Ros Atkins on… UK arms exports to Israel
This week, Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron said the UK wouldn’t block arms exports to Israel. Read Original Article
This week, Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron said the UK wouldn’t block arms exports to Israel. Read Original Article
By Laurence Peter Violence has erupted during an Israeli search for a missing teenage boy in the occupied West Bank, with a Palestinian man killed and 25 reported hurt in clashes with Jewish settlers. Israeli troops intervened after dozens of settlers stormed al-Mughayyir, a village near Ramallah, armed with guns and stones. The unrest later […]
By Caitriona Perry A locked door at the back of a welcoming house opens and a long line of people, spanning the yard, move forward, each person showing a small ticket as they enter. This is the Home House of Erie, a food pantry that gives out food three mornings a week in a neighbourhood […]
By Barbara Plett-Usher The woman with sad eyes and a quiet voice is just one of the millions of people living in camps for those forced to flee their homes in Sudan, where a civil war broke out a year ago between the army and an armed paramilitary group. The country now faces what the […]
By Bernd Debusmann Jr An ex-career diplomat who once served as US ambassador to Bolivia has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for working as an agent for Cuba. Victor Manuel Rocha, 73, secretly passed information to the Cuban government for more than 40 years, according to prosecutors. In February, Rocha changed his initial […]
By Frank Gardner The former commander of the UK’s Joint Forces Command has warned that Ukraine could face defeat by Russia in 2024. General Sir Richard Barrons has told the BBC there is “a serious risk” of Ukraine losing the war this year. The reason, he says, is “because Ukraine may come to feel it […]
By Annabel Rackham Getting into character is something that can be all-encompassing for an actor when they’re on set. There are accents to perfect, facial expressions to master and sometimes a completely new look thanks to clothes, make up and hair. But ever increasingly, Hollywood’s biggest stars are extending their roles to the red carpet […]
El Salvadorans forcibly adopted as infants during the 1980s civil war, are now seeking their birth-families. Read Original Article
By Madeline Halpert On Monday, hundreds of New Yorkers from across the island of Manhattan will find themselves facing a historic prospect: sitting on the jury of the first criminal trial of a former president. Donald Trump is accused of falsifying his business records to disguise a hush money payment made shortly before the 2016 […]
By Holly Honderich Vice-President Kamala Harris lambasted Donald Trump over abortion restrictions as she held a campaign rally in Tucson, Arizona on Friday. The state was pushed to the front of the US abortion battle this week after the state’s Supreme Court upheld a 1864 law banning almost all abortions. “Donald Trump did this,” Ms […]