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Israel: Netanyahu wants immediate deportation of Eritreans after Tel Aviv violence
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Yolande Knell BBC News, Jerusalem Israel is considering tough steps including the immediate deportation of Eritrean asylum seekers involved in riots in Tel Aviv on Saturday. Some 170 people were injured in violent clashes with police…
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I’ve never told anyone to hack a phone
Former editor of the Daily Mirror Piers Morgan has been quizzed about phone hacking allegations, while appearing on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. Earlier this year, at a trial in the High Court against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), the Duke of Sussex and others alleged their phones were hacked by the newspaper publisher’s journalists. Asked specifically…
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Paul McCartney: Global search for missing Beatles’ 1961 Höfner guitar
A global search has been launched to find one of the world’s most iconic instruments – Paul McCartney’s original Höfner bass guitar. The Lost Bass Project is appealing for information about what it describes as “the most important bass in history”. McCartney bought the instrument for £30 ($38) in Hamburg, Germany, in 1961, but it…
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Burning Man: Police investigating death during heavy rain
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By David Willis & Kathryn Armstrong BBC News, Burning Man in Nevada & London An investigation has been launched into the death of a person during torrential rain at the Burning Man festival in the US state…
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Biden pledges Florida support in wake of storm damage
By James Gregory BBC News US President Joe Biden has vowed to give Florida any support it needs to help rebuild in the wake of Tropical Storm Idalia’s destruction. Mr Biden was speaking during a visit to the state, where at least two people are known to have died after the storm made landfall on…
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Berliners rave against the motorway as extension threatens 20 cultural venues
By Damien McGuinness BBC News, Berlin Forget gluing yourself to the road in protest. On Saturday Berliners demonstrated for the climate by blocking a main road with a giant rave. Smoke machines, glitter balls and drinks stands were set up amid the road signs and traffic lights, as thousands of clubbers, climate activists and local…
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Google’s search for an AI future as it turns 25
By Zoe Kleinman Technology editor The tech giant Google and I almost share the same birthday… give or take a few years. Google turns 25 this month (I’ll have a few more candles on my cake) – and finds itself in a tech landscape that has changed dramatically since founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin…
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Mukesh Ambani succession plan: The new generation taking over from Asia’s richest man
By Zoya Mateen BBC News, Delhi For months, the world has been captivated by the last season of Succession, the Emmy-winning TV drama on the lives of the corporate élite. But in India, a real-life succession plan, involving a fortune of billions of dollars, is making news. The three children of Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest…
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Are US politicians too old? Voters weigh in
By Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York A recent health scare for Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has reignited a debate about the age of America’s leading political figures. The 81-year-old appeared to freeze for the second time in just over a month this week while speaking to reporters. In the US, the average…
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Johannesburg fire: Hijacks and death traps in a crumbling South African city centre
By Samantha Granville BBC News, Johannesburg Johannesburg’s Central Business District is filled with buildings that look on the brink of collapse. Windows are boarded up and walls are covered in graffiti. Streets are filled with detritus – food wrappers, empty beer bottles, cigarette butts – and a foul smell of rotten food combined with urine…