The terrifying new weapon changing the war in Ukraine
Yogita Limaye BBC News Reporting fromRodynske, Donetsk region Watch: BBC team flees drone attack in Ukraine An acrid smell hangs over the town of Rodynske. A couple of minutes after…
Heathrow Airport chief asleep as airport closed over outage
BBC Thomas Woldbye expressed “his deep regret at not being contactable during the night of the incident”, the review said Attempts to tell Heathrow airport’s sleeping chief executive that the…
Cash to self-isolate would have saved lives, Covid inquiry told
Covid inquiry Dido Harding said she had repeatedly urged greater financial support payments during the pandemic If the UK had spent more money helping people to self-isolate during the pandemic…
Israel PM says Hamas’s Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar has been killed
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says its military has “eliminated” Hamas’s Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar, one of its most wanted men and the brother of the group’s late leader Yahya…
Telegram announces partnership with Musk’s xAI
The encrypted messaging service Telegram has entered into a partnership with Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI. Announcing the deal on social media, Telegram boss Pavel Durov said it would…
Germany’s Merz promises to help Ukraine produce long-range missiles
Anadolu via Getty Images Germany’s new chancellor (R) greeted Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky to Berlin on Wednesday Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has told Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky that Berlin will help…
EU says Israeli strikes in Gaza go beyond what is necessary to fight Hamas
The EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, has said that “Israeli strikes in Gaza go beyond what is necessary to fight Hamas” as the death toll there continues to mount. Kallas…
Verdict expected in trial of French paedophile surgeon who abused hundreds
Reuters French ex-surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec has admitted to sexually abusing hundreds of patients A verdict is expected on Wendesday in the case of Joel Le Scouarnec, the former surgeon…
Dozens injured in chaos at new Gaza aid site, UN says
The UN Human Rights Office has said it believes 47 people were injured in Gaza on Tuesday when crowds overwhelmed an aid distribution centre run by a controversial new group…
Kenya President William Ruto apologies to Tanzania over deportation row
Kenya’s President William Ruto has publicly apologised to Tanzania following days of tension between the neighbouring countries. Some Kenyans on social media have been targeting Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan…