Media captionVirginia Giuffre: Prince Andrew “knows exactly what he’s done” A woman who accused the late financier Jeffrey Epstein of sex abuse and alleged she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew as a 17-year-old has urged the UK royal to “come clean”. Speaking after a hearing for alleged victims in the wake of […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Harvard University says it is trying to resolve the matter before classes begin on 3 September A Palestinian teenager admitted to Harvard says he has been denied entry to the US after officials objected to his friends’ social media posts. Ismail Ajjawi, who lives in Lebanon, says he was […]
Media captionVirginia Giuffre: Prince Andrew “knows exactly what he’s done” A woman who accused Jeffrey Epstein of sex abuse and alleged she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew as a 17-year-old has urged him to “come clean”. Speaking after a hearing for alleged victims in the wake of Epstein’s death, Virginia Giuffre told […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Only one clinic in Missouri performs abortions A US federal judge has temporarily blocked Missouri from enforcing a law banning nearly all abortions in the state after eight weeks of pregnancy. The law was set to take effect on Wednesday. It would ban abortions after eight weeks except in […]
Image copyright Getty Images Purdue Pharma, the opioid drug-maker owned by the billionaire Sackler family, is reported to be offering between $10bn and $12bn to settle thousands of lawsuits against it. The firm is facing over 2,000 lawsuits linked to its painkiller OxyContin. Purdue told the BBC it was “actively working” towards a “global resolution” […]
Hundreds of dancers have performed in New York to show support for Prince George, after the six-year-old son of Prince William was mocked by a US television host for taking ballet lessons. Lara Spencer, who hosts Good Morning America, has since apologised for her comments about the third in line to the UK throne. Famous […]
Media captionVirginia Giuffre: Prince Andrew “knows exactly what he’s done” A woman who accused Jeffrey Epstein of sex abuse and alleged she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew as a 17-year-old has urged him to “come clean”. Speaking after a hearing for alleged victims in the wake of Epstein’s death, Virginia Giuffre told […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Only one clinic in Missouri performs abortions A US federal judge has temporarily blocked Missouri from enforcing a law banning nearly all abortions in the state after eight weeks of pregnancy. The law was set to take effect on Wednesday. It would ban abortions after eight weeks except in […]
Image copyright Getty Images Purdue Pharma, the opioid drug-maker owned by the billionaire Sackler family, is reported to be offering between $10bn and $12bn to settle thousands of lawsuits against it. The firm is facing over 2,000 lawsuits linked to its painkiller OxyContin. Purdue told the BBC it was “actively working” towards a “global resolution” […]
Hundreds of dancers have performed in New York to show support for Prince George, after the six-year-old son of Prince William was mocked by a US television host for taking ballet lessons. Lara Spencer, who hosts Good Morning America, has since apologised for her comments about the third in line to the UK throne. Famous […]
