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Girl tells BBC she is ‘scared to go out’ after teenage rapists spared jail timeShe told BBC Newsnight she was living in fear after the attack by teenage boys, whose sentences are being reviewed.2 hrs agoEngland
Fifa ordered to explain World Cup ticket pricingFifa must answer questions about 2026 World Cup ticket sales after the attorneys general of New York and New Jersey launch an investigation.7 hrs agoWorld Cup
Former US First Lady Jill Biden says she thought her husband, President Joe Biden, was having a stroke during his infamously faltering presidential debate in 2024.”I was frightened, because I had never ever seen Joe like that before or since. Never,” Jill Biden told CBS News, the BBC’s US partner.”I don’t know what happened,” she said. “As I watched it, I thought, ‘Oh, my God, he’s having a stroke.’ And it scared me to death.”President Biden faced intense pressure from fellow Democrats to step down as their candidate after a poor debate performance against then-Republican candidate Donald Trump. Biden ultimately…
US President Donald Trump has said he is “not satisfied” yet with the terms of the deal being negotiated with Iran.He said Tehran was “very much intent” on reaching an agreement to end the conflict, but added “so far they haven’t gotten there”, repeating Washington’s willingness to resume strikes if one is not reached.His remarks came after Iranian state TV reported what it said were details of a draft agreement, which included reopening the Strait of Hormuz and the withdrawal of US forces from the region. The White House branded the text a “complete fabrication”.However, Tehran soon cautioned a deal…
Watch: Moment rescuers find five people trapped in Laos caveRescuers in Laos have found five villagers alive inside a flooded cave after they were trapped for a week.3 hrs agoAsia
The live-in personal assistant to Friends star Matthew Perry has been sentenced to 41 months in prison, capping a multi-year legal saga surrounding the actor’s death.Kenneth Iwamasa, 60, who injected Perry with ketamine, worked with two doctors to provide the actor with more than $50,000 (£38,000) of the drug in the weeks before his death, prosecutors said. Iwamasa had no medical training.Perry was found dead in his backyard hot tub in Los Angeles in October 2023. Iwamasa pleaded guilty in August 2024 to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine causing death and faced a maximum penalty of 15 years…
Ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo is hampering the Ebola outbreak response, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Ituri province in the east of the country was at the centre of a “catastrophic collision of disease and conflict”.In a statement posted on X, Tedros said the WHO could not “build community trust or isolate the sick while bombs are falling”. He is due to travel to DR Congo this week to spearhead efforts to contain the virus. Meanwhile Uganda has announced it is temporarily closing its border with DR Congo.…
Former US Attorney General Pam Bondi, who was removed from her role last month, has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer.Her diagnosis came shortly after President Donald Trump ousted her from the post of America’s top law enforcement officer, according to the BBC’s US partner CBS News.Bondi, 60, told CBS she is undergoing treatment, which included surgery a few weeks ago. She is continuing to work despite the diagnosis, and will be joining the White House’s new advisory council on AI, the Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.Thyroid cancer has a five-year survival rate of over 98% and most…
The Israeli military has ordered the evacuation of the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, after carrying out another wave of air strikes that it said targeted the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah.The military told residents of Tyre and surrounding areas that it was “compelled to act forcefully” because Hezbollah was violating a US-brokered ceasefire that began five weeks ago.Also on Wednesday, Lebanese media reported Israeli strikes across the south and eastern Bekaa Valley, with three people killed in the town of Choukine.Hezbollah, which has itself accused Israel of breaching the ceasefire, said it was battling Israeli troops north of the Litani…
The footballer setting the record straight after 46 yearsRoly Gregoire, Sunderland’s first black player, sometimes wishes he had never played football because of the racist abuse he found too painful to talk about for 46 years.10 hrs agoSunderland