SABC President Cyril Ramaphosa has described South Africa’s election results as a victory for its democracy, despite his African National Congress (ANC) party losing its majority for the first time. The party, which was once led by Nelson Mandela, won 159 seats in the 400-seat parliament, down from 230 in the previous assembly. It is...
A 16-year-old boy has died in hospital two days after being seriously injured during a disturbance in the Cranhill area of Glasgow. He has been named by police as Kory McCrimmon from Glasgow. Emergency services were called to Greenfield Park in Eskbank Street at about 20:15 on Friday. The victim was taken to the Queen...
Leeds Rhinos and Great Britain rugby league great Rob Burrow has died. Burrow, who was 41, had lived with motor neurone disease (MND) for nearly five years after being diagnosed in late 2019. The diagnosis came just two years after he retired from playing, following a stellar 17-year career that included winning eight Super League...
PA Media The UK’s Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis was among attendees at the event on Sunday Thousands of people have marched through London to ask for hostages being held by Hamas to be brought home. The ‘United We Bring Them Home’ march on Sunday began at Lincoln’s Inn Fields in Holborn and ended in Whitehall,...
Donald Trump has said his historic trial and criminal conviction have been “very hard” for his wife, former First Lady Melania Trump. Last week, jurors found Mr Trump guilty of falsifying business records to conceal hush-money payments made to former porn star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential election campaign. With the verdict, he became...
The winner of Britain’s Got Talent is set to be named in Sunday night’s grand TV final. There are 10 finalists, including a choir, a magician, a Ghanaian dancing duo and a Japanese skipping group. The judges of the ITV show, Simon Cowell, Bruno Tonioli, Alesha Dixon and Amanda Holden, will return for one last...
Flooding and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Sri Lanka have killed at least seven people, the country’s Disaster Management Centre (DMC) has said. In Sitawaka – outside the capital, Colombo – three members of the same family died when their house was flooded. Supplies of electricity have been cut off in several areas and...
An “ultra-sensitive” new blood test can predict if breast cancer will return years before the disease shows up on scans, researchers say. It picks up traces of a tumour’s DNA before a full relapse and was found to be 100% accurate at predicting which patients would see their cancer return. It is hoped that the...
The US government has “every expectation” that Israel will accept a ceasefire proposal that would begin with a six-week cessation of hostilities in Gaza, according to National Security Council spokesman John Kirby. The three-part plan unveiled by President Joe Biden last week would also be a “surge” of humanitarian aid, as well as an exchange...
A couple who won £1m on the National Lottery say they plan to continue working as police officers. Graeme and Katherine White “both enjoy what we do”, so have told police bosses they will continue working as officers, but with reduced hours. “I also think it’s important for the children to see us working to...