Projectile hits central Tel Aviv amid warning of Iranian retaliation
A projectile struck central Tel Aviv, resulting in a massive explosion that sent plumes of smoke towering into the air.
Can Israel thwart Iran’s nuclear programme?
Israel attacks Iranian military and nuclear sites, claiming Iran was close to producing a nuclear weapon.
Egypt, Libya stop activists gathering for March to Gaza, organisers say
Security sources say dozens have been detained or deported from Cairo airport and other locations.
Abrego Garcia pleads not guilty to human smuggling charges in US court
The Salvadoran migrant was wrongly deported to El Salvador, prompting outrage over Trump's mass deportation campaign.
‘What’s happening in LA is not about LA’ | #AJOPINION
Donald Trump is using the Los Angeles protests as a pretext to amass authority, warns the ACLU's Sarah Mehta.
What satellite imagery and verified video tell us about the Israeli strikes on Iran
Israel's wave of strikes against Iran, which began on Thursday night, has continued through today. BBC Verify's Merlyn Thomas has been examining footage of the attacks and the damage they've caused.
What is behind Israel’s decision to attack Iran?
Israel believes Iran is a threat to its security despite Iran's insistence that it doesn't want nuclear weapons.
Who were Iran’s top officials assassinated by Israel
Israel assassinated some of Iran’s most senior military generals and nuclear scientists in its attacks on the country.
Boeing CEO cancels airshow visit as investigation starts on India crash
This was to be Boeing CEO Ortberg's first airshow since he was appointed to lead the company out of multiple crises.
Trump scrambles to claim credit for Israel’s Iran attack he publicly opposed
Discordant US response as president says he was fully aware of plans for what Marco Rubio called a ‘unilateral action’
Donald Trump is walking a tightrope as he claims that he was fully aware of Israel’s plans to launch massive airstrikes against Iran while continuing to distance the US from those strikes and deny Washington took any active role in the preparations.
The White House’s messaging has shifted quickly from Marco Rubio’s arms-length description of the Israeli attack as a “unilateral action”, to Trump claiming on Friday morning that he was fully in the loop on the operation and that it came at the end of a 60-day ultimatum he had given Iran to “make a deal” on its nuclear programme.
Continue reading...Pulp top UK charts for the first time since 1998 with new album More
Sheffield band were last at the top with This Is Hardcore, while Sabrina Carpenter is at No 1 in the singles chart and breaks an album chart record
Pulp have topped the UK album chart for the first time since 1998, with the release of their new album More.
The Sheffield band, fronted by Jarvis Cocker, were last at the top with 1998’s This Is Hardcore, the follow-up to the similarly chart-topping Different Class in 1995.
Continue reading...Detainees at New Jersey immigration center revolt as chaos unravels
Four people escaped after group held at Delaney Hall Ice facility pushed down wall amid police and protester clashes
Unrest and protests have erupted in and around a controversial immigration detention center in New Jersey, with police and federal officials clashing with protesters after detainees reportedly pushed down a wall in revolt at the conditions they are being held in.
About 50 detainees pushed down a wall in the dormitory room of the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey, on Thursday night, according to an immigration lawyer representing one of the men held there.
Continue reading...Trump fails to overturn $5m damages award to E Jean Carroll for defamation
US appeals court denies challenge after 2023 civil jury trial found Trump sexually abused Carroll then defamed her
Donald Trump has lost his latest legal attempt to challenge the $5m in damages awarded against him for defaming E Jean Carroll, the New York writer who a jury found was sexually abused by the president in the 1990s, before he embarked on his political career.
A US appeals court in New York City on Friday denied Trump’s request to reconsider its decision in December to uphold the jury’s award of $5m to Carroll. The court was divided in its opinion, with two Trump-appointed judges, Steven Menashi and Michael Park, dissenting.
Continue reading...Israel may have just pushed Iran across the nuclear line
The strikes meant to prevent Iran from going nuclear may instead push it to build the bomb.
Iranians rally for retaliation against Israeli strikes
Hundreds rallied in Tehran after Israeli strikes killed top generals, nuclear scientists, and civilians.
Black box found at Air India crash site as families wait for answers
Doctors are relying on DNA from relatives to identify victims' remains, and warn the process will be slow.
Black box found at Air India crash site as families wait for answers
Doctors are relying on DNA from relatives to identify victims' remains, and warn the process will be slow.
Two men jailed over theft of £4.75m gold toilet from Blenheim Palace
James Sheen given four-year term and Michael Jones 27 months after theft of toilet during exhibition in Oxfordshire
Two men have been jailed for their roles in the “bold and brazen” theft of a £4.75m gold toilet from an art exhibition at Blenheim Palace.
James Sheen, 40, and Michael Jones, 39, were sentenced at Oxford crown court for their roles as part of a gang who planned and carried out the burglary at the Oxfordshire stately home, receiving a four-year prison sentence and a 27-month prison sentence respectively.
Continue reading...Iran is reeling from Israel’s unprecedented attack – and it is only the start
Israel's Operation Rising Lion is more extensive and ambitious than anything that has come before, says Frank Gardner
Astronaut missions postponed amid concerns about leaks at International Space Station
Chartered spaceflight for India, Poland and Hungary’s first astronauts in decades delayed indefinitely
A chartered spaceflight for India, Poland and Hungary’s first astronauts in decades has been delayed indefinitely because of leak concerns at the International Space Station.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) said Thursday that it had postponed the Axiom Mission 4 to the ISS to monitor the cabin pressure on the Russian side of the orbiting lab before accepting visitors. Officials stressed that the seven astronauts currently at the space station are safe and that other operations up there would not be affected.
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