Specialist rape and sexual offence investigation teams will be introduced to every police force in England and Wales by 2029, the government has pledged. It is part of a long-delayed plan aimed at halving violence against women and girls within a decade. The strategy – which will include funding for undercover units operating online, and…
Paul Lim became the oldest player to win a match at the PDC World Championship as the 71-year-old claimed a stunning victory over Jeffrey de Graaf. Backed by a partisan crowd at the Alexandra Palace, the Singapore veteran claimed a 3-1 success over the Dutch-born Swede. He beat a record held by Northern Irishman John…
Glasgow Warriors mounted an epic comeback from 21-0 down to beat French giants Toulouse in the Champions Cup on one of the club’s greatest nights. In torrential rain and gale-force winds, the six-time champions were still able to display all their signature power and precision in the first half as they threatened to comprehensively outclass…
Belarus has freed 123 prisoners after the US agreed to lift sanctions on the country. Some of those being released include prominent opposition activist Maria Kolesnikova and Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski. BBC Southern & Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford reports from Lithuania, where some of the released prisoners were taken. More on this…
Migrants have been pictured arriving in Dover on Saturday after the longest period without any small boat crossings in seven years. Photos appeared to show dozens of migrants wearing life jackets being brought in to Dover, Kent, aboard a Border Force vessel. Before the weekend, no migrants had made the journey for four weeks, according…
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca described the build-up to Saturday’s victory over Everton as “the worst 48 hours” since he arrived at the club. The Italian delivered a cryptic message in his post-match news conference despite the 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge courtesy of goals from Cole Palmer and Malo Gusto. The three points, which lifted…
Russo’s performance at Goodison Park was delivered as if she had overheard her manager’s glowing pre-match praise. She did “many things” all over the pitch in a dominant win for the Gunners, and was fully deserving of the player of the match award. Russo registered an xG of 1, which accounted for 51.28% of Arsenal’s…
Two US soldiers and a US civilian interpreter have been been killed in Syria in an ambush by a lone Islamic State gunman, the US military has said. The Pentagon said three other service members were injured in the attack, during which the gunman was “engaged and killed”. The identities of those killed are being…
Israel said it killed a senior Hamas commander on Saturday in a strike on a vehicle inside Gaza. In a statement, the Israeli military said it had “struck a key Hamas terrorist” in Gaza City. The Hamas-run Civil Defence spokesman, Mahmoud Basal, told the BBC that four people were killed in the strike. He said…
Toyin Adedokun / AFP via Getty Images Parts of Nigeria’s biggest city, Lagos, have been turned into an “open-air gallery”, in the words of the organisers of the city’s first street art festival. “We believe art shouldn’t be confined to galleries and museums,” Osa Okunkpolor, a Nigerian graffiti artist known as Osa Seven, and one…
