Blackpink sign new contract ensuring K-pop group will stay together
Details of the new group contract are not immediately clear, and YG’s statement also did not mention the agency’s individual contracts with Jisoo, Lisa, Jennie and Rosé. South Korean news agency Yonhap reported that these contracts are still being negotiated. Source: BBC News
Israeli settler violence brings destruction and fear to West Bank as war rages
I went to talk to Yehuda Simon, a prominent settler leader at his own outpost, Havat Gilad, near Nablus. He is a lawyer who has represented settlers accused of attacking Palestinians, and he nodded approvingly when I said Palestinian farmers in the area near where he lived were being stopped from harvesting their olives. Source: […]
Boris Johnson faces two-day grilling at Covid inquiry
The former prime minister is expected to apologise for mistakes but defend his pandemic record. Source: BBC News
London: Woman killed in Hackney shooting
Police launch a murder investigation after a woman died, and a man and teenage boy were injured. Source: BBC News
Luton Town 3-4 Arsenal: Last-gasp Declan Rice goal snatches win for Gunners in seven-goal thriller
Arsenal have won eight points from losing positions in the Premier League this season Declan Rice’s last-gasp header snatched victory for Arsenal in a seven-goal thriller at Luton to move them five points clear at the top of the Premier League. It was the conclusion to a compelling encounter in which the hosts twice fought […]
Wolves 1-0 Burnley: Hwang Hee-chan scores winner at Molineux
Hwang Hee-chan scored his ninth goal of the season for Wolves Hwang Hee-chan scored a first-half winner as Wolves edged past relegation-threatened Burnley at Molineux. The Clarets had come into the game on the back of Saturday’s moral-boosting 5-0 thrashing of Sheffield United, but failed to back up that impressive showing and were left to […]
Denny Laine, Wings and Moody Blues musician, dies age 79
The guitarist and singer worked alongside Sir Paul McCartney and co-wrote the hit Mull of Kintyre. Source: BBC News
Junior doctors plan nine days of strikes after talks collapse
In a statement, BMA junior doctors committee co-chairs Dr Robert Laurenson and Dr Vivek Trivedi, said: “We have been clear from the outset of these talks that we needed to move at pace and if we did not have a credible offer, we would be forced to call strikes. Source: BBC News
Mount Marapi:: Indonesia volcano death toll rises to 22
At least 22 people are known to have been killed on Mount Marapi after nine more bodies are found. Source: BBC News
UK weather: Flooding warnings in place across England
A total of 56 flood warnings are in place across England after snow gave way to heavy rain. Source: BBC News