A 20-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman who was stabbed to death on a beach in Bournemouth. Two women from Poole were stabbed on Durley Chine Beach at around 11:45 BST on May 24. A 34-year-old woman died at the scene while a 38-year-old woman with serious injuries remains in...
18 hours ago Tanya Gupta,BBC News, South East Getty The Students’ Union said scores of distressed students had sought help Overseas students struggling with tuition fees amid a currency crisis in Nigeria have pleaded for more time after the University of Sussex told them debts must be cleared by Friday. The Students’ Union accused the...
The UN’s top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), issued a ruling last week on Israel’s military offensive in Rafah. It was the latest pronouncement by the court in a case brought by South Africa, which accuses Israel of a genocide in the Gaza Strip. Israel has vehemently denied the allegation. Since the case...
Diane Abbott has been readmitted as a Labour MP, the BBC understands, but it is unclear whether she will stand for the party at the general election. The former shadow home secretary was suspended in April 2023 after saying Jewish, Irish and Traveller people do not face racism “all their lives”. Her suspension meant she...
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A temporary pier built by the US military to deliver aid to Gaza has been damaged by heavy seas and will take at least a week to be repaired, according to US officials. US forces began building the floating pier – which is attached to Gaza’s shoreline by a temporary causeway – several weeks ago....
After 14 years of Mark Rutte as Dutch prime minister, a former domestic intelligence chief has been nominated to replace him by the four parties that will make up the new Dutch coalition. Dick Schoof, 67, said he would be prime minister for all Dutch people, not just for the four parties that chose him....
The mysterious disappearance of an MP in Zambia has sparked arrests, accusations and a closely watched police investigation. Independent MP Emmanuel Banda went missing from capital city Lusaka in the early hours of Saturday morning in unclear circumstances. He resurfaced late on Sunday night at a farm in a town some 43km (27 miles) south...
8 minutes ago Angus Cochrane ,BBC Scotland News Getty Images Michael Matheson resigned from the government in February following a scandal over his expenses The SNP are facing defeat in a vote over proposals to suspend and dock the pay of former health secretary Michael Matheson over an £11,000 bill racked up on his parliamentary...
45 minutes ago Rushdi Abu Alouf,David Gritten EPA The Israeli military says it is carrying out a “very targeted” ground operation in Rafah Israeli forces have reportedly reached the centre of the southern Gaza city of Rafah and seized a strategically important hill overlooking the nearby border with Egypt. Witnesses and local journalists said tanks...