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UK Economy: day of price rises and new financial policies explained
The Easter weekend closes with a bang as many households see their council tax and bills go up on what’s been dubbed ‘price hike day’.
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‘If Hamas survives in Gaza, there will never be peace’, says US foreign policy expert
Elliott Abrams is a former deputy national security advisor under George W Bush and supervised US policy in the middle east for the White House.
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Israel strike on Iran military commander increases pressure on US talks
Iran has announced one of its senior Quds Force commanders has been killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus.
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Israel-Gaza war: IDF troops pull out from ‘total destruction’ of al-Shifa hospital
Residents have described scenes of total destruction as Israeli forces completed their military operation to remove Hamas and other militants from within and around the al-Shifa hospital – once Gaza city’s main medical facility.
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Swinging sixties fashion: Biba designer Barbara Hulanicki on her new exhibition
If there’s one fashion brand that epitomised the swinging sixties it was Biba.
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King Charles and Pope at Easter Sunday services
In the UK the King greeted people in Windsor after attending church. It was his first public facing outing since revealing he had cancer.
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Netanyahu under growing pressure from hostage families to reach deal
Families of the hostages have joined mass demonstrations calling for early elections to replace the prime minister.
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Gaza: Four killed and 15 injured in Israeli airstrike
The Israeli airstrike which hit the courtyard of a crowded hospital in central Gaza has killed four Palestinians and wounded another 15.
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‘Glasgow book festival shouldn’t be axed’, says Booker Prize nominee
The Scottish writer Andrew O’Hagan is back, with an ambitious, 640-page state-of-the-nation novel, in which no one is spared.
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Somali pirates: Highest number of attacks in over a decade (Dubbed)
Somali pirates appear to be making a comeback. Attacks around the Horn of Africa have risen sharply – adding to the risks posed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeting ships in the Red Sea.
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Netherlands hostage standoff ends with man arrested
A stand-off at a nightclub in the Netherlands has ended with a man surrendering to police after holding four people hostage for hours.
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‘What US has wanted, Israel has done over last two months’, says Director of US think tank
We spoke to William Wechsler, who’s Senior Director of Middle East Programmes at the Atlantic Council, a US think tank.
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Billions worth of bombs and fighter jets reportedly transferred from US to Israel
Reports the US has quietly authorised the transfer of billions of dollars of bombs and fighter jets to Israel has drawn criticism and accusations of hypocrisy – including from a number of US politicians.
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Counter-terrorism police investigate stabbing of Iranian journalist in London
Iran International says Tehran’s Revolutionary Guards have been targeting the channel.
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Elbow’s Guy Garvey on a fourth number one album and the impact of drummer Al Reeves
Elbow have returned to the top of the charts.