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Australia’s most-decorated living soldier Ben Roberts-Smith, has lost an appeal against a landmark defamation judgement which found he committed war crimes. A judge in 2023 ruled that news articles alleging the Victoria Cross recipient had murdered four unarmed Afghans were true, but Mr Roberts-Smith had argued the judge made legal errors. The civil trial was … Read more
Motown legend Smokey Robinson is under criminal investigation in Los Angeles over accusations of sexual assault. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed it had launched a formal inquiry into the allegations, saying the probe was in the “early stages”. The investigation comes after a lawsuit was filed last week by four anonymous housekeepers against … Read more
AFP A man stands inside his shell-hit home in Salamabad, Uri, near the Line of Control in Indian-administered Kashmir To live along the Line of Control (LoC) – the volatile de facto border that separates India and Pakistan – is to exist perpetually on the razor’s edge between fragile peace and open conflict. The recent … Read more
The US Supreme Court listened to the birthright citizenship case on Thursday, which asked whether lower court judges should be able to block presidential orders for the entire country – as they have done in this case. The BBC’s North America correspondent Will Grant looks at what happened at the highest court, which has left … Read more
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images Yuval Raphael told the BBC she had practiced singing to the sound of people booing to prepare for Eurovision Israel has qualified for Eurovision’s grand final on Saturday, hours after protesters tried to disrupt the country’s dress rehearsal. Yuval Raphael, 24, was performing New Day Will Rise during a … Read more
A manuscript – once considered an unofficial copy of Magna Carta – is now believed to be a genuine version and ”one of the world’s most valuable documents”, according to UK academics. Harvard Law School paid $27.50 (then about £7) for it in 1946 and for years it has remained tucked away in its library, … Read more
A British doctor has shared footage with the BBC from inside the European Gaza Hospital near the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, moments after a deadly Israeli air strike. Dr Tom Potokar, a consultant plastic surgeon who has been to Gaza 16 times to treat patients, was at the hospital when warplanes dropped six … Read more
A leading UK business lobbying group is calling for a major reset of relations with the European Union, urging both sides to “build bridges” and move beyond Brexit divisions. In a report published ahead of a EU-UK summit due to take place on 19 May in London, it calls for “practical steps” to ease travel, … Read more
A court in Thailand has issued 17 arrest warrants for people connected to the building of a skyscraper that collapsed during an earthquake in March. The 30-storey tower, being built to house the State Audit Office, was felled when Bangkok was hit by tremors of a 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck neighbouring Myanmar. Authorities said … Read more
Getty Images A few days on from seeking to sound muscular about his desire to squeeze legal migration, the prime minister is in Albania focusing on illegal arrivals. The Balkan country has provided a rare British success story in the incredibly difficult politics and diplomacy of attempting to cut illegal migration. In 2022, around 12,500 … Read more