Afcon 2023: Guinea 0-2 Senegal – highlights
Watch highlights as defending champions Senegal beat Guinea 2-0 at the Africa Cup of Nations, topping Group D with a perfect record. MATCH REPORT: Senegal beat Guinea to top group with 100% record Available to UK users only. Watch selected matches live in the UK on BBC Three, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website […]
‘I go to sleep a dead man’ – father’s pain at daughter’s captivity in Gaza
He says he knows from the released hostages that his daughter was alive and physically unhurt after 50 days of captivity, though they were living in a tunnel with no food, no water, no fresh air and no electricity. She was unable to have a shower for that whole period, he adds. Source: BBC News
Tata steelworkers lobby MPs on thousands of job losses
Port Talbot steelworkers to press politicians on plans they say spell the end for their community. Source: BBC News
Nottingham attacks: Court accepts triple killer’s guilty plea
Valdo Calocane’s manslaughter pleas are accepted on the basis of “serious” mental illness. Source: BBC News
Rwanda asylum scheme: Peers vote against approving Rwanda treaty
Kigali must improve its asylum procedures before parliament ratifies the treaty, House of Lords says. Source: BBC News
Who are the Houthis and why are they attacking Red Sea ships?
The Houthis in Yemen have vowed to attack all ships in the Red Sea that are linked to Israel. Source: BBC News
Australian Open 2024 results: Coco Gauff beats Marta Kostyuk to reach semi-finals
Aiming to become the first player since Naomi Osaka three years ago to win back-to-back majors, Gauff had breezed into the Australian Open last eight with a series of clinical and composed performances. However, her display against world number 37 Kostyuk – the highest-ranked player she has faced so far – was far from convincing. […]
Joliet shootings: Manhunt after eight people shot in Illinois
Police warn a suspect is “armed and dangerous,” following multiple shootings in the city of Joliet. Source: BBC News
Oscars nominations 2024: Barbie and Oppenheimer set to dominate
The Academy may well include Margot Robbie for Barbie, the monster box office hit which she also produced, Past Lives star Greta Lee for her role as a woman who reconnects with her childhood sweetheart, or Nyad’s Annette Bening for her portrayal of record-breaking swimmer Diana Nyad. Source: BBC News
Tully Kearney: Paralympic champion makes formal complaint over classification process
The classification system has faced scrutiny in recent years, with five-time Paralympic champion Hannah Cockroft criticising “humiliating” tests in 2017, alongside concerns it could be open to abuse. A new system was adopted in 2018. Kearney explained how after an initial assessment in Sheffield in March 2023, she was made to wait for “approximately six […]