Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has said it is “going to be extremely difficult to accept” the death of fellow Reds player Diogo Jota. Jota, aged 28, died in a car crash along with his brother Andre Silva, who was 25. “I am truly lost for words,” said Salah, who joined Liverpool in the summer of 2017. “Until…
High-profile British sports agent Jonathan Barnett has been accused of raping a woman more than 39 times, in a US lawsuit. In a civil complaint lodged at a US district court in Los Angeles, the unnamed woman, referred to as “Jane Doe”, says Mr Barnett “trafficked” her from Australia to the UK in 2017, “tortured”…
Soon after Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, he began raising tariffs, brushing off warnings from economists and businesses about the risks of economic damage. He started with Mexico, Canada and China, then targeted steel, aluminium and cars, and finally in April, on what he called “Liberation Day”, unleashed a blitz of…
Human testicles are much smaller, in proportion, to some of our primate cousins. Evolution can tell us why. But the size of other body parts is a little bit more of a mystery. The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver…
Two female tourists, including a British pensioner, have been killed by a charging elephant while on safari in Zambia, police have told the BBC. Easton Taylor, 68, from the UK and 67-year-old Alison Taylor from New Zealandwere attacked by a female elephant that was with a calf at the South Luangwa National Park, said local…
A state-of-the-art British fighter jet stuck at an airport in India for nearly three weeks now has sparked curiosity and raised questions about how such a modern aircraft could get stranded for days in a foreign country. The F-35B landed at Thiruvananthapuram airport in the southern state of Kerala on 14 June. The aircraft was…
Sir Keir Starmer has said he “understands what anchors” US President Donald Trump, having built a relationship on shared family values. Despite “different political backgrounds” the prime minister said he found common ground with Trump, and that their “good personal relationship” helped land a vital US tariff deal. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Political Thinking…
Minister Pat Conroy confirmed the purchase of AIM-120C-8 and AIM-120D-3 missiles Australia said its A$2 billion ($1.3 billion) purchase of supersonic missiles from the United States underscores its commitment to defence spending, though Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has resisted US calls to agree to a target of 3.5%. Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy on…
How Ukraine can cope with the US pause on crucial battlefield weapons The decision by the United States to pause some weapons shipments to Ukraine has come at a tough time for Kyiv: Russia’s bigger army is making a concerted push on parts of the roughly 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line and is intensifying long-range drone…
Thailand swears in new Cabinet including suspended prime minister Thailand swore in new Cabinet members Thursday with its government in flux after the Constitutional Court suspended the prime minister less than a year after the same court removed her predecessor. Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who was suspended as prime minister while under an ethics investigation for a…
