Posts by Kim browne
Gaza woman, 21, lost baby after ‘being blown up in her tent’, British doctor says
A British doctor who has just returned from Gaza has described how one of her patients, a 21-year-old woman who was six months pregnant, lost her baby after she was “blown up in her tent”. “Her husband was killed, she lost her eye, she had an open fracture, and both her legs were completely destroyed…
Read MoreInside Jeremy Corbyn’s new party and the battle for leadership
Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn may be the figureheads of a new left-wing party, but already there is a battle over leadership. The confusion behind the initial launch speaks to a wider debate happening behind closed doors as to who should steer the party – now and in the future. Already, in the true spirit…
Read MoreThousands of hot dogs spill across busy highway
A truckload of hot dogs has spilled across a busy road in Pennsylvania. A mechanical problem meant the truck scraped along a concrete divider – ripping the trailer open and scattering the sausages across the highway. It was the wurst Fry-day commute that motorists in Shrewsbury had to contend with for years. Image: Rescue crews…
Read MoreTech companies are racing to make their products smaller – and much, much thinner
Some of the world’s leading tech companies are betting big on very small innovations. Last week, Samsung released its Galaxy Z Fold 7 which – when open – has a thickness of just 4.2mm, one of the slimmest folding phones ever to hit the market. And Honor, a spin-off from Chinese smartphone company Huawei, will…
Read More‘This shouldn’t have happened’: Bishop who interrupted church choir in dressing gown apologises
A bishop who interrupted a church concert in his dressing gown – and told singers to “leave his house” – has formally apologised to the choir. Jonathan Baker was filmed standing barefoot at a microphone as he criticised performers for making a “terrible racket” at St Andrew’s Church in central London. Addressing the City Academy…
Read MoreTesla ordered to pay $243m to victims of fatal Autopilot crash
A jury has ruled that Tesla is partly to blame for the death of a young woman who was hit by an electric car on Autopilot. Naibel Benavides was stargazing at the time of the collision, which sent her flying 22m (75ft) through the air in Florida. Her boyfriend was seriously injured in the 2019…
Read MoreWhy the Oasis reunion tour is ‘catastrophic’ for Edinburgh Fringe performers
For years now, many performers at Edinburgh Fringe have spoken about their struggles to afford the sky-high prices for their accommodation each August. This year, with Oasis’s reunion tour coming to the city for three nights, the cost of securing a room for a month at the biggest arts festival in the world is even…
Read MoreGhislaine Maxwell moved to a minimum-security prison camp, authorities say
Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell has been moved to a minimum-security prison camp in Texas, officials have said. Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence after being convicted of helping Epstein traffic and sexually abuse underage girls in 2021. She was being held at a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida, that housed men and women.…
Read MoreTrump orders two nuclear subs to be positioned in ‘appropriate regions’ after ex-Russian president’s comments
Donald Trump says he has ordered two nuclear submarines to be positioned in the “appropriate regions” in a row with former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev. It comes after Mr Medvedev, who is now deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, told the US president on Thursday to remember that Moscow had Soviet-era nuclear strike capabilities of…
Read MoreTrump ally calls for big tech ‘united front’ to fight UK and EU online safety laws
A “united front” of US social media giants could try to “fight off” regulation implemented in Europe, an American politician has suggested. The idea that big tech companies like Meta, Apple, Microsoft and others could work together against both the UK and EU laws was made by Republican senator Scott Fitzgerald, who is chair of…
Read MoreSupreme Court rules in lenders’ favour in car finance case – in blow to motorists
British banks and lenders have been spared a huge bill as the Supreme Court has overturned a ruling that could have meant millions of motorists were due compensation for mis-sold car finance. However the court sided with one of the claimants, Marcus Johnson, and awarded him individual compensation due to the circumstances in his case…
Read MoreAdult was also taken to hospital after suspected poisoning incident at summer camp
Police say an adult was also taken to hospital – alongside eight children – following a suspected poisoning incident at a summer camp in Leicestershire on Sunday. The update comes as officers continue to question a 76-year-old man, arrested on Monday evening at a nearby pub on suspicion of administering poison or a noxious thing…
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