Cop16 deal hailed a ‘step forward’ for nature protection Wealthy nations have agreed to mobilise at least $200bn (£155bn) per year by 2030 to help developing countries conserve biodiversity. The commitment was hammered out in Rome, Italy, at the resumed Cop16 talks, which broke down in Colombia last November. Agreed by the 196 states that…
Forces linked to Syria’s new rulers have engaged in heavy fighting with fighters loyal to deposed President Bashar al-Assad in a coastal area of the country. It is the worst violence in Syria since rebels toppled Assad in December and installed an Islamist transitional government. A war monitoring group, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human…
Europe’s train network is undergoing something of a renaissance – and one tour company is climbing on board The Swedes have a word for it: tågskryt. It means literally ‘train bragging’, and it’s a growing trend among travellers who boast about their long-distance rail journeys. It’s not surprising: in these climate-conscious days, why wouldn’t you…
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Interscope No-one wants to be alone, and no job is more isolating than being a pop star. Just ask Lady Gaga. Her rise to fame in 2009-10 was unlike anything we’d seen before. One of the first pop stars to harness the power of the internet, she seemed to exist in…
Jerry’s chair – credit released by the family While some might consider Burger King royalty only among big corporate fast food chains, the staff members at a local Minnesota branch just put some very human, very sensitive toppings on the reputation of their restaurant. When a 91-year-old regular at the restaurant’s North Branch location died,…
Danny Fullbrook BBC News, Bedfordshire Justin Dealey BBC Three Counties Radio Hannah Ingram-Moore told BBC Three Counties Radio’s Justin Dealey that she was sorry if the public felt misled The daughter of pandemic fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore has said she deeply regrets a charity being set up in his name. Hannah Ingram-Moore admitted the…
Happy Birthday to musician and singer-songwriter David Gilmour, who turns 79 years old. In a career spanning more than 50 years, he is best known for his work as the guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It was estimated that by 2012 the group had sold over 250 million records…
BBC The UK was once ranked the best country in the world for end-of-life care – but that’s not the case any longer. And according to experts, the problem runs far deeper than money The people closest to Terry Leader remember him as a man who was always laughing. He emigrated to the UK from…
The world’s most famous exoneree believes her unique experience holds lessons for us all Amanda Knox spent four years in prison in Italy after being wrongly convicted over the murder of her friend Meredith Kercher. Before being definitively acquitted in 2015, with the eyes of the world’s media on her, she had to draw deep…
Jude Sheerin BBC News, Washington Watch: Key moments from Trump’s first address to Congress President Donald Trump declared “the American Dream is unstoppable” as he addressed a raucous joint session of the US Congress for the first time since he returned to power. In the longest presidential speech to lawmakers on record, he outlined his…
