Hamas says no Gaza ceasefire talks unless Israel frees prisoners
Getty Images Hamas says talks with Israel about further steps in the Gaza ceasefire deal are conditional on Palestinian prisoners being freed as agreed. Israel said on Sunday it was…
Killing Me Softly singer dies aged 88
The R&B singer Roberta Flack, best known for the hits The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Killing Me Softly With His Song, has died at the age…
Dundee University staff begin three-week strike
Graeme Ogston Tayside and Central reporter BBC Members of the University and College Union Scotland will strike for 15 days Staff at Dundee University have begun three weeks of strike…
Lion King visual effects firm Technicolor on brink of collapse
Chris Vallance Senior Technology Reporter Getty Images Technicolor owned studio MPC’s projects included Mufasa The Lion King The visual effects group behind Disney’s Mufasa The Lion King and its upcoming…
Apple commits to ‘largest ever’ $500bn US investment
Apple plans to invest more than $500bn (£396bn) in the US over the next four years, starting with a new advanced manufacturing factory in Texas. The tech giant said it…
Emmanuel Macron to warn Donald Trump against looking weak to Putin
Jacqueline Howard BBC News EPA Trump and Macron shared a handshake when they met for December’s reopening of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris French President Emmanuel Macron is due to meet…
US star defends Rwanda concert amid DR Congo war
Natasha Booty & Anita Nkonge BBC News Reporting fromLondon & Kigali Getty Images ‘We shouldn’t punish people when we disagree with their leaders’, he told the BBC American singer-songwriter John…
‘Sweetest’ girl, 3, killed in Manchester tram/van crash named by police
A three-year-old girl who was killed after a van struck a tram and mounted the pavement has been described by her parents as the “sweetest, kindest, and most generous little…
Man in court on domestic abuse charges after bag found
A man has appeared in court on domestic abuse charges after a bag containing several items was discovered in Coleraine. The 40-year-old, whose name we are not publishing to protect…
Man admits murdering mum and two siblings
A 19-year-old man has admitted shooting dead his mother and two siblings at a tower block. Juliana Prosper, 48, Kyle Prosper, 16, and Giselle Prosper, 13, were found deceased at…