Ice skaters reel from US plane crash
John Sudworth North America correspondent Getty Images Skating Club of Boston pays tribute to Spencer Lane No one at the Skating Club of Boston had any doubt that 13-year-old Jinna…
At least 700 killed since Sunday, says UN
The UN says at least 700 people have been killed in intense fighting in Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, since Sunday. UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric…
British-Israeli hostage Emily Damari says Hamas held her at UN facilities
Reuters Emily Damari says she was given only a bottle of out-of-date iodine for her wounds A British-Israeli woman who was held hostage by Hamas in Gaza for 15 months…
South Wales Police officers injured, one arrested
BBC Two police officers have been injured in an incident outside a police station. South Wales Police said it was called to reports of a male causing a disturbance outside…
Teacher pay deals: Raise of 5.5% offered
Robbie Meredith & Catherine Moore BBC News NI Charles McQuillan Union NASUWT says it is still negotiating a pay deal Teachers in Northern Ireland have been offered a 5.5% pay…
Watch rescuers cutting free whale tangled in rope off Skye
Volunteer rescuers have freed a humpback whale entangled in rope off Skye. The animal was spotted in difficulty at Organic Sea Harvest’s Invertote salmon farm site near Staffin in the…
Ukraine says N Korea troops may have quit front line after heavy losses
Ukrainian special forces fighting in Russia’s western Kursk region have told the BBC they have not seen any North Korean troops there for the past three weeks. A spokesman said…
Campaigner launches bid to ban cross-sex hormones for under-18s
Hugh Pym and Nick Triggle BBC News BBC News Keira Bell says she deeply regrets the treatments that she underwent Health Secretary Wes Streeting is being threatened with legal action…
Former Trafigura executive Mike Wainwright convicted in bribery case
Switzerland’s highest court has convicted the commodities trading giant Trafigura and one of its senior executives of bribery over payments made by the firm to gain access to Angola’s lucrative…
Man jailed over Handsworth drive-by shooting at wake
A gunman who opened fire at gang rivals attending a wake has been jailed for life, with a minimum term of 24 years. Meshaq Berryman fired four shots from a…