Bafta has said it is taking a security breach during Sunday night’s best film speech “very seriously”. A man, thought to be a YouTuber, was seen standing the background as Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas accepted their award for Oppenheimer. The gate-crasher did not make any notable gestures or attempt to speak. A Bafta spokesman…
Israel’s prime minister missed the chance to starve Hamas of cash, years before its murderous attack last October, according to a former senior Israeli intelligence officer. Udi Levy has told BBC Panorama he advised Benjamin Netanyahu to target Hamas’s finances. He believes this would have hampered the group’s military build-up, but says the intelligence was…
Actor Jeremy Renner received a rapturous reception at the People’s Choice Awards, more than a year after a horrific snow plough accident. The Hawkeye star broke more than 30 bones after being accidentally run over by his own snow plough last January. Arriving on stage at Sunday’s ceremony, Renner told the audience: “I’ve got to…
Alexei Navalny’s wife Yulia has always kept a low profile, insisting that her main role was as a wife and mother not a politician. But with her husband’s death on Friday and her impassioned appeal for justice at the Munich Security Conference, she has emerged as a major figure in Russia’s beleaguered opposition perhaps by…
Julian Assange’s wife says the WikiLeaks founder would not survive being extradited from the UK to the US. His final appeal will be heard at the High Court on Tuesday and Stella Assange says he is physically and mentally extremely weak. She told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that “this could very well be the…
The crew of a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Aden abandoned ship after an attack claimed by Yemen’s rebel Houthi movement, authorities say. A Houthi military spokesman said the Belize-flagged, British-registered cargo ship Rubymar was at risk of sinking after being hit by missiles. The UK Maritime Trade Operations agency said an unnamed ship…
Minnesota police say two officers and a paramedic have been killed in a shooting at a family home. The gunman, who was barricaded inside his Burnsville home with seven children, opened fire as officers tried to negotiate with him. The dead officers were named as Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge, both 27, and the paramedic…
Three young children found dead at a house in Bristol were a 10-month-old baby boy, a three-year-old girl and a boy, aged seven. Police officers discovered the children after responding to a welfare call in Blaise Walk, Sea Mills, at 00:40 GMT on Sunday. Ch Insp Vicks Hayward-Melen said it was a “terrible and deeply…
Some of India’s top airlines have until 26 February to streamline baggage delivery to passengers at the airport. The civil aviation ministry has said that passengers should get their luggage within 30 minutes after landing. It has also said that the first bag should arrive on the baggage belt within 10 minutes of the plane’s…
UK Special Forces blocked Afghan troops they had fought alongside from relocating to the UK after the Taliban seized power, BBC Panorama can reveal. Leaked documents show special forces rejected applications despite some containing compelling evidence of service alongside the British military. Afghan commandos accompanied British special forces on some of the most dangerous missions…