BBC News Police Scotland has declared a major incident as emergency services continue to tackle a wildfire which has been burning in the Cairngorms National Park for 10 days. The force said it followed “a significant change in weather conditions” which has increased the risk of fire spreading towards the village of Nethy Bridge. All […]
BBC News Members of the International Criminal Court (ICC) have voted to dismiss Karim Khan as chief prosecutor for alleged sexual misconduct. Elected the ICC’s third prosecutor in 2021, Khan was suspended last month. The decision to removehim was passed with 82 votes in favour. The court’s oversight body found in June he had committed […]
BBC News A 25-year-old law student has appeared in court charged over a bomb which was discovered in a car in County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland. Isobella Perrie Sullivan, from Abbeylands Park in Clane, County Kildare, was charged with the possession of explosives. It was alleged she was driving a car which was […]
BBC News Donald Trump says the US will launch an investigation into the European Union and threatened a fresh tariff over fines handed to some of the biggest American tech companies. It comes days after the European Commission fined Google €890m ($1bn) for operating in a way that squeezed out competitors to its services. In […]
BBC News A day-tripper has told the BBC how he dived into the sea in an attempt to save a mother and daughter who drowned off an Essex beach. Craig Bowe, 42, battled the incoming tide at West Mersea, near Colchester, three times after hearing screams on Wednesday evening. The kitchen fitter, who was on […]
BBC News Cyclospora linked to iceberg lettuce has spread to nine US states, part of the largest reported outbreak in US history, health officials said on Friday. Cases tied to the lettuce from central Mexico now have been reported in Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). […]
BBC News Thousands of people have taken to the streets in the Indian capital Delhi as part of the cockroach protests, calling for educational reforms and the resignation of a government minister. BBC Verify has been analysing videos from across the capital, which show security officers firing so-called pellet guns towards protesters. The Central Reserve […]
BBC News Firefighters are dealing with what has been described as a “significant incident” at an industrial building in Essex. Crews were called to farmland in Southend Road, between East Hanningfield and Rettendon, on Friday afternoon. People have described hearing what sounded like an explosion to the BBC. One said it was “like a bomb” […]
