Russian air strikes injure dozens in Kharkiv
Watch: Russian missile strikes Kharkiv near metro and supermarket Russian air strikes have injured at least 41 people in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, officials have said. Regional head Oleh Syniehubov said five children were among those wounded and he accused Moscow of “aiming exclusively at civilian infrastructure” in the city. Among the buildings damaged […]
China to tap pork reserves as swine fever hits industry
Getty Images China is set to release pork supplies from its central reserves as it moves to tackle soaring prices and shortages caused by an outbreak of swine fever. A state-backed body will auction 10,000 tonnes of frozen pork from its strategic reserves on Thursday. China, the world’s biggest producer and consumer of pork, has […]
Do Trump rally taunts mark new 2020 strategy?
Trump on “Send her back”: “I disagree with the chant” It began, as it almost always does these days, with a tweet. Donald Trump, watching a schism form between the Democratic Party leadership and a restive group of progressives new to Congress, decided to light a match and then dance around the flames. He tweeted […]
Tech entrepreneurs call for more government regulation
Getty Images The tech community, once known for being insular and resistant to outside interference, is facing an existential crisis as its members have begun to break ranks and call for fundamental changes at global companies like Google and Facebook. Roger McNamee has been a Silicon Valley insider since Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg was in nappies. […]
Squash: Laura Massaro hopes for Olympic breakthrough
“And you have to say no. ‘Well why not? I thought you were the world number two?’ And you’re like ‘well I am, but it’s actually the sport that’s not there – not me’.” But that may be about to change. This Sunday the International Olympic Committee will announce the sport securing the final spot […]
Echoes of Wisdom devs talk about how they made the new Nintendo game
Nintendo Echoes of Wisdom is the first Nintendo-published game to star Princess Zelda Princess Zelda is one of Nintendo’s best-known characters, but she’d never starred in one of its games until this year. Despite lending her name to the Legend of Zelda series, she’d always played a supporting role behind regular hero Link. That all […]
Bridgend, Blaenau Gwent, Merthyr Tydfil and Newport restrictions begin
“Everyone will be affected financially” New restrictions have come into effect in much of south Wales as Covid-19 cases continue to rise. People will not be able to enter or leave the areas without a reasonable excuse. However First Minister Mark Drakeford has urged people across Wales to only travel if essential. BBC Wales understands […]
Prime Minister’s questions: The Full Story
1238 The Daily Politics panel all agree – one PM questions session a week is quite enough. The viewers agree too but want MPs to behave themselves better. One of them was waving a model of an aircraft carrier around in the chamber at one point during today’s session. 1237 Audience emails summarised on Daily […]
Why ‘preppers’ are going mainstream
Julie Fredrickson “I wasn’t prepared for even very basic things,” says Julie Fredrickson Silicon Valley entrepreneur Julie Fredrickson remembers clearly the moment she decided to become a “prepper” – somebody who prepares for the worst-case scenario. It was late October 2012 and Hurricane Sandy had just hit New York. “There was a large, almost phosphorescent […]
Squash: England’s men and women complete fourth successive win
Top seeds England completed their fourth successive European Team Championship double in Riccione, Italy, with victories over France. But both the men and women were made to battle for their respective titles. Alison Waters sealed a 2-1 victory in the women’s event, while the men gained a 3-0 success. Nick Matthew tweeted:, external “You cannot […]