BBC News Sunday’s World Cup final pits holders Argentina against Spain. The South American champions against the European champions. How do they compare? This is the story of the numbers. Since two of their games went to extra time, Argentina have played an hour of football more than Spain at this tournament – so we […]
BBC News The US military said it carried out the seventh night of strikes on Iran since President Donald Trump declared the temporary ceasefire agreement was “over”. In a statement shared on X, US Central Command (Centcom) wrote that its forces “hit surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage, and maritime capabilities”. Iran claimed […]
BBC News The relationship between Uefa and Fifa has been tense during the World Cup, with the governing bodies clashing over the Folarin Balogun incident and other issues. Uefa, Europe’s football governing body, said the decision not to uphold Balogun’s ban had “crossed a red line”, branding it “unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable”. Fifa has faced […]
BBC News In the week after the sex-criminal financier Jeffrey Epstein died, Anya (not her real name) opened the door of her New York apartment. Outside was Epstein’s brother, Mark, telling her she had to leave, she says. Anya had lived for years in one of several flats on East 66th Street in Manhattan used […]
BBC News Indian activist and educationist Sonam Wangchuk, on hunger strike for the past 20 days in Delhi, has been forcibly removed from his protest site. The 59-year-old had been protesting in support of an online satirical movement called the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) who are seeking educational reforms. The protesters had planned a march […]
