Israel has carried out an air strike on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for the first time in months, targeting a senior member of the militant group Hezbollah, despite a ceasefire. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the target was Hezbollah’s chief of staff. Israeli media reports identified him […]
Trump says Ukraine showed ‘zero gratitude’ for US peace proposal
LONDON — U.S., Ukrainian and European officials gathered in Switzerland on Sunday for talks on the contentious American peace plan proposal put to Kyiv this week, with terms critics say would constitute a Ukrainian capitulation. A U.S. delegation that includes Army Secretary Daniel P. Driscoll, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and envoy Steve Witkoff will […]
What to know about treatments for female hair loss or alopecia : NPR
sutlafk/iStockphoto/Getty Images Alison Richards, first noticed her long, blonde hair began to thin and then fall out in her 20s. “There was one day in the shower where I just had hundreds of strands of hair, like fistfuls of hair coming out,” Richards remembers. “It was a very scary experience,” she says. By some estimates, […]
How the arrest of former president Jair Bolsonaro has divided Brazilians | Jair Bolsonaro
NewsFeed Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was taken into police custody after tampering with his ankle monitor while under house arrest. It sparked celebrations among some Brazilians, while others are holding vigils to pray for an end to his ‘persecution’. Published On 23 Nov 202523 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 […]
Rail fares to be frozen in England next year
Rail fares in England next year are to be frozen for the first time in 30 years, the government has announced. The freeze until March 2027 will apply to regulated fares, which includes season tickets and off-peak returns. The most recent fare rise, in March 2025, was 4.6%. Rail fares traditionally have gone up in […]
Tatiana Schlossberg, Caroline Kennedy’s daughter, reveals terminal cancer diagnosis
Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, revealed in an emotional essay published Saturday that she has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. The 35-year-old journalist and granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy wrote candidly in The New Yorker essay about her battle with acute myeloid leukemia, which was discovered last year after she gave birth […]
Thanksgiving travel expected to hit record highs, AAA says : NPR
Cars congest Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport the day before Thanksgiving Day in 2024, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Marta Lavandier/AP hide caption toggle caption Marta Lavandier/AP A record number of people are expected to travel within the U.S. for Thanksgiving, be it plane, train or automobile. Nearly 82 million are projected to travel at least […]
Accused, shunned, exiled: The women banished to Ghana’s ‘witch camps’ | Women
Driven out of their homes Belief in witchcraft is deeply entrenched across Ghana, cutting through both rural and urban life, explains John Azumah, the director of the Sanneh Institute in Accra, a research centre, which has long supported survivors of witchcraft accusations and is part of a coalition pressing for legal and social reform. “It’s […]
Vietnam flooding death toll reaches 90 amid landslides and relentless rain | Vietnam
The death toll from major flooding in Vietnam has risen to 90, with 12 more people missing, the environment ministry said on Sunday after days of heavy rain and landslides. Relentless rain has lashed south-central Vietnam since late October and popular holiday destinations have been hit by several rounds of flooding. Rainfall has exceeded 1,900mm […]
Could the Budget help turn Generation Z into generation debt?
Ben ChuPolicy and analysis correspondent, BBC Verify Getty Images Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ upcoming Budget is expected to justify tax increases as a vital measure to keep the UK’s national debt under control. Some have argued keeping the national debt down protects the financial interests of younger people. That’s because if the country’s debt went up […]