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Watch: BBC correspondent records moment air strike hits Beirut Plumes of smoke were seen across Beirut as the city has been rocked by multiple blasts. The moment of one of the explosions was captured by BBC World Service correspondent, Nafiseh Kohnavard. The BBC’s Middle East correspondent, Hugo Bachega, reported from a car as he described … Read more
Poonch Haveli Constituency Candidates 2024: Full List of Contestants in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Election – News18 Poonch Haveli Assembly constituency in Jammu and Kashmir (Image: News18 Elections) Complete list of candidates and parties contesting in the 2024 elections for Poonch Haveli seat in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. A total of eight candidates are … Read more
Elon Musk row: PM would welcome Tesla investment Tesla, run by Elon Musk, would be welcome to invest in the UK, the prime minister has said. Sir Keir Starmer said he didn’t want to be misunderstood after the BBC reported that the tech tycoon had not been invited to the UK’s International Investment Summit due … Read more
‘I Fought Like A Fakir, Can’t Talk About…’: Supriya Sule On Ajit Pawar, Baramati Contest During Lok Sabha Polls – News18 Baramati MP Supriya Sule on Friday said she fought the Lok Sabha elections “like a fakir” because “everything was against her”. She thanked the people of Maharashtra for standing by the Sharad Pawar-led NCP, … Read more
Keir Starmer received more clothes worth £16,000 Reuters Donations to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer have come under scrutiny Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer received an additional £16,000 worth of clothes from the Labour peer, Lord Alli, it has emerged. The donations, first reported by the Guardian, were initially declared as money for his private … Read more
Huge air strikes hit Beirut as Israel says it targeted ‘Hezbollah headquarters’ Israel has launched a series of huge air strikes in Lebanon’s capital Beirut, targeting what it says is Hezbollah’s central headquarters. Images showed the smouldering wreckage of several buildings in Dahieh, Hezbollah’s stronghold in the south of the city. BBC reporters in Beirut … Read more
US charges three Iranians with ‘hack and leak’ of Trump campaign Getty Images Donald Trump campaigns in North Carolina. US authorities have charged three Iranians with hacking Donald Trump’s presidential campaign this year. Prosecutors say Masoud Jalili, Seyyed Ali Aghamiri and Yasar Balaghi are members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who engaged in a … Read more
Why do concert tickets now cost as much as a games console? BBC Tickets to see Taylor Swift, Beyonce and Oasis have set new benchmarks for pricing The last time Oasis played Wembley Stadium, in 2009, a standing ticket cost exactly £44.04. For their return next summer, the same ticket was priced at £150. Vastly … Read more
‘Never Easy To See Party In Two Halves’: Aditi Tatkare On NCP Split, Ajit Pawar’s Role In Maharashtra Politics – News18 NCP MLA Aditi Tatkare speaks at the CNN-News18 Town Hall event in Mumbai on September 27. (Image: News18) Speaking at the CNN-News18 Town Hall, NCP MLA Aditi Tatkare explained how Ajit Pawar was more … Read more
Mohamed Al Fayed: French victims call for investigation Getty Images French prosecutors are being urged to launch an investigation into allegations of rapes and sexual assault by Mohammed Al Fayed at the Paris Ritz, and into the “cult-like” hotel management that enabled his attacks. The BBC understands more than five women have come forward with … Read more