Sudan’s Darfur region is facing a growing risk of genocide as the world’s attention is focused on conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, a UN expert warns. “We do have circumstances in which a genocide could be occurring or has occurred,” the UN Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu,...
1 hour ago Andrew Dawkins,BBC News, West Midlands BBC People were outside the building at the airport Queues have been reported again at Birmingham Airport as the bank holiday weekend begins, with some people taking 90 minutes to get through security. People are having to wait outside as building works are carried out meaning the...
Google’s new artificial intelligence (AI) search feature is facing criticism for providing erratic, inaccurate answers. Its experimental “AI Overviews” tool has told some users searching for how to make cheese stick to pizza better that they could use “non-toxic glue”. The search engine’s AI-generated responses have also said geologists recommend humans eat one rock per...
A former US marine wanted by Washington can be handed over by Australia, a magistrate in Sydney has ruled. Daniel Duggan, 55, who is a naturalised Australian citizen, is accused of breaking US arms-control laws by training Chinese fighter pilots. He has been in custody in Australia since 2022. He denies the charges, which his...
PA Aalim Ahmed died after falling from the kitchen window of his family’s home on the 15th floor A five-year-old boy died when he fell from a kitchen window on the 15th storey of an east London tower block, an inquest has heard. Aalim Ahmed, previously named locally as Aalim Makail, landed on a railing...
Just now Ian Youngs,Entertainment & arts reporter Marc Brenner Tom Holland plays Romeo, with Francesca Amewudah-Rivers as Juliet The “unprecedented” excitement among fans outside the London theatre where Spider-Man star Tom Holland is appearing in Romeo in Juliet hasn’t quite been matched by the response from the critics inside. The most glowing review – a...
Australian actor Chris Hemsworth was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. The Thor star said it felt “surreal” to receive the plaque, in a ceremony where he was joined by his wife and children, as well as by Avengers co-stars Robert Downey Jr and Anya Taylor-Joy. Source link
Kabosu, the dog behind the “doge” meme, has died after 14 years of internet fame, her owner has said. The Japanese shiba inu inspired a generation of online jokes and became the face of Dogecoin cryptocurrency. She had been suffering from leukaemia and liver disease and died on 24 May. “She quietly passed away as...
Child serial killer Lucy Letby has been denied permission to appeal against her convictions for the murder and attempted murder of babies in her care when she worked as a neonatal nurse. Dame Victoria Sharp, sitting with Lord Justice Holroyde, said they had refused Letby’s request at a short Court of Appeal hearing. The full...
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has agreed to take part in televised election debates with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The Conservatives are pushing for six TV debates, one each week of the campaign, but Labour officials will only commit to two – run by the BBC and ITV. Writing in the Telegraph, Mr Sunak claimed...