Tag Archives: BBC News

Image caption, Marcia Grant died outside her Sheffield home on 5 April By Victoria Scheer BBC News A 13-year-old boy has admitted causing the death of a grandmother by driving over her in her own car. Marcia Grant, 60, died outside her home in the Greenhill area of Sheffield on 5 April. The teenager, who cannot be named due to his ...

Watch: A ‘huge’ fire breaks out at a police facility in Egypt Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-66980482 A huge fire at a police complex in Egypt has injured at least 38 people, according to emergency services and local media. Firefighters managed to contain the blaze at the facility in Ismailia, and local hospitals have been placed on alert.  Videos posted on social media ...

Watch: Videos show New York inundated by flooding By Rachel Russell BBC News A state of emergency has been declared in New York City as strong storms bring flash flooding.  Many of the city’s subway systems, streets and highways have flooded, while at least one terminal at LaGuardia Airport closed on Friday before later reopening. Up to 8in (20cm) of ...

Watch: How did US impeachments go from rare to routine? By Anthony Zurcher North America correspondent Republicans are launching their much-heralded impeachment inquiry into the business dealings of President Joe Biden and his son Hunter – but don’t expect fireworks at the first hearing on Thursday. The event has been given the title “The Basis for an Impeachment Inquiry of ...

Iraq wedding fire: How the blaze unfolded By Ethar Shalaby BBC Arabic Nearly 100 people have been killed and many more injured in a blaze at a wedding celebration in Qaraqosh in northern Iraq. Eyewitnesses have described to the BBC scenes of horror and panic as the fire took hold. Nineteen-year-old Ghaly Nassim was only a few metres away from ...

Zoleka Mandela was interviewed as part of the BBC’s 100 Women series in 2016 By Wycliffe Muia BBC News  Zoleka Mandela, granddaughter of South Africa’s first democratically elected President Nelson Mandela, has died of cancer at the age of 43. She passed away on Monday evening surrounded by friends and family, a spokesperson said. In recent years, Ms Mandela had ...

Watch: Why asteroid Bennu samples are so important… in 83 seconds By Jonathan Amos, science correspondent  in Dugway, Utah Dusty samples from the “most dangerous known rock in the Solar System” have been brought to Earth. The American space agency Nasa landed the materials in a capsule that came down in the West Desert of Utah state. The samples had ...

Image caption, María Blanco Rayo’s daughter was one of the girls affected By Guy Hedgecoe BBC News, Almendralejo A sleepy town in southern Spain is in shock after it emerged that AI-generated naked images of young local girls had been circulating on social media without their knowledge. The pictures were created using photos of the targeted girls fully clothed, many of ...

Image caption, Police say more than 90 children suffered “serious pains” after consuming the muffins By Gabriela Pomeroy & Nomsa Maseko BBC News, London & Johannesburg Two men face multiple charges of attempted murder in South Africa after around 90 children fell ill from eating drug-laced muffins. Officials said the children bought the muffins from a street vendor on their way ...

Image caption, Doctors say Theo, two, has a virus which is attacking his brain By Jordan see Davies & Catriona Aitken BBC News A two-year-old boy who is being treated in hospital in Portugal is unable to return to Wales for medical help. Theo Jones from Maesteg, Bridgend county, has a virus attacking his brain but cannot be flown to hospital ...