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Watch: Diana’s brother says Charles ‘went ballistic’ in phone call after her deathEarl Spencer spoke exclusively with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg about claims he has made in a new book.19 mins agoUK
Panish, Shea, RavipudiUber has been ordered to pay $40m (£29m) to the family of a 23-year-old woman who was fatally struck on a California highway after the rideshare company’s driver allegedly pulled over and ordered her out of the car.Emily Normandin-Parker had booked an Uber for home with a friend on 12 August 2023, before her friend became sick and vomited in the car, court documents show. Her parents said the driver pulled over to the side of the highway and forced the women, who were intoxicated, out of the car, after which Normandin-Parker was hit and killed by another…
ReutersThe blast occurred at a mosque building near police headquartersAt least 16 people, including five police officers, have been killed after a vehicle loaded with explosives rammed into a mosque in north-western Pakistan, according to a senior police official in Peshawar.A gun battle is still ongoing between attackers and security forces at the mosque, near police headquarters, in the Kohat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.One of the assailants has reportedly been killed, an officer says, and a rescue operation is under way.In a statement, Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari expressed “his best wishes for the swift recovery of those injured in…
BBCThe case centres around a BBC investigation over how an MI5 agent used his role to abuse his girlfriendThe security service has accepted it gave evidence based on lies to three courts and that senior MI5 officers were repeatedly dishonest.It is the first time MI5 has accepted that lies were told to the courts while defending a violent neo-Nazi spy whose abuse was uncovered by the BBC.The lies were revealed by the BBC in February 2025, which the security service then vehemently denied.Timothy Otty KC, representing MI5, announced the position during a High Court hearing in London on Friday.The security…
Philippine Red Cross/FacebookPhilippine Red Cross workers and local rescue personnel were on the sceneA 16-year-old gunman has shot two students dead and injured eight others at a Philippine high school, before killing himself.The two deceased victims were 14-year-old pupils at a school in Banga in the southern province of Mindanao, the local mayor told the BBC.Albert Palencia said four of the injured were in critical condition.The education department said in a statement it was “deeply concerned” by the reported incident which took place on Friday afternoon at Banga National High School.”Our immediate priority is the safety and well-being of our…
BBCIf the UK suddenly found itself at war, would you know what to do? Do you know what would be expected of you?The government wants us all to start preparing for severe disruption to our lives. It wants us to stockpile canned food and drinking water, strengthen our civic resilience, and plan for the possibility of war.Work has begun on the government’s so-called “war book”, which hasn’t been updated in decades.The UK’s most senior soldier has sounded the alarm. The Chief of the Defence Staff Sir Richard Knighton this week said the threat from Russia meant Britain was living through…
Getty ImagesPresident Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval OfficePresident Donald Trump’s administration says it has approved the sale of nearly 50 F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia in a policy shift for the US that has raised concerns from some members of Congress.Saudi Arabia has sought for years to buy the world’s most advanced warplane, equipped with stealth technology that allows it to evade enemy detection.Washington had resisted, partly because it supplies F-35s to its ally Israel, which is guaranteed under US law to receive top-of-the-range American weapons compared with those its regional neighbours can access.Congress…
Getty ImagesIranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (L) shakes hands with the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres at last year’s assemblyThe US government has granted visas to Iranian officials so they can travel to the UN General Assembly in New York next week, as the war between the two countries grinds into its seventh month. The BBC understands the core delegation permitted to attend includes Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.A spokesman for the US State Department confirmed the decision on Thursday, saying that the delegation will be placed under travel restrictions and will be banned from purchasing certain…
Watch: Royal row intensifies after fresh claims in Diana’s brother bookEarl Spencer, brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, has claimed King Charles “sounded giddily elated” when he called him after her death in 1997.In a controversial book about Diana, he alleged the then-Prince Charles sounded like a “lottery winner” after the news.Buckingham Palace strongly pushed back on Wednesday against the credibility of the book, after an initial extract claimed Charles had said of Diana: “We’ll forget her soon enough.” A spokesperson said: “While we do not comment on books as a matter of principle, His Majesty is mindful that the…
Watch: Can humpback whales experience grief?Rare footage captured by researchers off Australia’s Gold Coast suggests humpback whale mothers may experience grief when their calves die.51 mins agoAustralia