Boris Johnson survives leadership vote but 41% of his MPs have “no confidence” – BBC News
The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has survived a vote of no confidence in his leadership but failed to win the backing of a large number of his own members of Parliament. More than 41% of Conservative MPs refused to…
Jury told Jeffrey Epstein’s girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell “preyed on young girls” – BBC News
Prosecutors have alleged that the socialite Ghislaine Maxwell and former girlfriend of convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein were “partners in crime” and that she groomed vulnerable young girls for him to sexually abuse. Ms Maxwell appeared in court in New York…
Libya considers extraditing Lockerbie bombing suspect – BBC News
More than 30 years after the Lockerbie bombing, Libya is considering extraditing a man wanted by the United States in connection with the attack. 270 people died when a PanAm plane was blown up over Scotland, just before Christmas in…
Anger and grief of families of soldiers killed in Afghan war – BBC News
It’s 20 years since US forces first launched airstrikes against Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan, in response to the attacks of 9/11. For military families of coalition troops who lost relatives in the conflict, it will be a…
Warning of new “civil war” in Afghanistan if Taliban reject power-sharing talks – BBC News
One of Afghanistan’s main opposition leaders has warned there will be civil war, unless the Taliban reach agree to share power, following their takeover of the country. Ahmad Massoud has warned that war is inevitable unless the Taliban agree to…
Taliban promise amnesty and freedoms for women and media – BBC News
Taliban leaders, who’ve never been seen in public before, have been making their first statements on Afghan soil, to a world shocked by their lightning seizure of power. They hoped to calm a worried nation and international community, with assurances…