Getty Images Terry Rozier of the Miami Heat is among those who were arrested as part of a multi-year investigation into alleged fraud involving NBA players and organised crime. US authorities announced several high-profile arrests on Thursday, including of a star player and a coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA), for alleged illegal sports … Read more
EU leaders have agreed to help support Ukraine’s “financial needs” for the next two years – but stopped short of releasing billions of euros in frozen Russian cash to help fund the country’s defence on Thursday night. A decision to use €140bn (£122bn) in Russian assets held in a Belgian clearing house was pushed back … Read more
Jessica ParkerBerlin correspondent BBC A BBC investigation last year found that Germany was being used to store boats and engines used in small-boat crossings There are growing doubts that Germany will tighten its laws this year to make it easier to prosecute small-boat smugglers, the BBC has learned. Facilitating people-smuggling is not technically illegal in … Read more
A German company inadvertently embroiled in the Louvre Museum heist after one of its lifts was used in the theft is making the most of its free publicity – by launching a new advertising campaign. Werne-based firm Böcker this week published a social media post featuring the now-famous image of its furniture ladder extending up … Read more
Lucy WilliamsonMiddle East correspondent, in Jerusalem AFP The bodies of the dead Palestinians were transferred by the Red Cross in refrigerated lorries Out of a single room, with no DNA testing facilities or cold storage units of its own, the forensics team at Gaza’s Nasser hospital face the challenges brought by peace. Over the past … Read more
Watch: FBI director announces alleged schemes involving NBA players and Mafia An NBA player and coach are among dozens of people arrested as part of a sweeping FBI investigation into illegal sports betting and allegedly rigged, mafia-linked poker games. Miami Heat player Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups were named by … Read more
Four servicewomen have launched a landmark class action lawsuit against the Australian military alleging sexual abuse, harassment and discrimination. Lawyers said they expected thousands of women to join the case against the Australian Defence Force (ADF), which was filed in the Federal Court on Friday. Claims by the four women leading the lawsuit – whose … Read more
The BBC’s Nick Robinson spoke to Head of the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Tom Fletcher about his recent visit to Gaza. Fletcher recounted scenes of “despair and hopelessness” and said driving to Gaza City was like “going through the ruins of Hiroshima”, referencing the Japanese city struck by a nuclear … Read more
Australian scientists working out of a venom laboratory in Paris, France, have shared their research into how fast several snake species strike and deliver their bites. Speaking to the BBC, co-author of the study Alistair Evans detailed how a gel was warmed to simulate prey and “entice” the snake to bite. Using slow-motion footage, researchers … Read more
Ecuador’s president has said someone attempted to poison him by putting three highly concentrated toxic substances in gifts of chocolate and jam. Daniel Noboa said his team had proof to support the claim, though he has yet to publicly provide any evidence. The South American leader told CNN on Thursday that he believed it was … Read more