business 
Getty Images Daniel O’Donnell says he is pausing his shows, with only a few scheduled for 2026 Daniel O’Donnell has announced he is taking “an extended break from touring” due to health issues. The 63-year-old singer from County Donegal cited allergies and recurrent chest infections. In a statement posted on Facebook on Thursday, a spokesperson … Read more
Dean McLaughlin BBC News NI PA Media Danielle McLaughlin, from County Donegal, had only been in India for two weeks when she was killed in 2017 The mother of an Irish backpacker who was raped and murdered in India has said she hopes an inquest into her death will “finally lead to getting a death … Read more
Ben Cohen, the co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s, was removed from a hearing in the US Senate during a protest over military aid to Israel and humanitarian conditions in Gaza. Protesters disrupted the hearing on Wednesday while Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr was testifying. A video shared on social media showed … Read more
Tim Whewell BBC News Reporting fromHoms, Syria BBC To the blast of a trumpet and the beating of drums, Fatima Hazzouri has come home. Thirteen years after civil war forced her to leave, she’s back in her native city, Homs in Syria, blinking in the sunshine as she steps off a bus crammed with returning … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer has said that he is “determined that we will retake control of the borders,” as he begins a visit to Albania. In his first official visit to the country, the prime minister is expected to announce further measures to crack down on organised crime and illegal immigration. The UK is to step … Read more
Israeli air strikes have killed at least 56 Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip, a local hospital says. The strikes reportedly hit homes and tents sheltering displaced families in the city of Khan Younis overnight. Local journalists said the corridors of Nasser hospital were crowded with casualties, who included women and children, and that its … Read more
A pregnant Israeli woman has been shot and killed in what Israeli authorities say was a terrorist attack in the north of the occupied West Bank. Tzeela Gez, 30, was driving to a hospital with her husband Hananel to give birth when a gunman opened fire on their car near their home in the settlement … Read more
A juror in the trial of an Australian woman accused of killing three relatives by feeding them poisonous mushrooms has been removed for possible misconduct. Erin Patterson – who has pleaded not guilty – is on trial for the murder of three people and the attempted murder of another, after they ate lunch at her … Read more
Fergal Keane Special correspondent Watch: BBC joins Gazans airlifted abroad for treatment after 19 months of war We were flying through the warm light of the setting sun. There were villages and small towns where the lights were coming on. It was a peaceful landscape where people walked and drove without constantly looking to the … Read more
Australian Football League (AFL) player and coach Robert Walls has died aged 74, after using voluntary assisted dying laws. Walls – a Carlton Football Club legend – won three premierships with the team as a player and one as coach, and later became a media figure and pundit. He was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, … Read more