Tag: bbc.com
-
US actress Selma Blair accused of assault after incident with flight attendants
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/b1cb/live/862b16a0-c6bf-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.jpg”] Watch: Selma Blair is seen leaving court after plane incident US actress Selma Blair has been issued with a summons accusing her of assault after she allegedly attacked attendants on a plane, officials say. The Legally Blonde star was investigated by the FBI following an alleged altercation on a Delta Air Lines…
-
On Yemen’s desert battlefield, a war with global consequences is being waged
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/fa95/live/86e0e5d0-c682-11f1-bc2e-018d645d8d21.jpg”] Watch: BBC’s Orla Guerin travels with Yemen’s southern national security forces through desert battlefield It was a journey at high speed through the desert – in a pick-up truck with armed fighters in the back. We were travelling with Yemen’s pro-government forces, catching glimpses of the Arabian Sea, and forbidding mountain peaks…
-
Nidal Hasan execution – why US is bringing back firing squads
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/5ebc/live/216ece00-c64c-11f1-9a39-31b474234113.jpg”] Getty Images A protester before the firing squad execution of Mikal Mahdi in 2025 Warning: this story contains upsetting descriptions of executions America’s use of the death penalty is under the spotlight once again after US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the military would livestream the execution by firing squad of…
-
Which war is having the biggest impact on diesel prices – Iran or Ukraine?
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/a889/live/0fd61050-c64b-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.png”] BBC US President Donald Trump has blamed Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil refineries for the global reduction in diesel exports and the spike in prices around the world, saying President Volodymyr Zelensky “wants to make problems for the world”. “He’d better damn well stop,” Trump said, before suggesting Ukraine should “get a…
-
Shadrack Sibiya leaves SAPS: Dishonourable discharge for South Africa’s deputy police chief
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/42c8/live/68991b20-c64a-11f1-b47f-e3f9cf703bc3.jpg”] Getty Images Lt Gen Shadrack Sibiya has denied all the charges against him South Africa’s deputy police chief has resigned three weeks after he was charged with sexual offences. A lawyer representing Lt Gen Shadrack Sibiya submitted his resignation letter at his disciplinary hearing on Monday, a police spokesperson said. Sibiya, 59,…
-
Immigration agents search congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s home
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/dc45/live/01c4d970-c64f-11f1-b47f-e3f9cf703bc3.png”] Watch: Agents seen outside US Congresswoman llhan Omar’s home US immigration agents have searched the home of Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar as part of a criminal investigation. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents “executed a judicially authorised search warrant” for the property in the Washington DC area, a US justice department spokesperson said.…
-
Yorkshire Wildlife Park fatal tiger attack – what we know so far
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/724c/live/745b4a10-c563-11f1-bd33-db1f7eaf2b30.jpg”] Ella Ford Altai the tiger was photographed minutes before the man entered the enclosure Yorkshire Wildlife Park near Doncaster remains closed after a man died in the tiger enclosure on Saturday. Here’s what we know so far about the attack. What happened at the park? YappApp The park’s Land of the Tigers…
-
Teenager arrested after two teachers shot in French school
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/c65c/live/757924d0-c621-11f1-b048-6946f232cb95.jpg”] AFP via Getty Images A police presence could be seen at the school in Aubagne, near Marseille on Monday A pupil has been arrested after a principal and teacher were shot at a school in southernFrance on Monday morning. The 14-year-old entered Lakanal middle school in Aubagne “with a shotgun inside a…
-
Russell Brand arrives at court for start of rape trial
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/6225/live/4ecd7f30-c611-11f1-aae8-850c1751d51d.jpg”] Reuters Russell Brand arrived at court on Monday for the start of his trial wearing a navy suit and sunglasses Russell Brand has arrived at court for the start of his rape and sexual assault trial. The 51-year-old comedian and actor is facing several charges of rape and sexual assault against six…
-
Swansea’s Makenzy Beard features in Portrait Artist of the Year
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/cca7/live/06e827e0-c541-11f1-b4f1-2359026a88ee.jpg”] BBC Makenzy Beard paints at her studio on Gower after discovering her talent while deciding to use her mother’s old brushes in the garden shed A 19-year-old painter from Swansea who has sold artwork for tens of thousands of pounds is due to appear on the TV art competition, Portrait Artist of…