Share Covid data, World Health Organization tells China
The World Health Organization has urged China to share data on the origins of the Covid pandemic, five years on from its start in the city of Wuhan. “This is…
Iran confirms arrest of Italian journalist
Iranian authorities have confirmed for the first time that Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was arrested in the country on the grounds of “violation of the Islamic Republic’s laws”. It comes…
Banned driver hit garden wall after 90mph chase
A disqualified driver who drove at 90mph during a police chase before hitting a garden wall has been jailed. After smashing the back window of the flipped VW Golf and…
Jimmy Carter’s legacy… in his own words
Former US President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100. Honoured for his charitable work at the self-named Carter Center, every living president…
Why was there a wall near the runway?
Reuters The wreckage of the Jeju Air plane at Muan International Airport Aviation experts have raised questions about an “unusual” concrete wall near the runway and its role in the…
Grief and anger from families at South Korea airport
Hundreds of grieving people have camped out at Muan International Airport in South Korea, demanding more information about the Jeju Air crash which killed 179 passengers on Sunday. Family members…
Jewellery worth £10m stolen from home in St John’s Wood in London
Met Police The items include pieces by Katherine Wang, De Beers and Van Cleef Jewellery worth more than £10m as well as designer handbags worth £150,000 have been stolen from…
US to hold national day of mourning on 9 January
Former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral will take place on 9 January at the Washington National Cathedral, part of a national day of mourning for the longest-lived US president. Walter…
17 men appeal against convictions
EPA Gisèle Pelicot attended court for most of the 15-week trial Dominique Pelicot, the 72-year-old man who drugged and raped his wife Gisèle and recruited dozens of men to rape…
Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds of prisoners of war
Zelenskiy/Official via Telegram Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said 189 Ukrainians had returned home Russia and Ukraine have exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war in a deal brokered by the United…