Mafia-employed nun among 25 arrested in northern Italy
A nun is among 24 people arrested in northern Italy in connection with a mafia investigation, Italian police have said. The nun, named in Italian press as Sister Anna Donelli,…
The Starmer pledges that will be hard to hit
The prime minister has set out what’s he’s calling Labour’s “plan for change” – the goals for his government to achieve. It focuses on six specific areas from healthcare to…
Murder charge after mum killed in e-bike crash
Supplied Alana Armstrong lived in Tibshelf, Derbyshire, and was a mother to a six-year-old boy A man has been charged with murder after the death of a young mother in…
Keir Starmer seeks to take control after bumpy start
I have an overwhelming sense of deja-vu. The build-up music, the stage, the banners, the backdrop, the choreography made this feel like an election manifesto launch. The event looked like…
The fictional kingdom of cruel couple who gave son garden burial
West Midlands Police Tai and Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah got married in 2015 at Birmingham Registry office For two years the body of three-year-old Abiyah Yasharahyalah lay underground in the back garden…
Ivory Coast’s staple food gets Unesco cultural heritage title
Ivory Coast’s beloved staple, attiéké – made from fermented cassava flour – has officially been added to Unesco’s list of intangible cultural heritage. Attiéké, pronounced atchekay, is a kind of…
Frontrunner Calin Georgescu vows to end Ukraine aid
Calin Georgescu, the fringe nationalist politician leading the presidential race in Romania, has told the BBC that he would end all support for Ukraine if elected. He is facing a…
Electric cars make up one in four sold in November
One in four cars sold in the UK last month was electric, according to industry figures, but new registrations were driven by steep discounting. Electric car sales grew in November…
Disappearances double in Sinaloa amid Mexican cartel rift
The number of people who have been reported missing in the violence-wracked Mexican state of Sinaloa has doubled since two rival factions of a drugs cartel started a bloody battle…
Syria rebels advance into key city of Hama as military withdraws
The Syrian military has said it has withdrawn from the major city of Hama, as rebel forces said they had seized control of a local prison in the area and…