Misraelis are voting in what many view as one of the most pivotal elections in the country’s history. Polling published on Friday suggests incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu is in a near neck-and-neck race with former military chief Gadi Eisenkot to become prime minister. But where do the ...
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No shops are open, and the city has had no electricity, gas or water for three years. Ukraine has attempted to deliver supplies but has not had success in recent months, and it is deemed too dangerous to risk leaving on foot along mined roads out of the city. The ceasefire is supposed to a...
Misraelis are voting in what many view as one of the most pivotal elections in the country’s history. It is the first parliamentary election since the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attacks and subsequent conflicts across the region – in Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen. BBC Midd...
Konsa is an imposing figure, quick across the ground, and his aggression in challenges has impressed supporters. Having signed on the opening day of the season, Arteta has praised the way the centre-back has settled in as “unbelievable”. “He’s gone to a huge club li...
Harry Kane has become the first English player to win the Ballon d’Or since Michael Owen in 2001, after being crowned the world’s best player at a ceremony in London. Kane scored 61 goals in 51 club matches last season, the most a Bayern Munich player has ever struck in one cam...
Even China’s foreign ministry has weighed in, with spokesperso Lin Jian: “We have noted the relevant reports. Words and deeds that hurt the feelings of the Chinese people will naturally be met with opposition from all sectors of Chinese society.” Neither Mbappé nor the Th...
Caitlin Andrew hated birdwatching as a ankle biter but found a passion for it in her 20s. Source link...
David Bennett, from Wallich, Wales’s largest homelessness charity, claimed most drug-related deaths “are preventable if we treat drug use as a health, not criminal justice, issue”. “Housing, health and justice need a joined-up approach,” he said. He said the c...
Torrential rain and high winds may not be what many would consider fantastical. But it didn’t stop about 30 hardcore fans turning out for the latest release of author Sarah J Maas’ romantasy series, A Court of Splintered Harmony, in Carrickfergus, County Antrim. The sixth book in Maa...