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‘I felt like I was going to have the whole world against me,’ says ‘Gemma’Warning: You may find some of the graphic detail in this story disturbingA woman who was raped by Superdry co-founder James Holder has told the BBC she had been working for him at the time of the attack and had to return to work to face him just days later.Gemma, not her real name, was attacked by the disgraced fashion boss in her own home after Holder got into her taxi following work drinks on a Friday night in 2022.In an exclusive interview, she described feeling…
LIVEMexico beat 10-man Ecuador to set up potential tie with EnglandCo-hosts Mexico book spot in last 16 of World Cup with impressive win over 10-man Ecuador.
Watch: Supreme Court’s birthright ruling is major blow to Trump, says BBC’s Gary O’DonoghueThe Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy.In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that children born in the US “to parents unlawfully or temporarily present” are “citizens at birth” under the 14th amendment.President Trump had sought to limit the right through an executive order, arguing that the children of undocumented immigrants and some temporary visitors were not “subject to the jurisdiction thereof”, and thus not eligible…
Mbappe scores twice as France breeze past Sweden into last 16Kylian Mbappe scores twice as France breeze past Sweden to set up World Cup last-16 meeting with Paraguay.
Watch: Debris falls after plane hits Beijing’s tallest buildingIt has been four days since a small plane slammed into Beijing’s tallest skyscraper, killing the pilot – the only person on board – and wounding 13 others, but it’s still unclear why, and how, that happened.A 60-word report detailing the basic facts in state-owned Beijing Daily is the only official statement China has published so far on the crash, which happened just a few kilometres from Zhongnanhai, the Communist Party’s headquarters. Friday’s collision left holes on the side of the 109-storey CITIC Tower, which have since been boarded up. Dramatic footage…
EPASeveral people were reportedly injured in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province.Afghanistan’s Taliban regime said they have carried out strikes on targets along the border with Pakistan, injuring several people in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province.Pakistan’s military said it had shot down four rudimentary drones and warned any further provocation “would receive a befitting response”. The BBC has been unable to independently confirm the attack.The strikes come after Pakistan launched its own airstrikes on Afghanistan on Sunday, killing 28 civilians, according to the UN.Tensions have reignited in the region after months of relative calm. The two countries had agreed to a ceasefire in…
Watch: Supreme Court’s birthright ruling is major blow to Trump, says BBC’s Gary O’DonoghueBy President Donald Trump’s standards, his response to the Supreme Court ruling against him on birthright citizenship was rather tepid.He said Tuesday’s decision was “too bad for our country”, before going on to endorse legislation that would reinstate his proposed limits on the longstanding legal principle that anyone born in the country is a US citizen.The chances that Congress will act on that are slim, however. Democrats would almost certainly block any effort in the US Senate, and even if such a law were enacted it is…
AFP via Getty ImagesMore than100 firefighters were dispatched to an area near Thessaloniki on TuesdayTwo people have been found dead as an out-of-control wildfire burns in northern Greece, forcing residents of a nearby village to evacuate.The body of a man was discovered in a charred area near Liti, about 15km (nine miles) north-west of the city of Thessaloniki. A second body – yet to be identified – was found later in a house in a forested area near the village.A woman rescued near the house with burn injuries is now said to be in a stable condition in hospital. A…
Jordan Public Security via ReutersThe Jordanian team released footage of Tuesday’s rescueA three-year-old boy has been pulled alive from the rubble six days after the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela, a Jordanian rescue team has said. Video footage shows rescuers cheering as the child, named as Klieber Morán by the country’s interim president, is pulled from wreckage in La Guaira state.Delcy Rodríguez described the child’s rescue as a moment of hope. It comes as UN warned that tens of thousands of people were urgently in need of food and shelter The massive tremors probably damaged or destroyed 58,870 buildings, according to…
BBCThe patient is being tested at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in GlasgowA patient is being tested for suspected Ebola virus at a Glasgow hospital.It is understood they were admitted to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) in the early hours of Tuesday.Tests are currently being carried out to confirm whether the individual has contracted the disease.If confirmed it would be the first case in the UK since an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda in May.The outbreak in Africa has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization (WHO).NHS Greater…