Savannah Guthrie to return to Today show as search for mother continues
The US television presenter will return to hosting the NBC news programme in April.
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BBC journalist caught in travel chaos at Houston Airport
Travellers across the US are facing unusually long lines at airports, as hundreds of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents have quit while others continue to miss paychecks and call out of work amid a partial government shutdown. BBC journalist Christal Hayes was returning home after her honeymoon and was caught in the chaos, reporting wait […]
Continue ReadingPalestinian man killed as death toll from West Bank settler violence climbs
Mohammad al-Malhi is the seventh Palestinian killed by a settler in a surge of violence since the start of the war with Iran.
Continue ReadingSpanish woman who died through euthanasia failed by state, say critics
Noelia Castillo died on Thursday evening in a Barcelona hospital, after a protracted legal battle with her own father.
Continue ReadingUN human rights chief calls on US to conclude probe into Iran school strike
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a video address to the UN meeting in Geneva that the bombing was a “deliberate and intentional” attack by the US. “This atrocity cannot be justified, cannot be concealed, and must not be met with silence and indifference,” he said.
Continue ReadingUS Senate agrees Homeland Security funding
“We’re here because, thanks to Democrats determined refusal to reach an agreement, there will be no Homeland Security funding bill this year,” he said. “Instead… Republicans funded the Department of Homeland Security piecemeal. That is not the way to fund the department.”
Continue ReadingInside Tehran as the civilian toll of US-Israeli strikes rises
Many of these US and Israeli strikes have targeted police stations, Basij militia buildings, police headquarters, military and police universities, safe houses, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) homes, as well as potential ammunition stores and checkpoints.
Continue ReadingWhale swims off sandbank after big German rescue effort on Baltic coast
Rescue teams now hope the whale will swim out of the shallow waters of Lübeck Bay and into the wider sea.
Continue ReadingPanic buying prompts PM to reassure Australians over fuel supply
Anthony Albanese says nation’s supply remains “secure” amid reports of panic buying and shortages.
Continue ReadingHow Russia’s threat forced Germany to radically rethink its military
“I would contend that it’s more destabilising for Germans than it is for the British or the French, because the British and the French have the flag to rally around, a sense of nationhood and history. But for post-war Germany, it was all about starting afresh. And it was about a rules-based order, no matter […]
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