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How the Hormuz closure could affect food, medicines and smartphones 10 hours ago ShareSave Ben ChuBBC Verify ShareSave BBC The interruption of oil and gas supplied through the Strait of Hormuz due to the US-Israel war with Iran has dramatically pushed up global energy prices. Petrol has gone up already and UK domestic heating bills […]
'My daughter is under the rubble': Inside Tehran as civilian toll of strikes rises 3 hours ago ShareSave Nawal Al-Maghafi,Senior international investigations correspondentand Ruzgar Akgun, Ishaan Jhaveri and Emile Costard,BBC Eye ShareSave BBC Military experts say the scale and spread of the damage observed in Resalat is consistent with the use of a powerful bomb […]
Whale swims for freedom after big German rescue effort on Baltic coast 3 hours ago ShareSave Paul KirbyEurope digital editor ShareSave EPA Biologist Robert Marc Lehmann was heavily involved in Thursday's bid to free the whale from the sandbank A humpback whale has freed itself from a sandbank near the German coastal city of Lübeck, […]
Panic buying prompts PM to reassure Australians over fuel supply 5 hours ago ShareSave Helen LivingstoneSydney ShareSave ShareSave Simon AtkinsonCairns ShareSave Getty Hundreds of petrol stations across Australia have reported running out of at least one type of fuel this week. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has sought to reassure Australians that the country's fuel supply […]
US Senate votes to fund most of Homeland Security to end airports chaos – but ICE excluded 2 hours ago ShareSave Freya Scott-Turner ShareSave Watch: BBC journalist caught in travel chaos at Houston Airport The US Senate has voted to end a partial 40-day government shutdown, approving funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) […]
'Ripple of fear' over Iran war hits consumer confidence 11 minutes ago ShareSave Naomi RaineyBusiness reporter ShareSave Getty Images Confidence among UK shoppers has started to decline over concerns about the impact of the US-Israel war with Iran, according to a key survey. Research firm GfK said its Consumer Confidence Barometer for March indicates growing […]
Guerilla parkers or seaside scapegoats? The town struggling with motorhomes and campervans 30 minutes ago ShareSave Seb CheerScarborough ShareSave North Yorkshire Council Dozens of motorhomes and campervans often lined Royal Albert Drive in Scarborough before the temporary ban was introduced A permanent ban on campervans and motorhomes parking overnight at tourist hotspots on the North […]
Marco Rubio meets G7 counterparts amid Iran war 45 minutes ago ShareSave Imogen James ShareSave Reuters The G7 ministers were joined by the European Union's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has joined a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in France for talks in which the US-Israeli war with Iran […]
Just Eat and Autotrader among firms investigated in fake reviews probe Just now ShareSave Faarea MasudBusiness reporter ShareSave Getty Images Food delivery giant Just Eat and motoring site Autotrader are among five firms being investigated as part of a probe into fake and misleading online reviews by the UK's competition watchdog. The Competition and Markets […]
Afghan asylum seeker jailed for raping girl, 12 Just now ShareSave ShareSave BBC An asylum seeker who abducted and raped a 12-year-old girl has been jailed for 16 years. The attack by Afghan national Ahmad Mulakhil last summer led to protests in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Jurors last month found the 23-year-old guilty of rape, abduction, sexual […]
