JK Rowling in ‘arrest me’ challenge over Scottish hate crime law (www.bbc.com)
JK Rowling has challenged Scotland’s new hate crime law in a series of social media posts - inviting police to arrest her if they believe she has committed an offence....
France to ban female students from wearing abayas in state schools (www.bbc.com)
Pupils will be banned from wearing abayas, loose-fitting full-length robes worn by some Muslim women, in France’s state-run schools, the education minister has said....
'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology (www.bbc.com)
Ringleader of global monkey torture network, 'The Torture King', is charged (www.bbc.com)
A ringleader in a global monkey torture network exposed by the BBC has been charged by US federal prosecutors....
EU states can ban religious symbols in public workplaces (www.bbc.com)
Israeli missile has struck Iran, US officials say - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
An Israeli missile has hit Iran, two US officials have told the BBC’s US partner CBS News....
Boeing whistleblower found dead in US (www.bbc.com)
John Barnett had worked for Boeing for 32 years, until his retirement in 2017....
Nancy Pelosi: Democrat and ex-Speaker, 83, to seek re-election (www.bbc.com)
TikTok will not be sold, Chinese parent ByteDance tells US (www.bbc.com)
Apple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon. (www.bbc.com)
TIL the US is the only rich country offering no national paid parental leave (www.bbc.com)
People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them? (www.bbc.com)
Ron DeSantis bans 'global elite' lab-grown meat (www.bbc.com)
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has banned lab-grown meat, saying he will “save our beef” from the “global elite” and its “authoritarian plans”....
Nebraska teen sent to 90 days in jail over abortion (www.bbc.com)
Smoking age should rise from 18, by one year every year - Rishi Sunak (www.bbc.com)
France to ban female students from wearing abayas in state schools (www.bbc.com)
UK-US air strikes launched against Houthis in Yemen (www.bbc.com)
The US is quietly arming Taiwan to the teeth (www.bbc.com)
Police investigate virtual sex assault on girl's avatar (www.bbc.com)
Police are investigating a virtual sexual assault of a girl’s avatar, the chair of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners has said....
6 year old who shot teacher bragged about it (www.bbc.com)
The six-year-old student who shot his teacher in the US earlier this year, boasted about the incident saying “I shot [her] dead”, unsealed court documents show....
Speed camera cut down for second time in Cornwall (www.bbc.com)
It’s insane the lengths that some people will go to save a few seconds on their commute, while also endangering others.
Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into Moon (www.bbc.com)
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Biden sanctions Israeli settlers over West Bank violence (www.bbc.com)
He signed an executive order on Thursday, saying violence had reached “intolerable levels”....
Video shows stripped Palestinian men detained in Gaza (www.bbc.com)
With fighting raging around Khan Younis and in the north of Gaza, a video has emerged on social media showing dozens of Palestinian men detained by Israel.