Stephen Dempster and Tim Robinson BBC News NI Paul Williams/Stephen Breen (L-R) Daniel Kinahan, Christopher Kinahan Snr and Christopher Kinahan Jnr The extent to which the Irish Kinahan cartel has flooded the streets of the UK with drugs and guns has been revealed by police. The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said the cartel had … Read more
Sarah Rainsford Eastern Europe correspondent Reporting fromMunster and Berlin BBC Germany has voted to hugely boost investment in its military A missile launcher sends a cloud of brown dust into the air as it hurtles across a field towards the firing line. Moments later comes a soldier’s countdown, from five to ‘Fire!’, before a rocket … Read more
Regan Morris BBC News, Los Angeles Getty Images Countless signs during the historic Hollywood strikes decried using AI. It’s now creeping further into the entertainment industry Inside a soundstage once used by silent film stars Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand, Hollywood executives, actors and filmmakers sipped cocktails as they marvelled at what some say is … Read more
Getty Images Lawyers for Elon Musk argued that Wisconsin’s attorney general was curtailing his free speech in trying to block the cheque giveaway Billionaire Elon Musk has given away $1m (£770,000) cheques to voters in Wisconsin after the state supreme court refused to intervene. Musk announced the prize earlier this week, ahead of Wisconsin’s tightly … Read more
MaryLou Costa Business reporter Happy Visuals Goteborg Gothenburg’s local authority is seeking to highlight its green credentials Gothenburg, Sweden’s second city, is highlighting its environmental credentials by continuing to put its money on the line. Back in 2022, the City of Gothenburg, became what is believed to be the first local government in the world … Read more
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has said it is “outraged” at the deaths of eight medics killed on duty in Rafah in southern Gaza. The nine-person ambulance team came under heavy fire in al-Hashashin on 23 March, said the IFRC. Their bodies were retrieved on Sunday after access was … Read more
Tamasin Ford BBC Global Disinformation Unit and Africa Eye Undercover footage shows Dr Kelvin Alaneme explaining how he sells UK jobs to foreign nationals Recruitment agents who scam foreign nationals applying to work in the UK care sector have been exposed by BBC secret filming. One of the rogue agents is a Nigerian doctor who … Read more
EPA Nigerian migrants facing deportation from Libya this month The UK is hosting a two-day international meeting to tackle what it calls the global threat of illegal migration. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is expected to urge the summit, which will welcome representatives from more than 40 countries, to disrupt the “vile trade” of people-smuggling … Read more
Kevin Sharkey BBC News NI Dublin reporter BBC Archdeacon of Dublin and Vicar of St Michan’s Church, David Pierpoint, said the damage is ‘irreparable’ An Anglican church in Dublin has been unable to reopen an historic crypt to the public since the remains of mummified bodies were damaged in an arson attack. One of the … Read more
Hugh Schofield BBC News, Paris Reuters Marine Le Pen is awaiting a high-stakes verdict in a party funding trial France’s Marine Le Pen faces a make-or-break moment on Monday, as a judge rules on whether she should be banned from the next presidential election. The hard-right leader, who is ahead of all her rivals in … Read more