[ad_1] Getty ImagesReeves attended the Sabrina Carpenter gig with a family memberHousing minister Matthew Pennycook has said he does not "personally think it's appropriate" to accept free concert tickets, after the chancellor took a family member to see pop star Sabrina Carpenter without paying. Rachel Reeves defended taking the tickets for the show at the O2 arena on security grounds. On Monday the prime minister backed his chancellor, saying "everything
[ad_1] A Sudanese war monitor has accused the military of killing hundreds of people in an air strike on a market in the country's western Darfur region.The Emergency Lawyers group - which documents abuses by both sides in Sudan's civil war that erupted in April 2023 - said the bombing of Tur'rah market was a "horrific massacre" that had also left hundreds injured. Videos posted on social media - some
[ad_1] BBCOn Thursday 1 May elections will be held for 23 councils and six mayors in England.Around a third of electors in England are eligible to vote, and more than 1,600 councillors will be elected.In some parts of England, local elections have been postponed because the government is planning to reorganise local councils.Use our tool to find out whether there is an election near you.Most of the councils up for
[ad_1] The government will end a contract with a provider of hotel places for asylum seekers after an audit identified concerns about the firm's performance.Stay Belvedere Hotels (SBHL) provides around a quarter of Home Office asylum accommodation in 51 hotels in England and Wales. It also operates Napier Barracks in Kent, which houses people awaiting asylum decisions and is due to close in September. SBHL was sub-contracted under a £2bn-a-year
[ad_1] Justices on Brazil's top court are debating whether former President Jair Bolsonaro should stand trial for allegedly attempting to stage a coup against the current President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.A five-member panel of the Supreme Court will weigh up evidence presented by the chief prosecutor, who accuses Bolsonaro of leading a plot to prevent his rival Lula from taking office after the latter won the 2022 election. Bolsonaro,
[ad_1] Brian WheelerPolitical reporterReutersThe US launched air strikes towards Yemen on 15 MarchThe lives of British servicemen and women have not been put at risk by a major security breach in the United States, the UK armed forces minister has told MPs. Luke Pollard said he had "high confidence" that British operational security remains "intact".It comes after after a US journalist was inadvertently added to a secret group chat where
[ad_1] Working class people do not want "handouts" but support to find jobs, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has said.Last week the government set out changes to the benefits system aimed at saving £5bn, including making it harder for people to claim disability payments. Asked whether the cuts were "a hard sell" to Labour MPs and supporters, Rayner told the BBC it was "a working class thing that people do
[ad_1] An unusual spiral appeared in the sky above the UK on Monday night, leading some people to wonder what was going on.It is thought the cloud-like display was caused by SpaceX, which was conducting a classified rocket launch.BBC Weather's Simon King has this analysis.More on this story. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Four people, including the grandparents of Emile Soleil, have been arrested over the two-year-old's disappearance and death in the French Alps in July 2023.The two other people arrested on suspicion of voluntary homicide and concealment of a corpse are adult children of Emile's grandparents, prosecutors said in a statement.The grandparents' lawyer, Isabelle Colombani, told AFP on Tuesday morning that she had no comment, having "only just heard" about the
[ad_1] The Dignity in Dying campaign group says more than 200 million people around the world have legal access to assisted dying, external. Switzerland has allowed assisted suicide since 1942. Its Dignitas facility - which accepts foreign patients as well as Swiss nationals. Between 1998 and 2023 it helped 571 Britons to die, external. Assisted suicide is also legal in Austria.In the US, 11 states - Oregon, California, New Mexico,
