Questions were raised before Toledo crash over rail safety in a country where train travel has surged by 40% Deadly Spanish rail collision – latest updates Spain’s high-speed rail network, the most extensive in Europe and the second largest in the world after China, has long ranked as a point of pride in the country. But Wednesday’s deadly crash – the second in nine months – has recast the spotlig…
Despite having the highest voter turnout in nearly three decades, Israel's elections have had no clear winner. What does this mean for the country, asks the BBC's Yolande Knell.
काठमाडाैँ । इरानसँगको शान्तिसम्बन्धी समझदारीलाई ‘समयको बर्बादी’ संज्ञा दिएका अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति डोनाल्ड ट्रम्पको टिप्पणीले कूटनीतिप्रति वासिङ्टनको अनादर उजागर गरेको इरानले आरोप लगाएको छ। इरानी विदेश मन्त्रालयका प्रवक्ता इस्माइल बाघाईले बुधबार सामाजिक सञ्जाल एक्समार्फत यस्तो आरोप लगाएका
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey have taken their latest peace push directly to Tehran. Officially, it was to avert a new military escalation, but their diplomatic outreach can also be seen as a warning to Iran.
Outlook for living standards also downgraded as part of impact of Middle East conflict on economy Healey offers £100 payment to households to help navigate ‘global economic storms’ Budget 2026: key points at a glance Budget 2026 live – latest updates Britain’s economy has taken a multibillion-pound hit as the war in the Middle East drags down growth and triggers a fresh cost of living crisis, acco…
Warnings of escalating clampdown on press freedom come after Cairo court convicts Attalah of managing an unlicensed website Lina Attalah, a prominent Egyptian journalist and the editor-in-chief of the news outlet Mada Masr, has been released from detention by Egypt’s authorities and had her website ordered to be shut down by a court amid an intensifying crackdown on independent media in the countr…
काठमाडाैँ। इजरायलमा सम्पन्न संसदीय निर्वाचनपछि वैकल्पिक सरकार गठन गर्ने विषयमा अरब नेतृत्वका राजनीतिक दलहरूको गठबन्धनले प्रधानमन्त्री बेन्जामिन नेतान्याहूविरोधी समूहसँग वार्ता गरिरहेको वरिष्ठ अरब सांसद अहमद तिबीले बुधबार बताएका छन्। इजरायलमा अरब समुदायको प्रतिनिधित्व गर्ने ताल बालाद
NSW government imposes water restrictions after Menindee water volumes fall below 2021 levels Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Water levels at Menindee Lakes in western New South Wales have fallen to their lowest point in five years, prompting the state government to impose upstream water use restrictions as experts warn of potential mass fish…
‘You try to leave, it is death,’ Halima Salman testified. Her mother and defense attorneys wept after the verdict A New York woman whose father took her to Syria as a teenager and arranged her marriage to an Islamic State fighter was convicted on Tuesday of receiving weapons training from the militant group. Prosecutors said Halima Salman, a US citizen, pledged loyalty to the extremist group and w…
EHRC says we need transparency if workers suspect other staff are being paid more for similar work Workers should have a legal right to know their colleagues’ pay to help prevent pay discrimination, particularly against women, the UK’s human rights watchdog has said. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) made the recommendation in response to government proposals to overhaul equal pay la…
Cash to 20m households part of package to help cut energy bills and ease cost-of-living crisis Budget 2026: key points at a glance Budget 2026 live – latest updates John Healey promised to steer Britain through “global economic storms,” as he announced a package of measures to cut consumers’ energy bills in his first budget. The chancellor said 20m households in council tax bands A to D would rece…
US health secretary falsely claims at Mike Rogers rally that Arabs have never won major prizes in science or literature Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, faced backlash on Wednesday for a “wildly racist tirade” during a campaign stop in Michigan in which he falsely asserted that Arabs never won major awards in science or literature. Kennedy was speaking at the Monday night event in Gra…
Jonathan Reynolds has written to Gordon Brothers, which bought retailer for £1 last summer, to ‘establish the facts’ The business secretary has written to the owner of Poundland amid fears that the cut-price retailer could collapse into administration, threatening to overshadow John Healey’s budget. Sources said that Gordon Brothers, the US investment firm that bought the 600-store Poundland chain…
११ कात्तिक, काठमाडौं । रुसी राष्ट्रपति भ्लादिमिर पुटिनले रुस-अफ्रिका आर्थिक तथा मानवीय फोरम (रुस–अफ्रिका इकोनोमिक एन्ड ह्युम्यानिटेरियन फोरम ) मा सम्बोधन गरेका छन्। उनले अहिले सबैले बहुध्रुवीय विश्व साँच्चै यथार्थ बन्दै गएको देखेको बताएका छन्। पुटिनले यो फोरम विश्वव्यापी रूपान्तरण प्रक्रियासँग राम्ररी मेल खाने बताएका छन्। फोरमका विषयहरू, सहभागीहरूको दायरा र खुला संवादले यसलाई थप
As USS Colorado showcases the program in Perth, Peter Briggs says personnel is just one of the ‘huge issues’ it faces Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia faces an uphill battle to recruit and train enough naval personnel to serve on submarines planned for the future fleet of nuclear-powered vessels under the controversial $368bn Aukus deal, a retired admiral has w…
