv Rachel Goldberg-Polin now lives by a new calendar – not weeks, or months, but days of absence and anguish. Every morning when she wakes, she writes a number on a piece of tape and sticks it to her clothing. It’s the number of days since her
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News A state of emergency has been declared in southern Iceland because of another volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula – the fourth since December. Among those being asked to leave the area
Ireland: (7) 17 Tries: Sheehan, Porter Pen: Crowley Cons: Crowley 2 Scotland: (6) 13 Try: Jones Pens: Russell 2 Cons: Russell Ireland retained the Six Nations title as they overcame a heroic defensive effort by Scotland in Dublin. On a nervy evening, Dan Sheehan’s try either side of two Finn Russell penalties gave Ireland a
Getty Images By Andre Rhoden-Paul & Pippa Allen-Kinross BBC News Sainsbury’s says it will not be able to fulfil the “vast majority” of online deliveries on Saturday because of “technical issues”. Some stores are having issues with contactless payments, and others are only accepting cash as chip and pin is not working. Sainsbury’s apologised and
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