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  • UK and EU agree draft deal to scrap Brexit red tape over food exports

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/665c/live/802099e0-d6de-11f1-b2be-0146bf989691.jpg”] Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images The UK and EU have agreed a draft deal on removing post-Brexit checks from food and agriculture exports, ahead of the UK-EU summit later this month. The BBC understands the 200-page draft text for this so called “SPS” [sanitary and phytosanitary] agreement has been circulated to EU…

  • One Nation: Man and boy arrested over alleged assault on party volunteer in Victoria

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/a969/live/dd51e9c0-d729-11f1-9b56-c9b433d51ba8.jpg”] Getty Images The One Nation volunteer remains in a stable condition in hospital Two people have been arrested after a volunteer for Australia’s right-wing populist party One Nation was allegedly assaulted with a baseball bat. A man, 37, and a boy, 14, were arrested on Sunday night after an incident outside the…

  • ‘Mogging’ is Collins’ word of the year… but do you know what it means?

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/f668/live/3bd75400-d6dd-11f1-a701-fddedf244c16.jpg”] Getty Images Mogging is about playfully upstaging someone or something “Mogging”, a word used playfully to mean outshining, outperforming or upstaging someone or something, has been named as word of the year by the Collins English Dictionary. A fast-growing slang word among members of Generations Z and Alpha – both online and…

  • From scooters to shampoo – the people saving hundreds from dumpster diving

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/2fcb/live/1bb38aa0-d6d7-11f1-b441-2b33b063138f.jpg”] ‘I’ve always looked in bins for clothes’ Darryl Baker was shocked to see piles of clothes dumped beside the recycling bins outside her local supermarket. On several trips to the dumpsters she has also found a host of other items, such as “a perfectly decent” Ikea picture frame and children’s scooters. Always…

  • iPhone Duo: Apple unsure when more of the foldable devices will be available

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/3b2b/live/05d33ff0-d71d-11f1-b723-458a2ded4fa2.jpg”] Reuters The new head of Apple says the company is working to get its new foldable iPhones available to more people after the $1,999 smartphone quickly sold out when it was released just over a week ago. John Ternus, who in September took over the role as Apple’s chief executive from Tim…

  • Race Course, Savda Ghevra: Historic Delhi mosque fights for its future

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/70ed/live/39e7bed0-d676-11f1-a806-e976ee8757a1.jpg”] Zoya Mateen / BBC The Race Course mosque in Delhi is at the centre of a legal dispute In the heart of Delhi, a short distance from the Indian prime minister’s residence, a small mosque stands amid piles of rubble. Its pale walls and pointed arches remain intact, its courtyard still lined…

  • Thousands of European troops to rehearse Ukraine deployment in event of peace

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/4086/live/4322ff00-d6f3-11f1-93e1-3b657b665bcf.jpg”] PA Media A British paratrooper takes part in a previous Nato training exercise less than 50km (31 miles) from the Russian border in Finland Britain and France are to lead a military exercise to test a multinational force’s ability to deploy to Ukraine, if there is a peace deal. Nearly 3,000 military…

  • Fan jeers, shipping goals and blunt attack – Jaissle has big problems at Newcastle

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/342b/live/53db6f00-d719-11f1-93e1-3b657b665bcf.png”] Jeers again as home woes continue – Jaissle has big problems at Newcastle To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Figure caption, Everton hold off Newcastle United to move in to seventh ByNeil Johnston BBC Sport football reporter at St James’…

  • Who are the victims of the deadly Florida jet crash?

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/5fb6/live/93e34d90-d70d-11f1-a0eb-498100a176c1.jpg”] Anthony Robinson/Facebook Adam Robinson and his young family were aboard the plane that crashed Nine people have been killed after a small jet crashed and exploded in Florida on Sunday. The Learjet 60 was bound for the Bahamas from Austin when it nosedived into a multi-lane highway. The National Transportation Safety Board…

  • Thierno Barry’s revival: From nightmare debut season to Everton hero

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/4f34/live/8799e290-d70a-11f1-81b9-c76bd127a61a.jpg”] From nightmare debut season to Everton hero – Barry’s revival Image source, Getty Images ByJoe Rindl BBC Sport journalist Published 1 hour ago Last season Thierno Barry scored eight goals in 41 appearances. This season it’s taken him just 12 games to match that tally. On Monday night Barry scored against Newcastle…