EU asks for Brexit ideas, and Grenfell inquiry ‘frustration’
Reuters Brexit: Come up with fresh ideas within next 48 hours, EU tells UK What’s next? The EU has urged the UK government to come up with fresh ideas over the next couple of days, as the two sides try to break the Brexit impasse. Brussels officials said they would work non-stop over the weekend […]
Desperate TikTok lobbying effort backfires on Capitol Hill
Getty Images TikTok has few supporters on Capitol Hill – and may have lost some this week US congressional offices have told the BBC they are being deluged with calls from TikTok users about legislation that could see the popular app banned. Callers range from teenagers to the elderly, and most are “really confused and […]
British and Irish Lions: Positive findings after feasibility study into women’s tour
The British and Irish Lions say a feasibility study into an inaugural women’s tour has been positive. The study looked at a range of aspects, including rugby, brand, commercial, financial, spectator, logistical and scheduling considerations. The Lions will continue to look at the potential structure and timing of a tour before making any final decision. […]
What could the SNP-Green deal mean for Scotland?
PA Media A campaigner outside Bute House as the agreement was announced The SNP and the Scottish Greens have revealed details of the co-operation agreement which will see the parties work together at Holyrood. What could the deal mean for Scotland over the next five years? Climate policies The most obvious reason for the SNP […]
Working for MI6 ‘more exciting than James Bond film’, says spy
EON Productions Working for MI6 can be more exciting than a James Bond film, a director for the agency has told the BBC. The officer, named only as Kwame, said that in the course of his career he has seen things “way more than what you see in the spy movies”. He added that popular […]
PM’s portrait taken down after Oxford student protests
Reuters Theresa May’s portrait has had to be taken down at Oxford University A picture of Theresa May has been taken down at the University of Oxford to protect it from protests by students. The picture of the prime minister, part of a celebration of women who had studied at the university, had been “obscured” […]
Rihanna, Gates and Zuckerberg at India tycoon’s gala
Reuters Pop star Rihanna (third from left) with members of the Ambani family Five hundred dishes, more than a thousand guests and a multi-million dollar budget – this is how the son of Asia’s richest man has reportedly celebrated his upcoming nuptials. Anant Ambani and his wife-to-be Radhika Merchant’s three day extravaganza saw Bollywood royalty […]
February’s African football news in brief
Ivorian forward Gervinho scored for Parma to secure a 1-0 win at Sassuolo in Italy’s Serie A on his return to action on Sunday. The former Arsenal player missed Parma’s last five matches partly because he was ordered to train alone earlier this month after missing a number of training sessions in a bid to […]
Germany’s AfD: How right-wing is nationalist Alternative for Germany?
Yes. It may not have started out as a far-right party but it soon embraced far-right policies and many of its leaders have espoused far-right rhetoric. AfD co-chairman Alexander Alexander Gauland has talked of fighting an “invasion of foreigners” and the party openly focuses on Islam and migration, seeing Islam as alien to German society. […]
Does China’s Communist Party have a woman problem?
AFP At the end of the Chinese Communist Party’s 19th Congress, the new Politburo Standing Committee was revealed: seven middle aged men in dark suits, without a woman to be seen. There has never been a female member of the Standing Committee. Of the 2,280 delegates at that Congress, fewer than a quarter were women. […]