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Watch: Did the FBI bury evidence of alleged Saudi agent’s role in 9/11?The man at the heart of a $1 trillion (£733bn) lawsuit brought by 9/11 families had extensive links to Saudi government officials and went paintballing with one of al-Qaeda’s future leaders, video obtained by the BBC reveals.The footage, which the FBI had within days of the 2001 attacks, stands in stark contrast to Omar al-Bayoumi’s 25 years of denials that he was an extremist and a Saudi spy.Bayoumi, who claimed to be a student when he was in the United States, is seen in one clip embracing Anwar…
WireImage/Corbis via Getty ImagesThe man who could be Bond? Jacob Elordi, Jack Lowden and Callum Turner are reportedly in the runningJames Bond is special. Playing him propels an actor into an exceptionally elite group of performers. From Sean Connery to Daniel Craig, only six people have ever played him in the official film series.In the last decade alone the UK has had more prime ministers, and twice as many people have walked on the moon than have played the British secret agent.The last announcement of a new Bond was 21 years ago in 2005. So it’s inevitable for Bond fans…
ReutersAfD lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund says the party has won a clear mandate to govern”Seismic”, “a socio-political earthquake”, “a watershed moment for Germany”.This was how political analysts and many media outlets described the stunning victory of the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in local elections in Germany on Sunday. Is that an exaggeration?Saxony-Anhalt is one of the smallest of massive Germany’s 16 regions. It boasts a mere 1.7m out of 59m eligible voters nationwide. How significant can its political sentiments be, especially since the AfD narrowly failed to win an outright majority?The answer: very significant.The vote may have been…
PA MediaPolice officers at the scene of a protest in Eastney Beach, Portsmouth on SundayHundreds of protesters gathered in Portsmouth on Sunday night after around 140 migrants in a single dinghy were rescued in the English Channel. In the second major anti-migrant protest of the weekend, police faced off with demonstrators as they blocked roads in an effort to stop the people who had arrived on the small boat from leaving the city.Hampshire Police urged people to avoid the Eastney Landing ferry port area, where the migrants were brought ashore, and said a dispersal order was in place, meaning anyone…
Alex Bailey/Focus Features/StudioCanalAndrew Scott plays chief meteorological adviser James Stagg, who advised General Eisenhower during World War TwoAndrew Scott says he loved his latest acting role as Group Captain James Stagg, the meteorologist key to the success of World War Two’s D-Day – the largest seaborne invasion in history.”He may not have been the most charming person, but I think he had a huge amount of humility in the face of nature. And that’s one of the themes I think of the film,” Scott tells the BBC.”He appeared to me to be an extraordinarily interesting cinematic character, as well as…
Video shows damaged Amazon cargo plane after crashAn Amazon Air cargo plane overshot the runway while attempting to land at Miami International Airport, killing five people and seriously injuring five more.The Boeing 767-300 cargo aircraft crashed just before 14:00 local time (19:00 GMT) after departing from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The flight also hit several vehicles on the ground.Amazon said that it is “working closely with local authorities and officials to understand exactly what happened”.All flights were ordered grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as fire crews raced to the smoking crash site.…
Ahmad Dhani for BBCFahrin Ramadhianto has been fighting Borneo’s wildfires for a month – and noticing the impacts on his body.The sky grows heavy in Borneo, though not with rain. The air, amber-hued and treacle-thick, is smudged under a blanket of smog that has spilled across international borders – to Singapore, Manila, Kuala Lumpur. Down on the ground, smoke steams from the soil.It’s like tear gas, says Dwi Sujatmoko.”It hits your nose straight away, your eyes burn – that’s more or less what it’s like,” he says. “People say these fires are extraordinary because of the flames and the smoke.…
Maryam MoshiriMaryam Moshiri is one of the most well-known anchors at BBC NewsBBC News presenter Maryam Moshiri has revealed she is living with blood cancer. Moshiri, who joined the BBC in 2003 and is one of the news channel’s best-known anchors, told the BBC she wanted to share her diagnosis to raise awareness about the disease. “It’s been two years since my diagnosis and I’ve felt that I’ve started to understand the disease a lot better and the way it affects my life. I’ve got a handle on it to a degree now, so I felt it was really important…
ReutersThe talks in Kyiv were rich in symbolism. The sight of Donald Trump’s envoys setting foot on Ukrainian soil for the first time since Russia’s full-scale invasion. The fact they had to travel by train because they could not risk flying and running the gauntlet of Russian drones – weapons launched on the orders of the man at whose table they sat in the Kremlin only hours ago. The symbolism of Ukrainian President Zelensky greeting Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner at Kyiv’s Saint Sophia Cathedral, not only an icon of Ukraine’s ancient history, but also just a few yards from…
Masked men chanting “stop the boats” at Port of DoverPolice were slow to react to an “exceptionally well organised” protest that ground the Port of Dover to a halt for hours, a council boss has said.Kevin Mills, who leads Dover District Council, told the BBC that demonstrators “caught several agencies on the hoof” when they arrived on Saturday.Hundreds of masked men chanting “stop the boats” blocked roads, causing miles of tailbacks and preventing access to the port.Kent Police is yet to comment, but cabinet minister Jonathan Reynolds said officers “did deal with it swiftly”.”The protesters knew what they were doing,…