Instagram Part-time model Valeria Baigascina appears to have a jet-set lifestyle High-tech equipment made by a UK firm worth $2.1m (£1.6m) has been sold to companies in Russia connected to the military, customs documents seen by BBC News suggest. The documents indicate the British-made camera lenses were shipped by a company registered in Kyrgyzstan, apparently…
The US has blocked a Gaza ceasefire draft resolution at the United Nations Security Council – the fourth time it has used its veto power during the conflict to shield its ally, Israel. Fourteen of the 15 Council members voted in favour of the draft, which demanded that the war in Gaza “must end immediately,…
The US has been criticised by humanitarian organisations for deciding to supply Ukraine with landmines, as the war in eastern Europe rages on. In an interview with the BBC, Human Rights Watch director Mary Wareham said the decision marked a “shocking and devastating development” for those working to eradicate anti-personnel landmines. The approval from Washington…
AFP The gold tooth was placed in this mausoleum after its return to DR Congo in 2022 The gold-capped tooth of Patrice Lumumba, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s independence hero, is safe and has not been stolen, his daughter has told the BBC. The news comes as a relief to a nation gripped by fear…
Japanese officials said Wednesday they are closely watching to see if China keeps its promise to prevent further violations of Japan’s airspace after explaining that an incursion by a Chinese military aircraft nearly three months ago was unintentional and caused by turbulence. Tokyo protested and sought an explanation from Beijing after a Chinese Y-9 reconnaissance…
Civilisation may be able to safely return to Chernobyl, the site of the 1986 Soviet nuclear disaster, after scientists discovered frogs living there were no longer being harmed by radiation. Researchers from the University of Oviedo in Spain have found that eastern tree frogs living in the Ukrainian city – marked out by their blackened…
European nations are gearing up for an all-out war on the continent as Ukraine launched US-made missiles into Russia for the first time and Vladimir Putin officially lowered the threshold for Moscow to consider a nuclear strike. Germany‘s foreign minister yesterday vowed her country ‘will not be intimidated’ by Putin, just one day after German…
Getty Images Prices increased across all property types and in all council areas House prices in Northern Ireland rose 6.2% in the year up to the end of September, according to official figures. The average price for a house in Northern Ireland is £190,553, but prices vary depending on where you live. The Armagh City,…
BBC Two Metropolitan Police officers are under investigation for potential driving offences after a heavily pregnant woman and her baby died in a collision with an unmarked police car in south-east London in October, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said. The woman, 38, who was in the full-term of her pregnancy, was hit…
Plans for a drive-through restaurant and takeaway at a Dumfries retail park are in line for approval. It would be built on a vacant plot of land at the Peel Centre site on the town’s Lockerbie Road. A report to councillors said no specific occupier had been identified but there was market interest in such…
