7 minutes ago Frank Gardner,BBC security correspondent Getty Images Estonian forces have been working closely with Nato since the Russian invasion two years ago Estonia considers itself a front-line state, a Nato member where its border guards stare across the Narva River at the Russian fortress of Ivangorod. This tiny Baltic state, once a part...
A French nurse dubbed the “angel of Dien Bien Phu” for her care of wounded and dying soldiers during the Indochina war in the 1950s has died at the age of 99. Geneviève de Galard became a celebrated figure exactly 70 years ago when she was the only woman nurse tending French casualties inside the...
Just now Sam Cabral and Ana Faguy,BBC News BBC Donald Trump is the first former or serving US president to be found guilty of a crime – but what will his conviction mean for the election? Opinion polls have suggested it could change the minds of some voters, ahead of a tight race with President...
Just now Alex Taylor,BBC News Culture reporter, @Tayloredword Getty Images Eminem’s Slim Shady persona sparked constant controversy but also helped break rap’s racial barriers Twenty-five years after bursting on to the scene, it appears rapper Eminem’s provocative alter ego Slim Shady may finally be silenced. The antagonistic Slim Shady, with his peroxide-blond hair and everyman...
6 minutes ago Amy Walker,BBC News, South East Andy Hine Hyperia – the UK’s tallest rollercoaster – closed a day after opening to the public Named after the daughter of a Greek god, who is said to have built herself steel wings before launching herself off a high mountain, the UK’s tallest rollercoaster opened to...
A retired four-star US Navy admiral has been arrested on allegations that he agreed to award a government contract to a company in exchange for a future job with the firm. Adm Robert Burke, who served as vice-chief of naval operations until 2022, could face up to 30 years in jail if convicted on bribery...
6 minutes ago Eimear Flanagan,BBC News NI Department of Health Dáithí Mac Gabhann’s organ donation law took effect on 1 June 2023 The family of the child who inspired a change in Northern Ireland’s organ donation rules are celebrating his “amazing legacy” on the first anniversary of the law that bears his name. Dáithí’s Law...
8 hours ago Rachel Looker,BBC News, Washington ‘Reckless’ to say Trump verdict was ‘rigged’ – Biden US President Joe Biden has said it was “reckless” for his predecessor, Donald Trump, to call his trial rigged, a day after the historic conviction. In his first public remarks about the guilty verdict for Trump on 34 counts...
BBC Drivers in Aberdeen city centre can now be fined if their cars are not compliant with emissions limits Aberdeen and Edinburgh have become the latest Scottish cities to enforce their Low Emission Zones (LEZs). They join Glasgow and Dundee in putting restrictions on the types of vehicles allowed in city centres to help to...
11 minutes ago Laura Kuenssberg,Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, @bbclaurak Getty Images “We’ll have to take them apart, piece by piece.” A former Labour cabinet minister almost spat the words out in anger. I have never forgotten that conversation, even though it was nearly 10 years ago, because their fury was so hot, coming off them...