Getty Images By Nadine Yousif BBC News, Toronto Ryan Reynolds, Snoop Dogg and The Weeknd: What do all these big celebrity names have in common? All three were at one point vying to be the next owner of the Ottawa Senators, a National Hockey League (NHL) ice hockey team based out of Canada’s capital city.
EPA By Mark Savage BBC Music Correspondent Mae Muller came into Eurovision riding a wave of positivity. Sam Ryder ended the UK’s losing streak in Turin last year by doing the unthinkable – entering a decent song – and the thinking went: Why not do that again? Mae obliged with a slick, sassy pop song
By Faisal Islam Economics editor In the dusty cornfields of West Kentucky, an area which had long ago been abandoned as an industrial site is once again coming to life. US manufacturer Ascend Elements has chosen the site to build a factory for electric car batteries made from recycled ones – an industry previously almost
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Mark Savage BBC Music Correspondent Sweden’s Loreen has won the Eurovision Song Contest for the second time, with her soaring pop anthem Tattoo. The star, who last won the competition in 2012, saw off competition from
A singing “Brussels sprout”, Italy’s soft play area and a man in a soap dish: just some of the highlights, according to Graham Norton, of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. Sweden’s Loreen was crowned the night’s winner, watched by an estimated audience of over 150 million viewers worldwide. Here are some highlights in 90 seconds.
By Vitaly Shevchenko & Thomas Mackintosh BBC Monitoring The home city of Ukraine’s Eurovision act was hit by Russian missiles moments before the band took to the stage in Liverpool, reports say. The head of Ternopil regional state administration, Volodymyr Trush, confirmed two people had been injured. Ternopil mayor Serhiy Nadal confirmed warehouses were damaged.
Reuters Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) militants in the Gaza Strip have agreed a ceasefire from 19:00 GMT on Saturday to end five days of fighting, Palestinian sources have told the BBC. The sources cited negotiations being brokered by Egypt. Israel and the PIJ are yet to comment on the issue. On Tuesday, Israel
PA Media By Charley Adams & Tony Bonsignore BBC News Former Home Secretary Priti Patel has blamed the Conservative Party’s leadership for heavy local election losses in a speech. Ms Patel said she was sorry that it was “errors and mistakes sometimes of us in Westminster and our actions that have cost our party dearly”.
By Rajini Vaidyanathan BBC News, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh About half a million people are being evacuated to safer areas in south-eastern Bangladesh, ahead of a cyclone that could be extremely dangerous. Mocha is predicted to make landfall on Sunday, with 170kph (106mph) winds and storm surges of up to 3.6m (12ft). There are concerns the
PA Media Rail passengers are facing travel disruption on the day of the Eurovision Song Contest final as RMT union members strike again in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions. Fourteen train companies are affected, with many running limited services. Transport Secretary Mark Harper said the strikes were “cynically targeting” the final, taking place
EPA By Laura Gozzi BBC News Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is visiting Rome where he will meet political leaders and have an audience with Pope Francis. “An important visit for approaching victory of Ukraine!” Zelensky tweeted as he landed in the Italian capital. He will meet Italian PM Giorgia Meloni, President Sergio Mattarella and travel
American Brittney Griner played for the first time since leaving prison in Russia in a pre-season match for Phoenix Mercury on Friday. She was roared onto the court and played for 17 minutes, scoring with a two-point shot in the first minute. “I didn’t think I would be sitting here,” she said afterwards. “I didn’t
Getty Images By Paul Kirby BBC News, Ankara Turkey’s all-powerful President Erdogan is in the fight of his life against an opposition that has united against him for Sunday’s elections. His main rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu appeared before a throng of supporters on Friday, flanked by allies from across the political spectrum who have come together
NEW YORK — Aaron Boone let out a short laugh. Life as the Yankees manager often means answering difficult questions, questions without answers, questions with answers that’ll beget more questions, questions with answers he’s not willing or able to make public. It’s sort of funny, then, to be asked — in a roundabout way —
Reuters By Nadine Yousif BBC News, Toronto It will take three years and cost up to C$184m ($135m; £109m) to search a Canadian landfill for the remains of two indigenous women. Indigenous leaders in the province of Manitoba released the results of a feasibility study on Friday and called for the search to take place.
Azhaar Sholgami By Barbara Plett Usher BBC News, Nairobi Azhaar Sholgami is trying to bury her grandmother. The elderly woman has been dead for days, no-one knows how many. She died alone, trapped in her house in Khartoum by the brutal battle between Sudan’s two warring generals. Azhaar had been watching from New York, desperately