BBC Radio 2 DJ Steve Wright has revealed what he plans to do when he wraps up his afternoon show in September. Earlier he announced live on air he was stepping away from his weekday afternoon show, which he has presented for over 20 years. The veteran DJ will still be a part of BBC
UK government A former deputy chief whip alleged to have groped two men in a private members’ club has been suspended as a Conservative MP. Chris Pincher will sit as an independent after a report was made to Parliament’s behaviour watchdog. He resigned his government job in a resignation letter on Thursday, saying he had
Getty Images It was 25 June when Karen Caballero was seized by an “unexplained heaviness” in her chest. Her children had not been in touch. Two days later, around 8pm, she received a news alert on her cell phone. Dozens of migrants had died of heat inside the back of an abandoned lorry near the
Ukraine has called for a ship carrying grain from a Russian-occupied part of the country to be seized. The ship is currently lying off the Turkish coast. We’ve monitored the Russian-flagged ship, the Zhibek Zholy, on its route from the Ukrainian port of Berdyansk to the Turkish port of Karasu. It is not clear where
Getty Images The UN’s cultural agency has added the cooking of borsch – a soup usually made with beetroot and potatoes – in Ukraine to its list of endangered intangible cultural heritage. Unesco said the war in Ukraine had “threatened” the cooking of borsch. “Victory in the war for borsch is ours!” Ukraine’s Culture Minister
PA Media Boris Johnson is facing calls to suspend his former deputy chief whip as a Tory MP, after allegations he groped two men at a private members’ club. Chris Pincher quit his government post on Thursday, saying in a resignation letter he “drank far too much” and “embarrassed myself and other people”. Labour’s Yvette
Getty Images A rail workers’ union has said it is “not in any rush” to call for further strikes in July, following last week’s walkouts which caused significant disruption across the UK. Eddie Dempsey, senior assistant general secretary at the RMT, said the union did not “take these steps lightly”. Mr Dempsey, who is also
Ukraine’s DSNS emergency service At least 19 people, including one child, have died in overnight Russian missile strikes on Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, Ukrainian officials say. The state emergency service, DSNS, says nearly all of the victims were in a nine-storey building hit by one missile in the village of Serhiyivka. At least two people,
When news broke on NBA draft night that Kevin Durant was “monitoring the Brooklyn Nets’ situation and considering options with his future,” the team’s former assistant general manager turned ESPN front-office insider Bobby Marks suggested a trade “return package on Durant would be the largest in league history.” It better be, because the Nets are
Getty Images In 1997 Hong Kong was handed back to China, triggering the start of a grand political experiment. Many were anxious about how the capitalist, free-wheeling former British colony would fare under Communist Chinese rule. So Beijing promised Hong Kong’s civil liberties and freedom – unavailable in the mainland – would be preserved for
Ruja Ignatova, also known as the “missing Cryptoqueen”, has been placed on the FBI’s top ten most wanted list. The Bulgarian woman is wanted for her alleged role in running a cryptocurrency scam known as OneCoin. Federal investigators accuse the fugitive of using the scheme to defraud victims out of more than $4bn (£3.2bn). She
Getty Images Hong Kong will on Friday mark 25 years since the city was handed back by the British to China. President Xi Jinping is visiting the city in what is his first trip outside mainland China since January 2020 when the pandemic broke out. His last trip to Hong Kong was in 2017 during
PA Media Tory deputy chief whip Chris Pincher has resigned from the government, as a newspaper alleged he groped two men at a private members’ club. In his resignation letter, he told the PM he “drank far too much” and “embarrassed myself and other people”. Witnesses told the BBC he was seen “extremely drunk” at
Getty Images In a win for pro-choice activists, a Florida judge has blocked a state law banning abortions after 15 weeks. The controversial law signed in April by Governor Ron DeSantis, was set to go into effect tomorrow, and made no exceptions in cases of rape or incest. The decision comes amid a flurry of
Reuters/US Supreme Court Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sworn in as the newest associate Supreme Court justice, becoming the first black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court. The appointment follows one of the most consequential Supreme Court terms in recent memory, with significant rulings on abortion and gun rights. Ms Jackson, 51, will
Getty Images The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has lost some of its power to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The landmark ruling by the US Supreme Court represents a major setback to President Joe Biden’s climate plans. He called it a “devastating decision” but said it would not undermine his effort to tackle the climate