Tory minister ridiculed when attempting to defend alleged Downing St party
Palestinian residents facing eviction by Israeli police from a disputed property have taken gas canisters on to the roof and threatened to set them on fire rather than be forced out. Scores of police officers in riot gear surrounded the building during an hours-long stand-off in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in east Jerusalem. The Salhiyeh family is one of dozens of Palestinian families in the area at risk of eviction.
Residents in Lagos, Nigeria, are rediscovering their city and all it has to offer through special day and night tours offered by EXP Lagos, a local tourism outfit that uses Danfo mini buses as transport. The weekend tours offer exploration and experiences, according to Uzo Umeh, the head of the domestic tourism startup. “You cannot experience Lagos without experiencing the Danfo,” says Uzo, referring to the popular means of public transport for Lagosians who use it for daily commute in Africa’s
MPs debated Nadine Dorries’ announcement that the BBC licence fee would be frozen at £159 for two years.
The big picture: neo-noir Chicago streetscapes. Musician-photographer Edgar Ortiz captures the rain-slicked days and urban energy of his city in lyrical images
Satellite images taken by a Japanese weather satellite showed the massive scale of Saturday's undersea volcanic eruption in the Pacific that sent tsunami waves to the island nation of Tonga and sparked evacuation warnings from Chile to Japan.The tsunami threat began to recede Sunday, while the extent of damage to Tonga remained unclear.The images taken by Himawari-8, a satellite operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency, showed the spectacular eruption that took place Saturday evening, with a plume of ash, steam and gas rising like a mushroom above the blue Pacific waters.
Sandijs Dreimanis, 18, pointed the imitation firearm at a member of staff and pulled the trigger during dramatic scenes at Crawley College
A woman searching for the body of her murdered mother has lain flowers at the farm where she believes she is buried.
Two years on from the death of her husband, Catherine Mayer speaks of the strain of sharing loss with his ex-bandmates
Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been allowed to leave the Gabon squad at the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon and return to his club to continue his recovery from Covid-19, his national team coach said on Monday. Midfielder Mario Lemina of French side Nice has also been sent back to his club, with neither having played a minute in Gabon's two matches so far at the Cup of Nations, against the Comoros and Ghana."Given the medical problems that Pierre-Emerick and Mario have had, in a
Novak Djokovic has arrived in Dubai after his deportation from Australia over its required COVID-19 vaccination ended the No. 1-ranked men’s tennis player’s hopes of defending his Australian Open title
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is negotiating a plea deal in his corruption case
Labour leader says there is ‘no comparison’ with Boris Johnson’s conduct as he reiterates PM must resign
Google is celebrating the late, great Betty White on what would have been her 100th birthday with a touching Golden Girls Easter egg – and we’re not crying, you’re crying.
Newlands Valley, Lake District: The Goldscope mine dates back to Elizabethan times, but still has the capacity to astound
The former speaker said the ruling, which has yet to be published, that he bullied three staff members was ‘unsound’.
The addition has been made to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee year.
Boris Johnson is alleged to have attended a leaving do for his defence adviser in the run-up to Christmas 2020.
Texas synagogue siege: hostage-taker named as 44-year-old Briton. FBI stormed building after man took four people including a rabbi captive during Shabbat service
More than four in five eligible adults aged 18 or over have now had their Covid booster vaccine. The NHS ramped up capacity last month to roll out booster jabs. So far, more than 30 million adults have now had their booster dose, which is 80% of those eligible, including nine in 10 people aged 50 and over. Sixteen and 17-year-olds will able to get a Covid booster jab from Monday. About 40,000 teenagers will be eligible for their top-up dose when the national booking service opens at the start of the week. Previously, boosters were only recommended for clinically vulnerable 16 and 17-year-olds who are most at risk from Covid-19.
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