Two far-right Israeli ministers have threatened to quit and collapse the governing coalition if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agrees to a Gaza ceasefire proposal unveiled by US President Joe Biden on Friday. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said they were opposed to striking any deal before Hamas was destroyed. But...
When Europeans vote in elections for the European Parliament this coming week, their choices will reflect the national mood in 27 different countries. Right and far-right parties are set to make gains, but the picture is widely different across the continent. Here is a snapshot of what to expect from BBC correspondents ahead of the...
13 minutes ago Wedaeli Chibelushi,BBC News, London Larkin Durey Aboudia’s work has been shown in exhibitions held in Abidjan, London, New York and Tel Aviv Back in September, global art experts were taken aback by the name topping a fresh list of the world’s best-selling artists. Aboudia, a graffiti-inspired artist from Ivory Coast, had beaten...
India’s election, the biggest in the world, saw more than six weeks of gruelling campaigning – often in blistering heat. So what were the big talking points? And just how huge was it? The BBC’s Christian Parkinson tells you what the key moments and issues of the election were. Produced by Nikita Mandhani and Danish...
2 hours ago Niall McCracken,BBC News NI mid-ulster reporter Dorothy Coulter/Killymoon Castle Members of the 802 Air Division in the grounds of Killymoon Castle Hidden down a dark cellar in the bowels of a centuries-old castle is one of Northern Ireland’s best kept World War Two secrets. For 80 years, its basement walls have been...
16 minutes ago Davide Ghiglione,BBC News Rosario Lonegro Rosario Lonegro says his time in the seminary was “the darkest period” of his life Rosario Lonegro was only 20 years old when he entered a Catholic seminary in Sicily as an aspiring priest preparing to be ordained. But while he was there he fell in love...
54 minutes ago Michael Sheils McNamee,BBC News Getty Watching the issues in her parents’ marriage pushed Rebel Wilson to avoid “any kind of romantic relationship”, she has said in a new interview. The Australian actor and comedian told BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs that she thought being in a relationship “might chain me to...
2 hours ago Abdujalil Abdurasulov,BBC News Getty Images Ukraine is now allowed to use Western weapons to hit targets inside Russia. What will this decision change and how will it affect the front line in Ukraine? Up until now, Western countries restricted the use of their weapons to military targets located inside Ukraine, including Crimea...
Just now Laura Kuenssberg,Presenter of Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, @bbclaurak Donald Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba says he would run for president even if he was in jail One of Donald Trump’s lawyers has told the BBC “nothing will change” his fight for the White House – despite being convicted following an historic trial in New...
A craft launched from China in May is preparing to land on the far side of the Moon – an unexplored place almost no-one tries to go. The Chang’e 6 mission aims to collect precious rock and soil from this region for the first time in history. The probe could extract some of the Moon’s...