Author: BBC

Attacks on the closest big city to the Russian border have been intensifying in recent weeks. Source link

McDonald’s will buy back all of its Israeli sites after sales slumped following a boycott of the brand. Source link

Christian “King” Combs is accused of attacking a woman on a yacht during a 2022 family vacation in St Martin. Source link

On 26 March, the IDF said it had killed Marwan Issa, deputy commander of Hamas’s military wing. Considered one of Israel’s most-wanted men, he would be the group’s most senior leader to be killed since the war began. The US has said it believes he was killed, but Hamas has not confirmed it. Source link

The amber alert is at Thames Water itself, which is ring-fenced, regulated, £14.7bn in debt and 100%-owned by parent company Kemble. The new boss, Chris Weston, tried to allay fears by saying it had enough in cash and overdraft facilities to keep ticking over till next May, but at some point Thames will need a fresh cash injection. Source link

The couple, who wed in 2010, announced on social media that they filed to end their marriage last year. Source link

A 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck New York City and surrounding areas on Friday. The epicentre of the tremor was near Lebanon, New Jersey, about 40 miles (64km) west of New York City.It’s the region’s most significant earthquake in decades. New York’s governor, Kathy Hochul, said that infrastructure in the area was being reviewed. The city’s mayor, Eric Adams, added: “We do not have any reports of major impacts or injuries”. Source link

“The blockbuster 303,000 increase in non-farm payrolls in March supports the Fed’s position that the resilience of the economy means it can take its time with rate cuts, which might now not begin until the second half of this year,” said Paul Ashworth, chief economist at Capital Economics. Source link

Permanent magnets, the kind that keep colourful souvenirs stuck to the door of your fridge, might seem a fairly mature, well-established technology. They’ve been used for centuries, after all. And yet, today, researchers and companies are expending huge efforts on making magnets more powerful and efficient than ever before. Source link

Francesca Amewudah-Rivers will appear opposite Tom Holland in Romeo and Juliet in the West End. Source link