Category: News
More than meatballs: Ikea opens its first UK standalone restaurant in London
Its meatballs are as famous as its flatpack furniture, with a meal in one of its restaurants often the highlight of an Ikea trip. Now [more…]
Botswana president concedes defeat in election after party’s six-decade rule
Botswana’s president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, has conceded defeat in Wednesday’s elections, which his Botswana Democratic party lost by a landslide after nearly six decades in power. [more…]
Weather tracker: More rain forecast in Spain as storms push in
The low-pressure system responsible for Spain’s most devastating floods in decades in Valencia also set new rainfall records across south-eastern Spain. In Jerez de la [more…]
Not one government has paid into fund for victims of Uganda warlord, says ICC
Not a single country has contributed towards reparations for the victims and survivors of the Ugandan warlord Dominic Ongwen, despite the international criminal court awarding [more…]
Marielle Franco murder: ex-police jailed for decades over crime that shook Brazil
Two former police officers who confessed to the murder of the Rio city councillor Marielle Franco have been sentenced to decades in prison for their [more…]
Authorities in Mexican state warn residents to avoid Halloween costumes
Authorities in the Mexican state of Sinaloa have ordered residents not to don masks or costumes for Halloween to avoid being confused with criminals amid [more…]
About 8,000 North Korean soldiers at Ukraine border, says US
About 8,000 North Korean soldiers are stationed in Russia on the border with Ukraine, the US secretary of state has said, warning that Moscow is [more…]
EU citizen who applied for pre-settled status set to be deported from Scotland
An EU citizen caught up in a Home Office backlog of applications for post-Brexit residency status is set to be deported by Border Force officials [more…]
Ian Paterson tells inquest women ‘didn’t need to know’ about unauthorised mastectomy
The jailed breast surgeon Ian Paterson has said he did not tell women if he was going to perform an unauthorised cleavage-sparing mastectomy on them [more…]
UK politics: Starmer insists pro-growth policies on way after OBR’s budget warnings – as it happened
after five years they would not be making any difference. Asked about this forecast, in an interview with the BBC Keir Starmer said that he [more…]
