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International Court of Justice: UK abandons bid for seat on UN bench - BBC News | 2017-11-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | An Indian candidate is selected as Britain accepts it will have no seat for the first time since 1947. | UK | ICJ judges sitting in the Hague in December 2015
The UK is to lose its seat on the International Court of Justice for the first time since the United Nations' principal legal body began in 1946.
Sir Christopher Greenwood was hoping to be elected for a second nine-year term on the bench of 15 judges in the Hague.
The... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42061028 |
Paperchase 'sorry' for Daily Mail offer - BBC News | 2017-11-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The stationery company apologises after a social media backlash for its promotion in the newspaper. | UK | Stationery company Paperchase has apologised for a promotional giveaway in the Daily Mail after it was criticised for working with the paper.
The chain offered two free rolls of wrapping paper in Saturday's newspaper.
It said it was "truly sorry" after hundreds of people - encouraged by campaign group Stop Funding Ha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42057493 |
Budget 2017: Chancellor accused of 'con' over Holyrood funding pledge - BBC News | 2017-11-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Scotland's finance secretary dismisses the chancellor's pledge of £2bn of funding for Holyrood as a "con". | Scotland politics | The Scottish government has dismissed the chancellor's pledge of extra funding for Holyrood as a "con".
Philip Hammond said moves in his Autumn Budget would "mean £2bn more for the Scottish government".
But Scotland's finance secretary said Holyrood had been "short changed", and that funds for day to day spending wou... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42073261 |
Discount railcard extended for people aged up to 30 - BBC News | 2017-11-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The young persons' railcard is being extended to those aged up to 30 after a successful trial. | Business | If you're 26 and annoyed about paying the full fare for your train travel, the Budget may offer a reprieve.
The government has said people up to 30 years-old will now be able to buy a £30 railcard for discounted train travel.
The move - set to be announced in Wednesday's Budget - would be an extension of the current ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42052750 |
Hampstead fire: Woman dies in fire at block of flats - BBC News | 2017-11-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | About 20 people fled the building before crews arrived. | London | The fire damaged part of the first, second and third floors of the building
A woman has died in a fire at a block of flats in north London.
She was rescued from the four-storey building in Daleham Garden, Hampstead, in the early hours of Tuesday but died at the scene.
London Fire Brigade (LFB) said about 20 people m... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42062658 |
Zimbabwe: Dancing breaks out as Mugabe resigns - BBC News | 2017-11-21 | null | There were scenes of celebration on the streets of the capital, Harare. | null | There were scenes of celebration on the streets of the capital, Harare.
President Robert Mugabe has resigned after a 37-year rule as his party prepared to impeach him. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42072197 |
Sacha Baron Cohen offers to pay 'Borat' mankini fines - BBC News | 2017-11-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A group of Czech tourists were arrested and fined for wearing the revealing swimsuits in Kazakhstan. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Borat arrives in London in 2006, for the premiere of his film
Sacha Baron Cohen has offered to pay fines for six Czech tourists who were arrested in Kazakhstan for wearing nothing but 'Borat'-inspired mankinis.
The group ha... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42064224 |
Gaia Pope struggled with health before her death, father says - BBC News | 2017-11-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The father of teenager Gaia Pope says she "clearly couldn't cope" with epilepsy and other issues. | Dorset | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Richard Sutherland said the family would 'treasure her always'
Teenager Gaia Pope had "struggled" with health issues before her death, her father has said.
Police are treating the 19-year-old's death as "unexplained" after ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-42059141 |
How UK-Zimbabwe relations went sour - BBC News | 2017-11-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The relationship between a former imperial power and its ex-colony is a complex one, says our diplomatic correspondent. | UK | Tony Blair pulled out of talks to fund Robert Mugabe's controversial land reforms in 1997
Britain's relationship with Zimbabwe has always been complex.
A former imperial power can feel torn between a responsibility towards its ex-colony and a reluctance to interfere in what is now an independent state. And a freshly ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42003217 |
Cycling brand criticised over ageist and sexist ads - BBC News | 2017-11-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Bike manufacturer finds itself on the wrong side of the track over controversial Instagram posts. | Europe | A leading bicycle manufacturer is facing accusations of sexism and ageism in its adverts on social media.
Pinarello, who supply bicycles to Team Sky, recently launched its electronic road bike to much fanfare. The company said the e-bike was aimed at weekend riders and female riders who want to "follow easily the men'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42069984 |
'Outsourced' workers seek better deal in landmark case - BBC News | 2017-11-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Staff hired out by a facilities company are going to tribunal for better pay, holidays and pensions. | UK | Outsourced workers are are often low paid staff, such as caterers and security guards
A group of 75 workers, including porters and receptionists, are going to tribunal to gain more rights at work.
As outsourced employees, they are supplied to the University of London by a facilities company, but do not receive the sa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42056769 |
Mugabe's long career in pictures - BBC News | 2017-11-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A look at the career of Robert Mugabe, who has resigned as Zimbabwe's president after 37 years in power. | In Pictures | There he met Sally Hafron whom he married in 1961. She was actually more political than him before he was recruited by black nationalists. He was later imprisoned by the Rhodesian government, but was not allowed to attend the funeral of his son | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-42032549 |
US moves to block AT&T's takeover of Time Warner - BBC News | 2017-11-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to stop the media and telecoms tie-up. | Business | Time Warner owns HBO, the company behind Game of Thrones
The US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to block telecoms giant AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner, the owner of CNN and HBO.
The department said the merger would reduce competition and lead to higher consumer prices.
AT&T vowed to fight the move, call... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42058846 |
Australia backpacker exploitation 'endemic', study finds - BBC News | 2017-11-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A study of temporary workers' conditions finds extensive evidence of pay theft and other violations. | Australia | Those undertaking fruit-picking jobs received the lowest pay, the study found
One in three backpackers and a quarter of foreign students working in Australia are being paid about half the minimum wage or less, a study has said.
The study, billed as the most comprehensive of its kind, found that wage theft of temporar... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-42060599 |
Canterbury grammar school to hold Mein Kampf debates - BBC News | 2017-11-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Simon Langton Grammar School said the optional course is "the antidote to political correctness". | Kent | The school said the forum would not be studying Mein Kampf but incorporating it within "wider debate"
A school has defended plans encouraging students to debate controversial ideologies and texts such as Hitler's Mein Kampf.
Simon Langton Grammar School in Canterbury said the optional course called The Unsafe Space w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-42067548 |
Emmerson Mnangagwa: The 'crocodile' who snapped back - BBC News | 2017-11-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The man who took over from Robert Mugabe as Zimbabwe's president wants to legitimise his rule. | Africa | Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, the man known as "the crocodile" because of his political cunning, achieved a long-held ambition to succeed Robert Mugabe as Zimbabwe's president in November last year.
He has now won a disputed presidential election to legitimise his rule, promising voters his efforts to woo foreign inves... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41995876 |
Robert Mugabe: Is Zimbabwe's ex-president a hero or villain? - BBC News | 2017-11-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A profile of Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe, accused of destroying a prosperous country for the sake of power, but still seen by some as a revolutionary hero. | Africa | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Robert Mugabe, the man who became synonymous with Zimbabwe, has resigned as president after 37 years in power.
For some, he will always remain a hero who brought independence and an end to white-minority rule. Even those wh... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23431534 |
Brexit: How May got cabinet onside over extra billions - BBC News | 2017-11-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | For the prime minister each agonising Brexit decision quickly gives way to the next set of demands. | UK Politics | Environment Secretary Michael Gove and Business Secretary Greg Clark leave Downing Street after the meeting
Just imagine if the PM had not managed to get the cabinet onside. If she had failed to get agreement that she can dangle many hypothetical extra billions to the rest of the EU, albeit with plenty of strings atta... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42061020 |
Georgia Dome stadium crumbles in controlled demolition - BBC News | 2017-11-21 | null | Around 5,000lb of explosives were used to bring down one of the biggest dome structures in the US. | null | Around 5,000lb of explosives were used to bring down one of the biggest dome structures in the US. The newly erected Mercedes-Benz Stadium next door opened earlier this year. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42058177 |
Obituary: Rodney Bewes - BBC News | 2017-11-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The actor found fame in The Likely Lads but struggled to repeat that success. | UK | Rodney Bewes, who has died aged 79, found fame as the aspirational Bob in the BBC sitcom The Likely Lads.
Teaming Bewes with James Bolam, it regularly drew audiences of more than 20 million.
Despite the success of a sequel, the two fell out in spectacular style - effectively ending the chance of the series being cont... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33181740 |
Orinoco accident: Divers search for 10 missing people - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 10 disappeared after the boats they were travelling on sank on the Colombia-Venezuela border. | Latin America & Caribbean | Colombian navy divers are searching for 10 people who disappeared on Tuesday after their boats capsized in the Orinoco river, which divides Colombia from Venezuela.
A total of 18 people were on board the boats, eight of whom were rescued.
Witnesses said one of the boats had a mechanical problem and was being towed by... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-42064150 |
Kevin Spacey: Scotland Yard investigating new sexual assault allegation - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Metropolitan police say they are looking into a new allegation of sexual assault. | Entertainment & Arts | Scotland Yard is investigating a new allegation of sexual assault made against Kevin Spacey.
The claim was made on Friday and alleges an assault took place on a man in Lambeth in 2005.
It was made the same day the Old Vic released the results of an internal investigation - the theatre said it received 20 personal tes... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42084518 |
Iranian charged with Game of Thrones hack - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Behzad Mesri is accused of leaking details of unaired episodes and demanding a $6m ransom from HBO. | Technology | The leaks were released prior to the broadcast of Game of Thrones series seven
US prosecutors have charged an Iranian man with hacking into HBO, leaking Game of Thrones scripts and demanding a $6m (£4.5m) ransom.
Behzad Mesri is accused of computer fraud, wire fraud, extortion and identity theft.
Acting US attorney ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42065652 |
Mugabe resignation sparks dancing in the street - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | People dance in the streets as the resignation of Robert Mugabe as president of Zimbabwe is announced. | Africa | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. There were scenes of celebration on the streets of the capital, Harare
News that Robert Mugabe has resigned as the president of Zimbabwe has spread quickly across the streets of Zimbabwe. This is how people are celebrating.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42071935 |
Ratko Mladic verdict fails to ease pain in Bosnia - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Victims of Ratko Mladic say his life sentence will not change anything in divided Bosnia. | Europe | Ratko Mladic terrorised the people of Sarajevo for almost four years, deliberately targeting civilians with snipers and mortar attacks.
But no cheers could be heard on the streets of the Bosnian capital when news broke that the commander of Bosnian Serb forces in the 1990s had been sentenced to life imprisonment by th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42086437 |
The moment Zimbabwean MPs hear Mugabe has resigned - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | null | Zimbabwean MPs erupt with cheers as the speaker reads out Robert Mugabe's resignation letter. | null | The Speaker of Parliament in Zimbabwe has read out a letter of resignation from President Robert Mugabe. Wild celebrations broke out among the members of parliament, at the news that his 37-year rule has come to an end. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42071865 |
Law Society accreditation scheme advert 'misled' public - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Watchdog criticises professional body over website description of accreditation scheme for firms. | UK | The Law Society misled the public over the expertise of solicitors in a scheme set up to help property buyers and sellers in England and Wales, the advertising watchdog has ruled.
Its website had said firms covered by the Conveyancing Quality Scheme had taken rigorous examination and tests.
But the Advertising Standa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42074154 |
Ratko Mladic: His trial in numbers - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | null | The trial of the "Butcher of Bosnia" has come to an end after five years. | null | The trial of the "Butcher of Bosnia" has come to an end after five years. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42074846 |
Multiyork collapse puts 550 jobs under threat - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The furniture retailer will trade until Christmas at least as administrators seek a buyer. | Business | British furniture retailer Multiyork has gone into administration
Multiyork, the furniture retailer, has gone into administration, putting 550 jobs under threat.
The retailer will trade until Christmas at the earliest while administrators Duff & Phelps seek a buyer.
Multiyork will honour all existing orders placed u... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42088699 |
Grenfell Tower: Extra £28m to help fire recovery - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The funding will go towards mental health services and regeneration in the area, the Chancellor says. | UK | An extra £28m is to go towards helping victims of the Grenfell Tower fire, Chancellor Philip Hammond has said in his Budget speech.
The funding for Kensington and Chelsea Council in London will pay for mental health services and regeneration.
The fire in June left 71 people dead, as well as hundreds of people homeles... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42084695 |
Ashington driver 'crashed to save passengers' in French Alps - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Maurice Wrightson crashed into boulders to avoid the coach going off the road when the brakes failed. | Tyne & Wear | The coach quickly became a "complete inferno", the inquest heard
A bus driver died when he deliberately crashed to save his passengers from plummeting off a road in the French Alps, an inquest has heard.
Maurice Wrightson drove into boulders on the narrow mountain road when he realised his brakes had failed.
Mr Wrig... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-42083779 |
Children in 'save Desborough Library' protest - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | null | About 60 primary school children gathered in Desborough to show their support for the town's library. | null | About 60 primary school children gathered to fight the possible closure of a library.
Desborough Library, in Northamptonshire, could be shut as part of council cuts of £10m. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-42074836 |
Ikea US relaunches furniture recall after child dies - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Swedish furniture giant says its chests and dressers are safe if secured to a wall. | Business | Ikea has re-launched a recall of millions of chests and dressers in the US and Canada following the death of an eighth child.
It said items in its Malm range and other chests and dressers pose a "serious tip-over and entrapment hazard" if not secured to a wall,
Ikea first recalled the furniture in 2016 after four chi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42070606 |
Saad Hariri: Lebanon PM 'suspends' resignation - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Saad Hariri said President Michel Aoun had asked him to "put it on hold" to allow for talks. | Middle East | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has "suspended" his resignation, which sparked a crisis when he announced it while in Saudi Arabia two weeks ago.
Mr Hariri said President Michel Aoun had asked him to "put it on hold ahe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42079999 |
Emotional moment for Zimbabwe activist: 'I've no words' - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | null | Activist and political candidate Vimbaishe Musvaburi cries as she describes her emotions following Robert Mugabe's resignation. | null | Activist and political candidate Vimbaishe Musvaburi cries as she describes her emotions in the wake of Robert Mugabe's resignation. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42071868 |
Budget quiz: test your knowledge - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The BBC's Budget quiz: See how much you know about the UK Budget's long and colourful history. | Business | Could you live alone on an island?
Simon traded normal life for the opportunity to become a warden on Flatholm Island, where he is the only human resident among thousand of gulls | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42069371 |
Budget 2017: Laura Kuenssberg's instant view - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | null | The BBC's Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg gives her instant verdict on what came up in the chancellor's big speech. | null | The BBC's Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg gives her instant take on what came up in the chancellor's big speech. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42085838 |
North Korea defection: Footage of moment soldier flees - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | null | He raced across the border on foot, closely pursued by North Korean troops who shot at him several times. | null | Remarkable footage has been released showing the defection of a North Korea soldier across the border at the Panmunjom truce village on 13 November.
He is almost caught by North Korean troops, who shoot at him several times, before he is rescued by South Korean soldiers.
A spokesman for the UN command, said the North... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42075986 |
New York terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov defended by mother - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | null | Sayfullo Saipov's mother says she can't believe her son deliberately killed eight people in New York. | null | The mother of the man accused of killing eight people in a terror attack in New York has said she believes her son is innocent.
The BBC's Will Vernon tracked her down in Uzbekistan, the country that was home to terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov until 2010 when he moved to the US.
It's the first time the BBC has been all... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-42027317 |
Paralympian Anne Wafula-Strike wins train toilet payout - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Anne Wafula-Strike ended up wetting herself on the train as the disabled toilet was not working. | Essex | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Anne Wafula-Strike said it was "vital" it did not happen to other people
A Paralympian has been compensated after wetting herself on a train when the disabled toilet was not working.
Anne Wafula-Strike, 48, was on a three-h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-42084435 |
Budget: Heads say extra maths cash is 'drop in ocean' - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | School leaders are "extremely disappointed" by the Budget, despite boost for maths A-level. | Family & Education | There will be extra funding to encourage more pupils to study maths A-level
Head teachers' leaders are "extremely disappointed" by what they say is the Budget's failure to address "urgent" school funding shortages in England.
Geoff Barton, leader of the ASCL heads' union, said extra cash for maths was a "drop in the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42081388 |
Scientist finds UK water companies use 'magic' to find leaks - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Engineers from the majority of the UK's water firms still use divining rods to locate pipes, it emerges. | Oxford | The process of using divining rod has been in use for hundreds of years
Water companies are using divining rods to find underground pipes despite there being no scientific evidence they work, an Oxford University scientist found.
Sally Le Page said her parents were surprised when a technician used two "bent tent pegs... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-42070719 |
Budget 2017: Hammond must be cautious, say nervous investors - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A former aide to George Osborne says the chancellor must not change his strategy in the Budget. | Business | The chancellor has been urged to deliver a "cautious" Budget or risk alienating investors.
Rupert Harrison, former chief of staff to George Osborne, said that Philip Hammond should not radically change strategy by increasing borrowing significantly.
Mr Hammond is under pressure to be "big and bold" in the Budget whic... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42075091 |
May welcomes Zimbabwe's 'brighter future' after Mugabe - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | UK politicians react to the resignation of President Robert Mugabe after his 37-year rule. | UK | The resignation of Robert Mugabe comes after Zimbabwe's military took over the country and put him under house arrest
Theresa May has welcomed the resignation of Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe, saying it offered an opportunity to "rebuild the country's economy".
The president stepped down after 37 years in power via a let... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42071100 |
Budget 2017: What does the diesel change mean? - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | New diesel cars face a tax rise, but "white van man" will not be affected, chancellor says | Business | The sale of new diesel cars that do not meet latest emissions standards will face a one-off tax increase in April.
It will be levied on all diesels that do not meet the Real Driving Emissions Step 2 standards on emissions for the first year of ownership.
According to experts, it means that most new diesels would be s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42079297 |
Zanu-PF purges itself to win back Zimbabweans' trust - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Zimbabwe's ruling party is intent on retaining power after the earthquake of Robert Mugabe's overthrow. | Africa | Zimbabweans want a "happy new Zimbabwe" - and the long-time ruling party Zanu-PF is anxious to assure them it can be the one to deliver it
It's been a dramatic, inspiring, earthquake of a week in Zimbabwe. But if you're looking for evidence to show that what really happened was a ruthless reshuffle within the governin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42088257 |
Ashes: England pick Jake Ball as Australia call up Glenn Maxwell - BBC Sport | 2017-11-22 | null | England name Jake Ball in their side for the first Ashes Test, while Australia call up Glenn Maxwell as cover for David Warner. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cricket
Coverage: Ball-by-ball Test Match Special commentary on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra, Radio 4 LW and the BBC Sport website. Live text commentary on the BBC Sport website and app.
England have named seamer Jake Ball ahead of Craig Overton in their side for the first Ashes Tes... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42077638 |
Wigan's Ryan Colclough subbed for son's birth after scoring twice - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Wigan's Ryan Colclough scored twice and made it to his son's birth - in full kit - with 30 minutes to go. | Manchester | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ryan Colclough's told BBC Radio Manchester he was 'overwhelmed' by his unique hat-trick
A footballer who scored twice before being subbed to see the birth of his son says he got there "just in the nick of time".
Wigan Athle... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42078126 |
North Korea: US imposes fresh sanctions over nuclear programme - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The new measures come a day after the US redesignated North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism. | US & Canada | North Korea continues to test ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons in breach of UN resolutions
The US has unveiled fresh sanctions against North Korea which it says are designed to stop its funding of nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.
The measures target North Korean shipping operations and Chinese companie... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42074126 |
Ratko Mladic, the 'Butcher of Bosnia' - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ratko Mladic, the former Serbian army general, orchestrated the worst atrocities in post-war Europe. | Europe | Ratko Mladic in Pale, Serbia, in May 1993
Ratko Mladic was the army general who became known as the "Butcher of Bosnia", who waged a brutal campaign during the Bosnian war and was jailed for life for directing his troops in the worst atrocities in post-war Europe.
More than 20 years after he was first indicted by an ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13559597 |
Budget 2017: Reaction from Jack, Kuenssberg and Ahmed - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | null | The BBC's business, political and economics editors on the announcements in Philip Hammond's Budget speech. | null | The BBC's business, political and economics editors on the announcements in Philip Hammond's Budget speech.
Andrew Neil heard from Laura Kuenssberg, Kamal Ahmed and Simon Jack, straight after the chancellor and Labour leader spoke in the Commons. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42084988 |
Budget 2017: Hammond loosens his belt - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The chancellor loosens the public finances envelope as the economy stutters. | Business | Much of the rest of the world is growing at a healthier clip.
For Britain it is a different story.
Today the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) downgraded growth forecasts for the next four years.
And it has been more aggressive with those downgrades than the Bank of England was in its Inflation Report earlier i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42087215 |
Randox forensics inquiry: Drug-drivers to challenge convictions - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Two men jailed for road deaths want to launch appeals following forensic manipulation claims. | Manchester | Matthew Bravender, left, and Anderson Ward were both jailed for driving offences resulting in fatalities
Two road death drug-drivers are trying to get their convictions quashed amid concerns forensic evidence in their cases had been manipulated.
The pair, from Greater Manchester and Powys, Wales, want to launch Court... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42081900 |
Tearful reunion after wronged man freed 23 years on - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | null | Nevest Coleman left his prison cell near Chicago and was greeted by family members. | null | Nevest Coleman left his prison cell near Chicago and was greeted by family members, two decades after being wrongfully imprisoned for murder. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42075467 |
Budget 2017: Reaction and updates to Hammond's speech - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | First-time buyers get relief on home purchases while official predictions show the economy slowing. | Business | Disposable incomes are set to be £540 lower by 2023 than forecast in March and pay rates will not return to levels seen before the financial crash until the middle of the next decade, according to the Resolution Foundation.
The living standards think tank said annual pay was forecast to be £1,000 lower and consequentl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/business-42026814 |
Ratko Mladic removed from war crime court after outburst - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | null | The former Bosnian Serb commander has been found guilty of genocide in the 1990s Bosnian war. | null | Former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic has been found guilty of genocide for some of the worst atrocities of the 1990s Bosnian war.
The 74-year-old shouted at the judges reading his verdict at the UN tribunal, before he was removed from the courtroom.
He was sentenced to life in prison. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42078286 |
Budget 2017: What does the stamp duty change mean? - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | People buying a first home worth up to £300,000 will pay no stamp duty, the Chancellor announces. | Business | Stamp duty will be abolished immediately for first-time buyers buying a home of up to £300,000, Chancellor Philip Hammond has said.
For properties costing up to £500,000, no stamp duty will be paid on the first £300,000.
Mr Hammond said this meant 95% of first-time buyers would see stamp duty cut, while 80% would pay... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42079174 |
Charlie Rose: CBS sacks talk show host over harassment claims - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Eight women had accused the veteran US television interviewer of inappropriate behaviour. | US & Canada | Charlie Rose, 75, is one of America's most respected broadcasters
US TV host Charlie Rose has been fired by CBS News following sexual harassment allegations.
An email to staff said the presenter's employment had been "terminated... effective immediately".
It said the move followed the revelation of "extremely distur... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42073417 |
Learn how the BBC is working to strengthen trust and transparency in online news - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Identifying credible journalism on the internet can be a confusing experience - this is why we are making greater efforts to explain what type of information you are reading or watching on our site. | BBC News Services | The BBC is recognised by audiences in the UK and around the world as a provider of news that you can trust. Our website, like our TV and radio services, strives for journalism that is accurate, impartial, independent and fair.
Our editorial values say: "The trust that our audience has in all our content underpins ever... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/help-41670342 |
Man urged to kill self by 'suicide advocate', court hears - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Matthew Birkinshaw was encouraged to end his own life by Natasha Gordon, a court hears. | Cambridgeshire | Natasha Gordon denies assisting in the death of Matthew Birkinshaw
A man took his own life after entering into a suicide pact with a woman who left him to die alone, a court heard.
Natasha Gordon, 44, denies encouraging or assisting in the death of Matthew Birkinshaw, who was found dead in his car at Rutland Water.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-42084440 |
Five ways to revive Zimbabwe’s economy - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The measures needed to get the country's finances off life-support and into recovery mode. | Africa | Serious work on restoring Zimbabwe's finances need to begin once the celebrations over Robert Mugabe's departure have ended
Current events in Zimbabwe show that while a week may be a long time in politics, it is really a very short blink of an eye in economics. Zimbabweans on the streets of Harare and Bulawayo may be ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42079584 |
Wigan Athletic 3-0 Doncaster Rovers - BBC Sport | 2017-11-22 | null | Wigan winger Ryan Colclough scores twice and is then substituted so he can attend the birth of his second child. | null | Last updated on .From the section League One
Wigan winger Ryan Colclough had a night to remember as he scored two goals before being substituted in time to see the birth of his second child.
Colclough had already scored to put Wigan 2-0 up at half-time against Doncaster, when he found out his partner had gone into la... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41978325 |
President Trump warns NFL boss he must act on take the knee protest - BBC Sport | 2017-11-22 | null | President Donald Trump warns the NFL it must act on the take the knee protest as it is "killing" the league. | null | Last updated on .From the section American football
The NFL must "get tough and smart" over the national anthem protest because it is "killing" the league, says US president Donald Trump.
Trump has criticised players who kneel for the anthem, a move started by Colin Kaepernick in 2016, to highlight racial injustice a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/american-football/42079902 |
Hinkley Point will 'hit the poorest hardest', say MPs - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A report claims that the cost of the nuclear power station will weigh on poorer households. | Business | A group of MPs has said that the £18bn cost of the UK's new Hinkley Point C nuclear power station will hit the country's poorest the hardest.
The Public Accounts Committee said that households had been "locked into an expensive deal lasting 35 years".
In a report, it said there were no plans for Hinkley Point to prov... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42065837 |
How will 'box office Phil' play the Budget? - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The economic uncertainty around Brexit and the slender government majority may constrain his options. | UK Politics | The chancellor is known by some around Westminster as "box office Phil", an ironic nickname for a politician who favours caution and prudence over showmanship and headline-grabbing pyrotechnics. So this should be Philip Hammond's sort of Budget.
The government is sticking with its aim of plugging the deficit and balan... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42059272 |
The Likely Lads actor Rodney Bewes dies - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The actor who played Bob Ferris in the popular BBC sitcom has died aged 79, his agent confirms. | Entertainment & Arts | Rodney Bewes has died aged 79, his agent has confirmed.
The actor had a career spanning six decades and is best known for playing Bob Ferris in sitcom The Likely Lads.
His agent issued a statement saying: "It is with great sadness that we confirm that our dear client, the much-loved actor Rodney Bewes, passed away th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42067506 |
Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa promises jobs in 'new democracy' - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The incoming leader hails a new era and praises the army for removing Robert Mugabe peacefully. | Africa | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Zimbabwe's incoming leader Emmerson Mnangagwa has hailed a "new and unfolding democracy" after returning from exile to replace Robert Mugabe.
He also vowed to create jobs in a country where some estimates say 90% of people ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42077233 |
Le Pen decries 'fatwa' on National Front bank accounts - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The far-right leader says banks have closed her own personal account along with her party's. | Europe | Ms Le Pen has been fighting for her political survival since losing France's presidential election to Emmanuel Macron
Marine Le Pen has claimed her National Front party is the victim of a "banking fatwa" after banks closed its accounts as well as her own personal account.
The leader of the far-right party told a news... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42079916 |
US Navy aircraft crash: Eight rescued off Japanese coast - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Rescuers raced to get to the plane which ditched in seas off the remote Japanese reef of Okinotori. | Asia | The aircraft was ferrying passengers to the USS Ronald Reagan in the Philippine Sea
Eight people have been rescued after a US Navy aircraft carrying 11 crew and passengers crashed off the coast of Japan, the defence ministry has said.
It says that preliminary US military reports indicated that engine failure may have... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42078318 |
Budget 2017: Job number one - avoid messing up - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Pundits and politicians like to set tests for Budgets - this time the one for Philip Hammond is simply to avoid messing up. | UK Politics | Pundits and politicians like to set tests for Budgets.
They like to say a chancellor "has" to do this or that, they must "prove" they have the ambition to do this, to "deliver" on a party's manifesto promises, the list goes on.
But what do you do if you're the chancellor and you have no majority to speak of, not much... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42079110 |
Kezia Dugdale enters I'm a Celebrity jungle camp - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale is introduced as a late-entry campmate on the reality TV show. | Scotland | Kezia Dugdale is one of two late entries to the jungle camp
Kezia Dugdale has made her first jungle appearance on TV programme I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!.
The former leader of Scottish Labour was introduced as one of two late-entry campmates on Wednesday's live edition of the reality show.
Presenters Ant... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-42074547 |
Budget 2017: Corbyn says government not fit for office - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jeremy Corbyn predicts the Budget will "unravel", continuing the "misery" for people across the UK. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jeremy Corbyn: "So much for tackling injustices"
Chancellor Philip Hammond's Budget will "unravel" within days, continuing the "misery" for people across the country, Jeremy Corbyn has predicted.
The Labour leader attacked ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42084800 |
Gaia Pope death: Arrested family want police apology - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A teenager arrested over Gaia's disappearance has been "on the verge of a breakdown", his mum says. | Dorset | Gaia Pope's body was found 11 days after she went missing
A 19-year-old wrongly suspected of Gaia Pope's murder has been "on the verge of a mental breakdown", his mother has said.
Nathan Elsey was detained alongside his grandmother Rosemary Dinch, 71, six days after Miss Pope, 19, disappeared.
Deborah Elsey said she... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-42064624 |
Irish PM should know better over Brexit, says Arlene Foster - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Arlene Foster warns Leo Varadkar not to "play around" with Northern Ireland over Brexit. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar "should know better" than to "play around" with Northern Ireland over Brexit, the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party says.
Arlene Foster accused Mr Varadkar of being "reckless" as Brex... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42064743 |
Canada flight delay turns into mass singalong - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | null | Instead of getting irate when their flight was delayed, these Canadian passengers had a singalong. | null | Instead of getting irate when their flight was delayed, these Canadian passengers partied with a mass singalong. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42075660 |
Budget 2017: UK growth forecast cut sharply - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Forecasts are slashed as the Office for Budget Responsibility downgrades its productivity outlook. | Business | Growth forecasts for the UK economy have been cut sharply following changes to estimates of productivity and business investment.
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) now expects the economy to grow by 1.5% this year, down from the estimate of 2% it made in March.
Growth, it says, will drop to 1.3% by 2020 and ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42082119 |
Budget 2020: Richer or poorer? Ask the calculator - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Use our Budget calculator to find out how your pocket may be affected by the latest tax measures. | Business | The calculator on this page was part of the BBC's coverage of the 2020 Budget and is no longer available. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17442946 |
Hammond opens his 2017 Budget speech on UK economy - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | null | The government will "express its resolve to look forwards not backwards", Philip Hammond says. | null | The government will "express its resolve to look forwards not backwards", Philip Hammond said opening his Budget speech.
He spoke about the UK's future outside the EU, but said his speech was about "much more than Brexit", | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42083455 |
John Lasseter: Pixar founder on leave over 'unwanted hugs' - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Allegations of misconduct emerge about the man behind Toy Story and dozens of other classics. | Entertainment & Arts | John Lasseter, the head of animation at Pixar and Disney, is taking a leave of absence after allegations of misconduct emerged about him.
Current and former staff told The Hollywood Reporter that Mr Lasseter frequently gave unwanted hugs and invaded personal space.
Other sources alleged he was known for "grabbing, ki... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42070920 |
Budget 2017: May hands cough sweets to Hammond - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | null | The chancellor may be trying to shake-off his 'Spreadsheet Phil' moniker with a few gags in his Budget speech. | null | The chancellor may be trying to shake-off his 'Spreadsheet Phil' moniker with a few gags in his Budget speech. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42083454 |
Budget 2017: Chancellor accused of 'con' over Holyrood funding pledge - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Scotland's finance secretary dismisses the chancellor's pledge of £2bn of funding for Holyrood as a "con". | Scotland politics | The Scottish government has dismissed the chancellor's pledge of extra funding for Holyrood as a "con".
Philip Hammond said moves in his Autumn Budget would "mean £2bn more for the Scottish government".
But Scotland's finance secretary said Holyrood had been "short changed", and that funds for day to day spending wou... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42073261 |
Mugabe has gone, but will Zimbabwe change? - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Zimbabweans are celebrating change, but is the old regime just getting a new face? | Africa | Up to the moment itself the extraordinary session of parliament had proceeded along expected lines. Speaker after speaker rose to denounce the excesses of the president and his wife.
A female MP was speaking of how her constituents were suffering when we saw the messengers approach the speaker. They handed him a lette... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42079908 |
Stalybridge Aldi car park find could be human bones - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police think the supermarket car park where the suspected remains were found was a burial ground. | Manchester | The bones were dug up on Tuesday afternoon in the car park at Aldi in Stalybridge
Suspected human remains have been dug up in a supermarket car park.
Workmen unearthed the bones outside a branch of German discount giant Aldi in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, on Tuesday afternoon.
Speculation has been rife among lo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42079047 |
Emile Cilliers parachute trial: Jurors warned against 'bullying' - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Mr Justice Sweeney tells jurors to stay "within the proper bounds of discussion" while deliberating. | Wiltshire | The judge in the trial of an Army sergeant accused of trying to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute has warned the jurors not to "bully" each other.
Nine women and three men have been deliberating since last Tuesday in the case of Emile Cilliers.
Two jurors fell ill and were discharged after Mr Justice Sw... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-42088018 |
Zimbabwe: Dancing breaks out as Mugabe resigns - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | null | There were scenes of celebration on the streets of the capital, Harare. | null | There were scenes of celebration on the streets of the capital, Harare.
President Robert Mugabe has resigned after a 37-year rule as his party prepared to impeach him. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42072197 |
UK regulator has 'huge concerns' over Uber breach - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A data breach affecting 57 million customers and drivers should not have been concealed, the information commissioner says. | Technology | It is unclear whether UK citizens' data was breached as Uber has not said.
The UK's information commissioner has "huge concerns about Uber's data policies and ethics" following a breach that exposed the details of 57 million customers and drivers.
Uber did not tell anyone about the breach and paid a ransom to hackers... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42079937 |
Choice of tipple 'determines different moods' - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Spirits may make you angry or tearful, while red wine or beer may make you relax, research says. | Health | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Do you know how alcohol changes your mood?
Different types of alcoholic drink change and shape your mood in different ways, says a study into drinking and emotions.
Spirits may make you feel angry, sexy or tearful, while re... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42050438 |
Mugabe's long career in pictures - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A look at the career of Robert Mugabe, who has resigned as Zimbabwe's president after 37 years in power. | In Pictures | There he met Sally Hafron whom he married in 1961. She was actually more political than him before he was recruited by black nationalists. He was later imprisoned by the Rhodesian government, but was not allowed to attend the funeral of his son | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-42032549 |
Budget 2017: Tech giants targeted over tax payments - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Large technology companies will have to pay tax on royalties made on sales in the UK. | Business | The government will take steps to increase the tax it collects from firms doing business online, Mr Hammond has announced.
From April 2019, technology groups such as Google and Apple will pay a new withholding tax on the royalty payments they make to their subsidiaries in low-tax jurisdictions.
These moves are expect... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42084815 |
Emmerson Mnangagwa: The 'crocodile' who snapped back - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The man who took over from Robert Mugabe as Zimbabwe's president wants to legitimise his rule. | Africa | Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, the man known as "the crocodile" because of his political cunning, achieved a long-held ambition to succeed Robert Mugabe as Zimbabwe's president in November last year.
He has now won a disputed presidential election to legitimise his rule, promising voters his efforts to woo foreign inves... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41995876 |
Grangela: Labour's Angela Rayner is grandmother at 37 - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Labour's Angela Rayner becomes the youngest grandmother in the House of Commons. | UK Politics | Labour MP Angela Rayner has become a grandmother at the age of 37.
The shadow education secretary announced the birth of her first grandchild in an early-morning tweet in which she gave herself the new nickname, Grangela.
The Ashton-under-Lyne MP had her first son, Ryan, at the age of 16 and said being a teenage moth... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42078457 |
Waddesdon air crash: Four men killed named by police - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The victims of the crash between a helicopter and light aircraft are formally identified. | Beds, Herts & Bucks | Capt Mike Green was described as a "respected" helicopter instructor
Four men who were killed in a crash between a helicopter and a plane have been formally identified by police.
Nguyen Thanh Trung, 32, from Vietnam, was on a two-month training programme and was being instructed in the helicopter by Capt Mike Green.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-42075018 |
Robert Mugabe: Is Zimbabwe's ex-president a hero or villain? - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A profile of Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe, accused of destroying a prosperous country for the sake of power, but still seen by some as a revolutionary hero. | Africa | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Robert Mugabe, the man who became synonymous with Zimbabwe, has resigned as president after 37 years in power.
For some, he will always remain a hero who brought independence and an end to white-minority rule. Even those wh... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23431534 |
Budget 2017: No political drama from 'Box Office Phil' - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | It wasn't a show stopper - but what Philip Hammond tried to do was to act on concerns expressed at the general election and by rebels on the Tory backbenches as well as the Labour opposition. | UK Politics | It wasn't a drama - it wasn't a Budget that would inspire queues at the Box Office.
No surprise. When "Box Office Phil" was given that nickname, it wasn't because he has a reputation for delivering political thrillers.
What he tried to do was to act on concerns expressed at the general election and by rebels on the T... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42084795 |
Mugabe resigns: Zimbabwe celebrates end of an era - BBC News | 2017-11-22 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Zimbabweans celebrate late into the night after Robert Mugabe resigns, ending 37-year rule. | Africa | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Jubilant Zimbabweans have celebrated late into the night after Robert Mugabe resigned as president.
He held power for 37 years and once said "only God" could remove him.
His ally turned rival, former Vice-President Emmerso... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42072673 |
Budget 2017: The endless living squeeze - BBC News | 2017-11-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Budget downgrades for economic growth and productivity mean we could see stagnant wages until 2025. | Business | What is the point of capitalism?
That might seem like a pretty big question, but one answer could be "to provide people the opportunity through work to become richer".
What, though, if the economy fails in that endeavour?
If the system leaves you - despite all your efforts - worse off in December than you were the p... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42097238 |
USA gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar pleads guilty to sex charges - BBC News | 2017-11-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The USA Olympics doctor was charged with molesting seven girls in his care. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Judge to Nassar: 'Position of trust used to abuse children'
Former USA Olympic gymnastics sports doctor Larry Nassar has pleaded guilty to seven charges of sexual assault against women and girls in his care.
He was charged ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42083977 |
Brexit: May says positive vibe but EU warns of 'huge challenge' - BBC News | 2017-11-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | But the EU says it will still be a "huge challenge" to move onto the next phase of talks next month. | UK Politics | Theresa May met German's Angela Merkel and other EU leaders
Issues still need to be resolved but progress is being made in Brexit negotiations, Theresa May has insisted.
The prime minister said there had been a "very positive atmosphere" in talks with several EU leaders in Brussels.
The UK, she said, would honour it... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42104024 |
Corbyn: I was never supposed to be called Jeremy - BBC News | 2017-11-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Labour leader says his father had a change of heart over his name. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Labour leader was introduced on stage by Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis
His name was chanted by crowds at Glastonbury and emblazoned on T-shirts - but Jeremy Corbyn says he was never meant to be called "Jerem... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42094004 |
Rita Ora's egg freezing in early 20s 'a positive move,' doctors say - BBC News | 2017-11-23 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The singer, now 26, said she had the procedure done as she "always wanted a big family". | Health | Rita Ora has revealed on an Australian television show that she had her eggs frozen in her early 20s.
The British singer, now 26, said her doctor recommended the procedure as she had "always wanted a big family".
"He said 'you are healthy now and it would be great, why not put them away and then you never have to wor... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42095254 |
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