UK Parliament MP Margaret Ferrier, who was suspended from the Commons for breaking Covid lockdown rules, has lost her seat in a recall petition. A total of 11,896 out of the 81,124 eligible constituents in Rutherglen and Hamilton West signed the petition. That exceeded the 10% threshold and means a by-election will take place. Ferrier
Islanders in Orkney are set to get mail deliveries much quicker with the help of drones. It’s believed to be the first location in the UK to have mail delivered by drone. Letters and parcels are being transported from Royal Mail’s Kirkwall delivery office to Stromness. From there, drones will carry items to Graemsay and
Reuters By Laura Gozzi BBC News Towering over Moscow’s golden church domes and Stalin-era skyscrapers is the uber-modern business district of Moskva-Citi. Located 7.6km (4.7m) from Red Square and the Kremlin, Moscow’s answer to London’s Canary Wharf or New York’s Financial District has been hastily built over the last 20 years. It is now home
AFP By Chris Ewokor BBC News France is to evacuate its citizens from Niger because of anti-French sentiment following last week’s coup. The coup has prompted demonstrations against the former colonial power, with the French embassy coming under attack. Germany urged its nationals to take up France’s offer to help other Europeans and Italy is
Reuters By Sean Seddon BBC News British nationals in Niger are being urged to register their whereabouts with the UK government amid unrest sweeping the West African country, Violent protests have broken out in Niger after a military junta seized control of the government last week. France, Italy and Spain are all preparing rescue flights,
Getty Images By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington A Georgia prosecutor has reported receiving racist threats and abuse as she decides whether to charge former President Donald Trump. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been investigating Mr Trump for alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 US election. On Monday, Mr
Getty Images By Jonathan Head and Derek Cai in Bangkok and Singapore Former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been pardoned in five of 19 charges brought against her by the military. The pardon, part of a seasonal amnesty, will reduce her 33-year jail sentence by six years. Former president Win Myint, who was
Reuters By Jaroslav Lukiv BBC News A skyscraper in Russia’s capital Moscow has been attacked by a drone for the second time in two days, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has said. Several drones were shot down overnight, he said, but “one flew into the same tower at the Moskva City complex” that was targeted on Sunday.
Getty Images By Thomas Mackintosh BBC News New figures suggest food price inflation has slowed to its lowest level this year as prices of oils, fish, and breakfast cereals fall. According to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and NielsenIQ retail analysts, food inflation slowed to 13.4% in July. It was 14.6% in June. But overall,
Getty Images By Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York Hunter Biden put his father, Joe Biden, on speakerphone up to 20 times while speaking with business associates, a US congressional panel has heard. But Hunter’s business associate, Devon Archer, told lawmakers Joe Biden did not discuss business on the calls, according to those at the
Getty Images By Brandon Drenon BBC News, Washington Angus Cloud, who starred on HBO hit series Euphoria has died, aged 25. Cloud, who played drug dealer Fezco “Fez” O’Neill on the teen drama, died on Monday at his family home in Oakland, California, said a publicist. “It is with the heaviest heart that we had
The MLB trade deadline is fast approaching, and the rumor mill is off and running. It can be one of the most exciting and heart-breaking periods of the MLB calendar, as players can go anywhere unexpectedly, teams grow stronger and more formidable (or tear down entirely), and fans of selling teams must say goodbye to
Getty Images By Joshua Nevett BBC Politics Council leaders have accused the government of delaying controversial plans to make households in England use up to six different recycling bins until after the next general election. The government says the move was postponed until 2025 as part of broader changes to recycling policy. But councils claim
PA Media By Nathan Standley BBC News Teacher strikes have ended in England, after all four unions in a dispute with the government accepted a 6.5% pay rise. Members of the NEU, the UK’s largest teaching union, voted overwhelmingly to accept the pay offer. The NASUWT and NAHT unions also accepted the deal on Monday,
Getty Images By Matt Murphy BBC News At least six people, including a 10-year-old girl and her mother, have been killed by a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih. Ukraine’s interior minister said 69 others were injured when missiles slammed into a high-rise building and a university on Monday. Regional governor
EPA By Kelly Ng BBC News The Taliban have burned musical instruments in Afghanistan, claiming music “causes moral corruption”. Thousands of dollars worth of musical equipment went up in smoke on a bonfire on Saturday in western Herat province. Since taking power in 2021, the Taliban have imposed numerous restrictions, including on playing music in