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The first clear images of the Odysseus robot on the surface of the Moon have just been released. They include a view of the American mission lying to one side, having broken a leg on touchdown. The spacecraft continued to work afterwards, however, sending back data about the lunar environment. Odysseus made history last Thursday by becoming the first ever privately built vehicle to complete a soft landing on the Moon. And despite the awkward orientation it eventually adopted, the robot should be celebrated, said US space agency administrator Bill Nelson. Nasa had contracted the operating company, Houston-based Intuitive Machines, to carry six scientific instruments on board the lander. "Odysseus is a success," the agency chief told reporters. "We are in the sixth day of what was planned as an eight-day mission, and we're still receiving data from those instruments."

Severe storms have brought tornado warning to the Chicago area as a cold front pounds through the US Midwest. The National Weather Service has reported at least five tornado sightings, including three near the city of DeKalb, around 64 miles (102km) west of Chicago. Wind gusts in excess of 60mph were reported, knocking down trees and light poles and leaving much of the area without power. There are no reports of casualties. Experts say an El Nino weather pattern and climate change are at play. Cities across the US and Canada reached record February temperatures this week, experiencing summer-like heat. In Chicago, many people were out and about enjoying the unusual weather, as temperatures quickly plunged into deep winter chills. The NWS described Chicago's weather pattern as seeing summer, spring, autumn and winter all "crammed into the next 24 hours". It described the swing as "absolutely brutal". Numerous incoming and departing flights at Chicago's O'...

Michigan voters have sent a clear warning to the White House that Joe Biden's support for Israel's war in Gaza could cost him dearly in the presidential election in November. Activists encouraged people voting in Tuesday's Democratic primary to withhold their votes from President Biden and instead mark the box marked "uncommitted" as a protest. More than 100,000 voters did just that. The protest vote - while a sharp rebuke - poses no immediate danger to Mr Biden, who still won the contest with 81% of the vote. He's the incumbent president and has no serious challenger from within his party, so he can't lose the race to choose the Democratic candidate. But what if all the people who withheld their support from him this time don't come out to vote for him in the general election? That could be decisive. Every vote counts in a key swing state that the US president almost certainly needs to win to have a shot at a second term. In 2016, for example, Hillary...

Mitch McConnell, the powerful politician from Kentucky, announced that he plans to step down as the Senate's longest-serving Republican leader in November. He has served as leader for nearly 20 years, but said it was "time to move on" in a speech on Wednesday. Mr McConnell has proven key to passing conservative priorities and electing Republicans to Capitol Hill. He fell out of favour with Donald Trump's wing in recent years, however. In his speech, Mr McConnell reflected on his long career, his age - 82 - and his family. He dedicated a large portion of his speech, however, to the importance of US global leadership despite the ideological shift his party has undergone under former President Donald Trump's isolationist rhetoric. "I know the politics within my party at this particular moment in time. I have many faults, but misunderstanding politics is not one," he said. "That said, I believe more strongly than ever that America's global leadersh...

Republicans in Alabama will introduce a bill designed to protect access to IVF treatment, after a court ruling cast doubt on its availability. The state's top court ruled earlier this month that frozen embryos have the same rights as children and people can be held liable for destroying them. While it did not ban or restrict IVF, it created a legal headache for clinics and some pulled their services. The bill is expected to be introduced in the Alabama Senate on Tuesday. Republicans hold a majority in the chamber and Senator Tim Melson, who is putting forward the bill, said he was confident "reasonable minds" would come together to pass it. Mr Melson, who is also a doctor, told the BBC that the issue became his priority after "a lot of people came into my office in Montgomery and explained that this is the only option they have for a family and it's in jeopardy". "We need to make sure that clinics are not put in jeopardy for manslaughter, or some crimi...

Sean Combs has been sued by a music producer who has accused him of sexual assault and being forced to have sex with sex workers. Rodney "Lil Rod" Jones alleges he was a victim of unsolicited groping and sexual touching while he was working for the rapper on his latest album. This is the fifth law suit with sexual assault allegations against Mr Combs. Responding to the lawsuit filed in a New York court, a lawyer for the artist said it was "pure fiction". Mr Combs' attorney, Shawn Holley, added: "We have overwhelming, indisputable proof that his claims are complete lies. "We will address these outlandish allegations in court and take all appropriate action against those who make them." According to court documents, the music producer lived and travelled with Mr Combs between September 2022 and November 2023. His lawyers say he was drugged and "recalls waking up naked, dizzy, and confused. He was in bed with two sex workers and Mr Combs"....

Elon Musk has stepped in to foot the bill for 4,000 mini pies after his firm cancelled an order at the last minute. Giving Pies bakery in San Jose was left $2,000 (£1,500) out of pocket when Tesla backed out just before delivery. But when the small business took to social media to complain, Mr Musk said he would stump up the dough. He even had Tesla place a new order - but the bakery said it was now so flooded with business from well-wishers it was too busy to take it on. "It's incredible, I'm blown away," Voahangy Rasetarinera, the owner of the California bakery, told NBC. "I'm so grateful, it's amazing, people are amazing." Her response came after Mr Musk took to social media to resolve the dispute. "Just hearing about this," he said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, responding to a local news story about Tesla cancelling the order. "Will make things good with the bakery. People should always be able to count on Tesla trying its bes...

  U.S. President Joe Biden signaled that a cease-fire in Gaza could be at hand, saying that Israel has agreed to pause its offensive during the upcoming Muslim holy month of Ramadan if a deal is reached to release some hostages held by Hamas. But both Israel and Hamas downplayed on Tuesday the idea that a breakthrough was imminent. In the wake of Hamas’ attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, Israel’s air, sea and ground campaign in Gaza has killed tens of thousands of people, obliterated large swaths of the urban landscape, displaced 80% of the battered enclave’s population and sparked concerns that a famine could be imminent, according to the United Nations. Now, the prospect of an invasion of Rafah has prompted global alarm over the fate of civilians trapped there.

 US President Joe Biden says he hopes to have a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza by Monday. His comments come amid reports of some progress in indirect negotiations involving Israeli and Hamas officials. It would involve aid deliveries to Gaza and the release of more hostages taken during the 7 October Hamas attacks. Israel has not commented and Hamas officials have indicated the two sides are not as close to a ceasefire deal as Mr Biden suggested. Qatar, which has been mediating in the talks alongside Egypt, said they were "pushing hard" for a deal and felt "optimistic", but had nothing to announce. Israel launched a large-scale air and ground campaign in Gaza after Hamas gunmen killed about 1,200 people in southern Israel. The attackers also took 253 people hostage, a number of whom have since been released. The Hamas-run health ministry in the Gaza Strip says at least 29,878 people have been killed in the territory since then - including 96 d...

A US couple whose boat was hijacked in the Caribbean last week likely died after being thrown into the sea, according to police in Grenada. Ralph Hendry, 66 and his wife Kathy Brandel, 71, both pensioners, have been missing since their catamaran was taken by three men on 19 February. Police believe the suspects, who escaped from jail the day before, were attempting to head to St Vincent and the Grenadines. All three have been found and arrested. "We have nothing conclusive to say that the individuals are dead," Mr McKenzie added. "We still hold out hope that in spite [of] what might be a low probability, that they would turn up alive somewhere." Mr McKenzie added that the information that can be shared with the public is "quite limited" and that the investigation by Grenadian and Vincentian authorities remains ongoing. According to the Salty Dawg Sailing Association - of which the missing couple was a member - Mr Hendry and Ms Brandel were "veteran cr...

A New York City medical school will offer students free tuition following a $1bn donation from the 93-year-old widow of a major Wall Street investor. The gift to Albert Einstein College of Medicine came from Dr Ruth Gottesman, a former professor at the Bronx school. It is one of the largest ever donations made to a US school and is the largest ever made to a medical school. The Bronx, New York City's poorest borough, is ranked as the unhealthiest of New York's 62 counties. In a statement, university dean Dr Yaron Yomer said that the "transformational" gift "radically revolutionises our ability to continue attracting students who are committed to our mission, not just those who can afford it". Tuition at the school is nearly $59,000 each year, leaving students with substantial debt. The statement from Einstein noted students in their final year will be reimbursed for their spring 2024 tuition, and from August, all students, including those who are currently ...

The Last of Us actor Nick Offerman has used an awards speech to condemn the "homophobic hate" he has received from viewers, over his character. At Sunday's Independent Spirit Awards, Offerman won best supporting performance in a new scripted series, for playing Bill in the TV drama. Bill and his partner, Frank, are among the survivors of a fungal brain infection in the hit HBO show. Offerman thanked HBO for "having the guts" to tell such stories. He added they were "stories with guts, that when homophobic hate comes my way and says, 'Why did you have to make it a gay story?', we say, 'Because you ask questions like that - it's not a gay story, it's a love story.'" He was nominated alongside Murray Bartlett, who played Frank; while Bella Ramsey was up for best lead performance, for playing Ellie. Their co-star Keivonn Montreal Woodard won the award for best breakthrough performance, for playing Sam. Netflix's Beef also won t...

Actress and director Amy Schumer has revealed she has Cushing's Syndrome, caused by having steroid injections in high doses. She revealed the condition after being swarmed by comments about her face, with fans saying it looked "puffier" during recent TV interviews. In her initial response, Schumer attributed the change in her appearance to endometriosis. The subsequent Cushing's diagnosis left her feeling "reborn", she said. "There are a few types of Cushing. Some that can be fatal, require brain surgery or removal of adrenal glands," 

 Zelensky says 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed in war with Russia  US airman sets himself on fire outside Israeli embassy in Washington  Bangladesh, US discuss new chapter of relations: Mahmud  Bangladesh to come out of difficult patch: WB MD  PM asks local representatives to act against drugs, terrorism   Arafat seeks to combat pro-Israeli disinformation campaign with digital platform    facebook sharing buttonmessenger sharing buttontwitter sharing buttonwhatsapp sharing button    DHAKA, Feb 25, 2024 (BSS) - State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat has proposed creation of a collaborative digital platform to combat the disinformation campaign over Israeli Genocidal invasion of Gaza as he joined a special OIC conference of information ministers in Turkey.    “Israel has systematically disseminated false and misleading news to hide the cruelty and grave violation of international law in Gaza,” an inf...

A man has set himself on fire in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC, according to emergency services. The incident happened at around 13:00 local time (18:00 BST) on Sunday. Officers from the US Secret Service extinguished the flames before the man was taken to hospital with critical, life-threatening injuries, the city's fire department reported. The Washington police department is investigating alongside the Secret Service and other relevant authorities. In a statement the Israeli foreign ministry said the man was not known to embassy staff. A man has set himself on fire in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC, according to emergency services. The incident happened at around 13:00 local time (18:00 BST) on Sunday. Officers from the US Secret Service extinguished the flames before the man was taken to hospital with critical, life-threatening injuries, the city's fire department reported. The Washington police department is investigating alongside the Secre...

When Alabama's Supreme Court defined frozen embryos as children, the shock and confusion was immediate. Major hospitals pulled fertility services and would-be parents scrambled for clarity on what would happen next. The debate over reproductive rights in America has long been driven, in part, by opposition to abortion from Christian groups - but this ruling has divided that movement and ignited debate about the role of theology in US lawmaking. Margaret Boyce is soft-spoken, a private person, and certainly not - in her words - a "crier". She had been taking fertility drugs for 10 months and was days away from her first appointment for in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) when the justices of Alabama's top court upended her life. Their ruling, which prompted many fertility clinics to pause their work, has left her turning to the Bible daily for comfort.

Nearly two dozen allies flanked Mr Trump during his victory speech Flanked at his podium on the Columbia state fairgrounds by nearly two dozen allies, including most of the state's political leaders, he told a raucous crowd: "This was a little sooner than we anticipated." Mr Trump certainly has much to boast about with this win. Exit polling conducted by the BBC's US partner, CBS News, shows that the ex-president bested Ms Haley with both men and women, and among all age groups. Lauding them for their support, Mr Trump, 77, reminded his audience: "We have a lot of work ahead of us." But it does not seem he will be able to fully turn his attention to the general election just yet. Ms Haley re-committed to staying in the race until at least Super Tuesday - 5 March - when voters in 16 states will cast their ballots on the same day. "I'm a woman of my word," the former UN ambassador said. "We're headed to Michigan tomorrow, and we're h...

Stars of the big and small screen walked the red carpet ahead of the SAG Awards on Saturday. The event, hosted by the Screen Actors Guild, celebrates the best on-screen performances of the last year. Here are just a few of the stars who posed for photos before the ceremony got under way  

thanked fans for their support over her dementia and aphasia diagnosis. Williams, 59, said their response had been "overwhelming" and she had "immense gratitude for the love and kind words" received. In a statement released to the Associated Press, the star said the messages had reminded her of "the power of unity and the need for compassion". She hosted the nationally syndicated Wendy Williams Show for over a decade. It ended in 2022 amid the health struggles she has been facing.

 International Mother Language Day is a UNESCO proclaimed day, which is celebrated all over the world to preserve and promote all the languages of the world. UNESCO picked the day February 21 as the International Mother Language Day to commemorate the event of the famous Language Movement in Bangladesh in 1952, where many people sacrificed their lives for the right of speaking their own mother language Bangla. Here, the residents of Arizona speak in many different languages, even though English is the common language medium for communication. We have been celebrating IMLD in Arizona to promote all those different languages on this very special event as a Language Festival for almost a decade now. Mayors of different Arizona cities, Arizona House and other Government offices are proclaiming the day as International Mother Language Day like every year. Some of the dignitaries will be joining to enjoy the event. Many of you are very much familiar of this event and had participated in ...

 Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, February 23, 2024  IRC teams on the ground in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, are reporting growing numbers of people arriving at the Myanmar border as conflict continues to push people out of their hometowns. With over 2.8 million people internally displaced in Myanmar - 660,000 of whom have been displaced in the last four months - the humanitarian crisis in the region is likely to worsen at an alarming pace.  Despite the Bangladesh government refusing to accept any more refugees, citing the large numbers they have been hosting for over six years, the IRC is monitoring the situation and preparing to scale up our refugee response inside Cox’s Bazar refugee camp, should this decision change. Already, Cox’s Bazar is home to one million Rohingya refugees who fled persecution in August 2017. Since then, they have remained trapped in inadequate living conditions, including overcrowding and poorly built shelters prone to flooding or catching fire. This week, ...

It is not possible for us to accept or shelter any more Rohingyas.  The situation that was created earlier on the border of Myanmar, we hope that such a situation will not crease again”. Foreign Minister and Bangladesh Awami League Joint General Secretary Dr. Hasan Mahmud said this as the chief guest at the Ekushey Book Fair and award distribution program organised by Chattogram City Corporation on Friday (February 23) evening. Over 12 lakh Rohingya people have been living in Bangladesh. Every year 35,000 children are born, he mentioned facebook-white sharing buttonwhatsapp-white sharing buttonmessenger-white sharing buttontwitter-white sharing buttonsharethis-white sharing button Read more   42 fall sick after taking food at wedding function 42 fall sick after taking food at wedding function Stern actions against price hike of essentials during Ramadan: Salman Stern actions against price hike of essentials during Ramadan: Salman 2 killed in Chapainawabganj road accidents...

Donald Trump has said he supports the availability of IVF treatment, joining a growing number of Republicans seeking to distance themselves from an Alabama court ruling on the issue. The state's top court ruled last week that frozen embryos have the same rights as children and people can be held liable for destroying them. At least three clinics paused IVF treatment in the wake of the ruling. On Friday, Mr Trump called on lawmakers to find "an immediate solution". "We want to make it easier for mothers and fathers to have babies, not harder! That includes supporting the availability of fertility treatments like IVF in every State in America," the former president wrote on his Truth Social platform.

flying over the western part of the country, according to the BBC's media partner CBS News. The object has been determined to be non-threatening, but its origin and purpose is unknown. A US official told CBS the balloon was seen on Friday over Colorado, drifting east. A year ago, the US shot down a Chinese balloon after it crossed the country from Alaska all the way to the east coast. That encounter last February caused a diplomatic crisis between Washington and Beijing.

US film and TV giant Tyler Perry says he's putting a $800m (£630m) expansion of his studio on hold after becoming concerned over new AI technology. He was due to add 12 sound stages to his Atlanta complex, but says he has been put off by the release of OpenAI's video generator Sora. Perry, 54, believes "a lot of jobs" will be lost in the film industry because of artificial intelligence. He told the Hollywood Reporter that Sora had "shocking" capabilities. "All of that [work] is currently and indefinitely on hold because of Sora and what I'm seeing," he said.

US film and TV giant Tyler Perry says he's putting a $800m (£630m) expansion of his studio on hold after becoming concerned over new AI technology. He was due to add 12 sound stages to his Atlanta complex, but says he has been put off by the release of OpenAI's video generator Sora. Perry, 54, believes "a lot of jobs" will be lost in the film industry because of artificial intelligence. He told the Hollywood Reporter that Sora had "shocking" capabilities. "All of that [work] is currently and indefinitely on hold because of Sora and what I'm seeing," he said.

Lionel Messi started his second season in MLS with a bang on Wednesday night as Inter Miami cruised to a 2–0 win over Real Salt Lake.  Messi assisted on the first Miami goal of the night, playing Robert Taylor in perfectly behind the back line with a quick and accurate pass. He also played a key role in the second goal, with a long run leading to a pass to Luis Suárez, who found Taylor for the finish.  Once again, Messi was head and shoulders above everyone else on the pitch. It often feels like he’s toying with his opponents, and never more so than on this one play in Wednesday night’s game, when Messi flicked the ball over the body of an injured opponent who was laying on the ground.  The play didn’t result in a goal, but it was as memorable as anything Messi did that night. It was a humorously creative play by Messi, but also really impressive. Not only did he have the presence of mind to attempt the flick over the defender’s prone body, he flicked it over the opponent...

The end of this body cam footage shows the Rust lawyer pushing Lt Benavidez to make sure she is physically present for any witness interviews. Meanwhile, Benavidez is constantly checking on Halyna’s condition. He climbs into the back of the ambulance asking if she was stable, and the paramedic replies “she’s critical.” Safety protocol dictates that she cannot be transported in the helicopter until she’s stable, hence the delay in evacuating her to the nearest hospital.

A Canadian man who killed four members of a Muslim family was sentenced to life in prison as a judge ruled that his actions amounted to "white nationalist" terrorism. Nathaniel Veltman, 22, was given five life sentences - four for murder and one for attempted murder. Veltman was found guilty by a jury in November. He ran down the family with his truck in 2021 while they were walking in London, Ontario. Salman Afzaal, 46, and his wife Madiha Salman, 44, were killed by Veltman when he struck them with his truck. Their daughter Yumna Afzaal, 15, and Mr Afzaal's 74-year-old mother, Talat Afzaal, also died in the attack. The couple's nine-year-old son was seriously injured.

Medical providers and fertility patients in Alabama have been left in uncertainty after a court ruled that frozen embryos are considered children. At least three fertility facilities have since paused new IVF treatments over concerns of "legal risk". "There is an emotional side to this, and I don't think the law should be based on those emotions," one Alabama mother said. The ruling opens up a new front in the US battle over reproductive medicine. It is not yet clear what the impact might be in other parts of the country. The Alabama Supreme Court ruling, which came down on Friday, was prompted by three couples who filed a case after their embryos were accidentally destroyed in an incident in 2020. A patient wandered into the part of a fertility clinic where the embryos being stored, handled them, and accidentally dropped them. The ruling did not ban or restrict IVF and in fact, the couples who brought the case actively sought out the procedure. But experts say ...

 KABUL, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Road accidents have claimed the lives of more than 1,600 commuters and left over 4,000 injured in the past ten months in Afghanistan, said Abdul Wodud Khair Khwa, head of plans and policies at the General Directorate of Traffic Police. "Around 3,045 traffic accidents took place across the country which killed and injured a large number of people in the past ten months," the local television channel Tolonews quoted Khair Khwa on Thursday as saying. Citing the official, the private media outlet added that "more than 1,600 commuters including 976 men, 192 women and 447 children" lost their lives in the deadly road crashes over the period. Dilapidated roads, reckless driving and lack of safety measures for travelers on congested highways are the main reason for the road mishaps in war-torn Afghanistan. According to the official, the General Directorate of Traffic Police has been making efforts to reduce road accidents across the cities and hi...

India extends 20pc duty on rice export, onion export to remain on hold Business Desk Published: 22 Feb 2024, 13: 29 Follow us Different varieties of rice are displayed at a wholesale market at Pahartali in Chattogram on 19 January 2024. Different varieties of rice are displayed at a wholesale market at Pahartali in Chattogram on 19 January 2024.Prothom Alo The government of India has decided to extend its order imposing a 20 per cent duty on exports of parboiled rice which will remain in effect until further notice. The central government of the neighbouring country imposed the  duty on export in August last year until 31 March to keep the supply and prices of the staple food stable within the country. The latest order regarding the duty was issued on Wednesday. Quoting a government notification, Indian media outlet The Economic Times reported that the country’s finance ministry said the 20 per cent export duty will continue beyond 31 March without an end date. People in India like...

 Iran has provided Russia with a large number of powerful surface-to-surface ballistic missiles, six sources told Reuters, deepening the military cooperation between the two US-sanctioned countries. Iran's provision of around 400 missiles includes many from the Fateh-110 family of short-range ballistic weapons, such as the Zolfaghar, three Iranian sources said. This road-mobile missile is capable of striking targets at a distance of between 300 and 700 km (186 and 435 miles), experts say. Iran's defence ministry and the Revolutionary Guards - an elite force that oversees Iran's ballistic missile programme - declined to comment. Russia's defence ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The shipments began in early January after a deal was finalised in meetings late last year between Iranian and Russian military and security officials that took place in Tehran and Moscow, one of the Iranian sources said. An Iranian military official - who, like the o...

 Shehbaz Sharif is all set to return as the Prime Minister and Asif Ali Zardari as the President of Pakistan after the two old-guard parties, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), reached a power-sharing agreement. The announcement comes after a nearly two-week-long political deadlock in the country following the February 8 elections, which resulted in a hung assembly with no party securing the 133 seats mandated for a simple majority out of 265 contested seats in the Pakistan National Assembly. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz won 79 seats while the Pakistan Peoples Party came third with 54 seats. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) has also agreed to support the coalition with their 17 seats. The new government in Pakistan is faced with challenges in handling the country's economic crisis and security issues. In 2023, Pakistan averted a default when the International Monetary Fund provided a $3 billion short-term loan. Then there...

To celebrate UNESCO’s International Mother Language Day, the NSW Department of Education is highlighting programs we offer to keep languages alive. Since 1999, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has designated February 21 as International Mother Language Day to celebrate students’ universal right to study their heritage languages. The day traces its origin to 21 February 1952 when five Bangladeshi students were shot dead for breaking a curfew to protest their right to speak Bangla, their mother tongue. Under relentless pressure following the shootings, the Pakistan Government (which governed the region that became Bangladesh) recognised Bangla as an official language in 1956. To coincide with this year’s celebration of International Mother Language Day, a new global think-tank of heritage language academics and practitioners will launch a global call to action for the preservation and revitalisation of heritage language education for multiling...

Google to fix AI picture bot after 'woke' criticism Published 6 hours ago A Google sign is pictured in front of Googleplex headquarters at Mountain View in California on 19 December 2023 IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES Image caption, Google and parent company Alphabet Inc's headquarters in Mountain View, California Google is racing to fix its new AI-powered tool for creating pictures, after claims it was over-correcting against the risk of being racist. Users said the firm's Gemini bot supplied images depicting a variety of genders and ethnicities even when doing so was historically inaccurate. For example, a prompt seeking images of America's founding fathers turned up women and people of colour. The company said its tool was "missing the mark". "Gemini's AI image generation does generate a wide range of people. And that's generally a good thing because people around the world use it. But it's missing the mark here," said Jack Krawczyk, se...

The FBI has launched a probe into a secretive Christian church that was the focus of a recent BBC investigation. The church has no official name but is often referred to as The Truth or the Two by Twos. The sect has recently been rocked by a sexual abuse scandal, with the names of hundreds of alleged perpetrators given to a hotline set up for survivors. An ex-minister who abused a boy in the 1980s told the BBC he had "no reason" to be concerned about the FBI probe. BBC confronts man who abused boy in secretive Christian church Last month's BBC investigation looked into claims of child sexual abuse spanning decades within the church.

While chess may seem like just a board game to some, it is now being used in prison systems in Canada and across the world to help rehabilitate prisoners. For the last ten years, Carl Portman has led a prison chess program in the U.K. that he says has worked wonders on the disposition of convicted felons. “It’s actually perfect for prison,” he told Global News. “Chess is about making good choices.” Portman said that he has received testimonials from countless prisoners over the years who attest to how the game has helped them. One said that instead of committing a crime after being released, he is now going to the chess club. Another said that he now thinks before acting, which prevented him from getting back into the drug trade, while a third said the game helped him reconnect with his son after being released because he knew he played as well. Portman said that chess teaches you to think before acting and to take responsibility for your actions because once you make a move you can’t ...

New York Rangers rally for overtime win in Stadium Series EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- It was a storybook finish for the New York Rangers in their Stadium Series win over the New York Islanders on Sunday. But not necessarily the story they intended to tell. "It wasn't a script we would have written," Rangers coach Peter Laviolette said after their 6-5 overtime victory in front of 79,690 fans at MetLife Stadium in the highest-scoring outdoor game in NHL history. "It was crazy. It was awesome. So many props to our guys after a first period that didn't go the way we wanted at all." The Rangers took an early 1-0 lead but then watched the Islanders score three goals in 3 minutes, 14 seconds, including goals by Bo Horvat and Mathew Barzal 16 seconds apart. Just 1:03 into the second period, the Rangers were down 4-1. Even when they mounted a rally, the Islanders had an answer, and led 5-3 with five minutes left in regulation. But at the final horn, the Rangers skated a...

The smell of rotten, boiled eggs stands out in Kateryna’s memory of her six months living at a refugee camp in Berlin. “When you peel them, the smell is horrible,” she said. “The yolk is black.” She has a collection of photos and videos of inedible food on her phone that she says was served to Ukrainian refugees at the camp set up at the former Tegel airport. Sliced bread black with mould. Small white worms crawling on a yogurt cup. But the food, and subsequent stomach issues she said some developed, was only one of the issues plaguing the camp. With the two-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine approaching, Kateryna is one of more than a million Ukrainian refugees who have arrived in Germany hoping to restart their lives. That process, though, has been more confusing, stressful, and lengthier than she anticipated. The 38-year-old and her two teenage daughters shared a room with up to a dozen people, with only a thin curtain separating their unit from hundreds of others. Bunk beds lin...

Israel-Gaza war: Latest ceasefire talks not very  Talks to agree a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza were "not very promising" in recent days, mediator Qatar has said. Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said he remained optimistic, but added "time is not in our favour". It comes as Israel's prime minister said he would press ahead with plans for a Rafah ground invasion, despite growing international pressure. Hamas has blamed Israel for a lack of progress in achieving a ceasefire deal. Talks have been taking place in Cairo as senior officials from the US, Israel, Egypt and Qatar meet to try to broker a pause in fighting. "The pattern in the last few days [is] not really very promising but, as I always repeat, we will always remain optimistic and will always remain pushing," said Sheik Mohammed, speaking at a meeting of world leaders at the Munich Security Conference. "I believe in this agreement we are talking at a bigger sc...

 TEHRAN, IRAN —  Iran unveiled two new air defense systems Saturday, state media reported, with tensions high in the Middle East amid the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. "The Arman anti-ballistic missile system and the Azarakhsh low-altitude air defense system, built by the ministry of defense, were unveiled this morning," the official IRNA news agency said. The unveiling of the new weapons comes at a time of heightened regional tensions, with the war between Israel and Tehran-backed Hamas raging into a fifth month. This handout picture provided by the Iranian Defense Ministry on February 17, 2024 shows a Sayad-3 missile system during the unveiling of the Arman defense systems at an undisclosed location. This handout picture provided by the Iranian Defense Ministry on February 17, 2024 shows a Sayad-3 missile system during the unveiling of the Arman defense systems at an undisclosed location. Even before the war, Israel and Iran were implacable, with Israel fiercely opposed to Tehr...

 Nearly 300 individuals from a junta military unit and a line police force who escaped to Bangladesh during an assault by the dissident Arakan Armed force have been localized to Myanmar, as per a few Rohingya displaced people in Bangladesh They were returned via ocean on Thursday following a handover function in Cox's Bazar that was gone to by five Myanmar junta authorities and Myanmar's minister to Bangladesh, a Rohingya outcast told Radio Free Asia. "We discovered that five delegates, including a police colonel of the Boundary Watchman Police, came," the Rohingya outcast said. "Additionally, we discovered that Amb. Aung Kyaw Moe met with the head of Boundary Watchman Bangladesh and gave them over." Video showed formally dressed Bangladesh monitors accompanying the junta troops and officials - some of them injured - onto a boat. Cox’s Bazar is located on southeast Bangladesh’s coast near Myanmar’s western Rakhine state. Over the last decade, almost 1 millio...

Russian powers have assumed total command over the Ukrainian city of Avdiivka, Russia's Protection Service said Saturday. Russian Protection Clergyman Sergei Shoigu let the Kremlin know that Russian powers were currently attempting to get the last pockets free from obstruction at the Avdiivka Coke and Substance Plant, authorities said in an explanation. Recordings via virtual entertainment Saturday seemed to show fighters raising the Russian banner more than one of the plant's structures. The declaration ca me that very day that Ukraine's tactical boss said he was pulling out troops from the city in eastern Ukraine where dwarfed safeguards fought a Russian attack for quite some time. The timing is basic as Russia is searching for a resolve help in front of the second commemoration on Feb. 24 of Moscow's full-scale attack of Ukraine and the Walk official political decision in Russia. In a short explanation posted on Facebook, Ukrainian commandant Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrs...

The Canadian head of an Oscar-winning narrative about Alexei Navalny has a directive for Russian President Vladimir Putin after affirmation the country's resistance chief passed on while carrying out a jail punishment in an Icy reformatory state. "You might think you have tackled an issue, yet Alexei Navalny is undying, and the world is coming," Daniel Roher said in a video call from his Toronto home on Friday. Roher, whose film "Navalny" won the Oscar for best narrative element at the 2023 Institute Grants, said he was paralyzed by the underlying reports of the conspicuous Putin adversary's passing, despite the fact that he had expected it. "I'm astonished at how stunned I'm," said the Toronto-conceived movie producer. "For any individual who has followed the tale of Alexei or who's seen our film, the chance of his passing, of his homicide, was exceptionally obvious and extremely present. I actually didn't feel that it would w...

 A New York judge on Friday gave Donald J. Trump a devastating loss in his common extortion case, finding the previous president obligated for plotting to control his total assets and requesting him to suffer a consequence of almost $355 million or more premium that could clear out his whole reserve of money. The choice by Equity Arthur F. Engoron covers a tumultuous, yearslong case in which New York's head legal officer put Mr. Trump's fantastical cases of abundance being investigated. With no jury, the power was in Equity Engoron's hands alone, and he descended hard: The adjudicator conveyed a broad exhibit of disciplines that undermines the previous president's business realm as he at the same time fights with four criminal arraignments and looks to recapture the White House. Equity Engoron banned Mr. Trump for quite some time from serving in top jobs at any New York organization, including parts of his own Trump Association. He likewise forced a two-year restriction...

Donald Trump, his grown-up children and his New York business substances were fined a sum of US$364 million on Friday over what the adjudicator controlled was a years-in length plan to deceitfully expand the worth of their resources for secure positive credits from banks. The New York Head legal officer's office, which brought the argument against Trump and his land realm, say the aggregate sum owed could move past US$450 million with interest. Trump will likewise be banished from filling in as an official or overseer of any New York state partnership or applying for advances from New York monetary foundations for a considerable length of time, Judge Arthur Engoron dominated. Donald Trump Jr. furthermore, Eric Trump, who co-run the Trump Association, will be banished from New York organizations for a very long time. "The fakes tracked down here jump off the page and shock the still, small voice," Engoron composed, who added Trump and his co-litigants "neglected to ac...

The Edmonton Valley Zoo invited two female Icy wolves on Feb. 14. The pair showed up from Parc Zoologique CERZA in Hermival-les-Vaux, France, on Valentine's Day. Fittingly — given the timing — the new wolves were painstakingly chosen by authorities who went through over a year looking for reasonable allies for Tundra, a male Cold wolf at the Edmonton zoo, whose accomplice Shilah kicked the bucket in 2022. "Icy wolves are pack creatures so it was critical to track down an ideal choice for Tundra," said Laura Castor, creature care leader at the zoo. "It has required a great deal of investment and work to arrive at this point and we were unable to be more joyful with this outcome."

Grown-ups who live alone are bound to wrestle with higher paces of wretchedness, particularly for those lacking social and basic reassurance, as per a new report. The report, delivered Thursday by the US Public Place for Wellbeing Measurements (NCHS), found that 6.4 percent of grown-ups who resided alone detailed sensations of sorrow, contrasted and 4.1 percent who resided with others. "Individuals aliving alone might be at more serious gamble of social disconnection and forlornness, which have been connected to higher mortality risk and unfriendly wellbeing results, including psychological well-being results, contrasted and individuals living with a companion or accomplice," the creators expressed in the review. In 2021, 4.4 million Canadians lived alone, up from 1.7 million of every 1981. This addressed 15% of all grown-ups matured 15 and more established in confidential families, the most noteworthy extent on record, as per the most recent information from Measurements Can...

Significant innovation organizations marked a settlement Friday to embrace "sensible safeguards" to forestall man-made brainpower instruments from being utilized to willfully disturb vote based races all over the planet. Tech leaders from Adobe, Amazon, Google, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and TikTok assembled at the Munich Security Meeting to declare another intentional structure for how they will answer artificial intelligence produced deepfakes that purposely stunt electors. Twelve different organizations — including Elon Musk's X — are additionally marking on to the agreement. "Everyone perceives that nobody tech organization, nobody government, nobody common society association can manage the approach of this innovation and its conceivable loathsome use all alone," said Scratch Clegg, leader of worldwide issues for Meta, the parent organization of Facebook and Instagram, in a meeting in front of the culmination. The understanding is to a great extent emblem...

Ruler Harry says his dad Lord Charles' disease finding could add to patching connections among Imperial Relatives. Ruler Harry, 39, focused on his family this week while he and spouse Meghan Markle were in Whistler, B.C., to go to an instructional course one year in front of the 2025 Invictus Games. In a meeting with Great Morning America, the Duke of Sussex talked about his new outing to the U.K. to visit his dad, who was as of late determined to have an undisclosed kind of malignant growth. Ruler Harry said he'd gained regarding the conclusion from a discussion with the lord. His dad's wellbeing prodded the ruler to book a critical trip to visit his loved ones. atOptions = { 'key' : '475171dc30dd06b9fbb5d4d2f1e24a19', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 250, 'width' : 300, 'params' : {} }; document.write(' ');

With a lethal malignant growth conclusion, time isn't something Elaine Foley, 67, needs in excess. With a clinical framework tormented with significant delays, the Wasaga Ocean side, Ont., lady is running out of what brief period she has left. Elaine is engaging Stage 4 malignant growth that spread from her lungs to her mind, with specialists assessing she just has one to two years left to live. She is likewise managing a back physical issue from quite a while back when she filled in as a prison guard, which has deteriorated and left her in an enormous measure of torment. "I go from my room to my La-Z-Kid, and when I go for medical checkups or with chemo, it's extremely excruciating to attempt to walk, yet you need to arrive. So other than going from my room to my La-Z-Kid, I truly haven't been out of my home for a considerable length of time," Elaine says. While her malignant growth can't be restored, Elaine's better half Mike says a lot of her aggravatio...

The fiercest pundit of Russian President Vladimir Putin, passed on in jail Friday, as per worldwide media reports refering to Russian jail authorities. Be that as it may, there has not yet been any authority affirmation of those reports from those near Navalny, including his lawful group. Navalny, 47, has been carrying out a 19-year punishment on charges of radicalism in a "unique system" corrective settlement over the Artic Circle. He was moved there in December 2023. His partners have named the sentences against him as politically propelled. Russia's Government Jail Administration said in a proclamation that Navalny felt unwell after a stroll on Friday and blacked out. A rescue vehicle showed up to attempt to restore him, yet he passed on, The Related Press and Reuters revealed, refering to those Russian authorities. Navalny's representative Kira Yarmysh said on X, previously known as Twitter, that the legislator's group had no affirmation of his demise up until...

Israel on Thursday encouraged the Unified Countries' most elevated court to dismiss a pressing South African solicitation to consider whether Israel's tactical tasks focusing on the southern Gaza city of Rafah break temporary orders the court gave over last month for a situation claiming massacre. South Africa requested the Worldwide Court from Equity to conclude whether Israel's strikes on Rafah, and its aim to send off a ground hostile on the city where 1.4 million Palestinians are protecting, breaks both the U.N. Destruction Show and starter orders gave over by the court last month for a situation blaming Israel for slaughter. In a three-page accommodation delivered Thursday by the court, Israel named the new South African solicitation " exceptionally impossible to miss and ill-advised." It proceeds to say the solicitation is "proof of a reestablished and skeptical exertion by South Africa to involve temporary measures as a sword, as opposed to a safeguard...