EPA Since 13 June, Israel has inflicted widespread damage on Iran’s military infrastructure, Iranian missiles have pierced Israel’s defence systems and the US has conducted strikes against Tehran’s nuclear programme. Then, over the course of a dizzying 24 hours beginning on Monday, events moved even faster: a US air base came under attack, the White […]
Jonny Humphries & James Mountford BBC News Lancashire Police Lenny Scott had been threatened by a prisoner four years before his death, a jury heard A former prison officer was shot dead in an „act of retaliation“ four years after seizing a mobile phone from a prisoner’s cell, a jury heard. Lenny Scott, 33, was […]
The High Court has heard claims that the health regulator, the Care Quality Commission, „acted irrationally“ when it registered England’s first private clinic offering gender treatment to under-18s. The case, brought by a former nurse and a mother who wishes to remain anonymous, claims the watchdog did not consider all relevant information and should also […]
„Ordinary people suffered the most,“ says Sirous, an Iranian who requested his name be changed for his safety. Speaking to the BBC from his home city of Tehran, he says: „I believe the whole war was orchestrated. „Israel and the US came in and destroyed military and nuclear sites, Iran launched a few missiles, hit […]
Alice Cuddy Reporting from Beersheba, southern Israel EPA Shortly before a ceasefire between Iran and Israel was due to take effect, residents in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba were woken early on Tuesday by the sound of missile alarms on their phones. „Extreme alert,“ the message read, warning of an imminent strike. Then the […]
Stephen Fairclough BBC News BBC Paul Lewis is accused of hiring a hitman to kill his wife A Swansea man accused of conspiring to have his estranged wife murdered paid £1,500 to a friend to hire a „hitman“, a court has heard. Paul Lewis, 54, from Fishmarket Quay, Swansea, and Dominique Saunders, 35, also from […]
Kate Whannel Political reporter Getty Images The UK must „actively prepare for the possibility of the UK coming under direct threat, potentially in a wartime scenario,“ the government has warned. Its national security strategy, it said the nation was „in an era in which we face confrontation with those who are threatening security“ and pointed […]
A British man has been charged in connection with organising the „mock wedding“ of a nine-year-old Ukrainian girl in Disneyland Paris. French prosecutors said the 39-year-old man was a convicted sexual offender who is wanted in the UK. His name has not been made public. He was arrested when police were called to the amusement […]
Ned Davies, Joshua Cheetham & Matt Murphy BBC Verify BBC A Russian warship disguised itself using a fake ID signal while travelling through the English Channel with two sanctioned oil tankers, a BBC Verify investigation has found. The Boikiy – a corvette armed with guided missiles – broadcast the fake ID code as it passed […]
BBC The Welsh government says it will not proceed with the final commissioning and staffing of the Holyhead border control post In a statement, he said he would not proceed with the final commissioning and staffing of the Holyhead site, and longer term plans can only be made once the UK’s deal with the EU […]