Mandelson’s Messages: Critiques and Influence on Ministers

19 minutes ago Kate Whannel Political reporter PA Media Lord Mandelson with the prime minister in February 2025, shortly after his appointment as the UK's ambassador to the United States The papers include messages between Lord Mandelson and ministers, exchanging advice and news - as well as criticism of the No 10 operation, Labour MPs

WHO Urges Community Action to Stop Ebola in DRC

Containing the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo requires community cooperation and is “everybody’s business”, the World Health Organization has said. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the organisation’s director general, made the plea on Sunday during a visit to eastern Congo where some residents have protested against stringent medical protocols for handling victims’ bodies. “We

Sturgeon: I’m Paying for a Crime I Didn’t Commit

3 hours ago Laura Kuenssberg Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg "I will not apologise for the crimes of my former husband", says Sturgeon Nicola Sturgeon has told the BBC she feels like she is "serving a sentence for a crime I did not commit" after her estranged husband admitted embezzling £400,000 from the SNP, the

Stew Peas: film probes Jamaica’s outlawed obeah tradition

A new movie from award-winning Jamaican film-maker Sosiessia Nixon shines a spotlight on Jamaica’s enduring west African-based magic and spiritual healing tradition known as obeah. Nixon’s tense, feature-length suspense, Stew Peas, tells of the story of Jamaican detective Tessa, who is obsessed with an old murder case. Tessa’s life begins to fall apart when it

Palace received Andrew envoy email archive in 2020

4 hours ago Sean Coughlan, royal correspondent and Ben King, business reporter Getty Images The former Duke of York was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office earlier this year Buckingham Palace was handed emails six years ago that would have shown that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was sharing confidential government information while a trade envoy

WHO: Ebola death rate 30–50% as director visits DRC

The death rate of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is between 30% and 50%, the World Health Organization has said, as its head arrived in the country to support efforts to contain the disease. Anaïs Legand, from the WHO’s high threat pathogens team, said the revised death rate estimate is

Kenneth Law pleads guilty to aiding suicides

24 minutes ago Sean Dilley and Christina McSorley PA Media Kenneth Law appeared at court in Ontario, Canada A man has pleaded guilty to 14 counts of aiding suicides in Canada after he sold toxic chemicals online. Kenneth Law, 60, entered the guilty pleas relating to Canadian victims in an Ontario court on Friday, as

Dormitory Blaze Kills at Least 16 Girls in Kenya

A fire has ripped through a dormitory at a girls’ school in Kenya’s Rift valley, killing at least 16 students. The fire broke out just after midnight at Utumishi girls academy in Gilgil, Nakuru county, about 76 miles north-west of Nairobi, police said. The education minister, Julius Migos Ogamba, told reporters that 79 other students

Two teens drown in Kent and Oxford during heatwave

UKNIP Emergency crews were called to reports of concerns for a swimmer in a pond in Swanscombe, Kent Two teenage boys have died in separate incidents in Kent and Oxford, the latest in a series of water-related deaths during the recent heatwave. The body of a boy, 15, was recovered from a pond in Swanscombe

US Establishing Ebola Quarantine Center in Kenya

The Trump administration is building a quarantine and treatment center in Kenya for Americans affected by the Ebola outbreak, instead of bringing them home. The White House on Wednesday confirmed that the US was setting up a facility in Kenya for Americans to quarantine after Ebola exposure in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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