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Watch: King opens up on ‘overwhelming’ cancer journey as he issues screening plea21:26 The King made a rare statement on his cancer diagnosis in a video released in support of the Stand Up to Cancer campaign on Friday (12 December). Dr Dolphin, call off these strikes21:26 Editorial: With the NHS under pressures not seen since the once-in-a-century Covid pandemic, the BMA’s refusal to reconsider the timing of its industrial action is dangerous and wrong Illinois becomes 12th state to let terminally ill residents choose to end their lives21:25 The Catholic Conference of Illinois blasted Pritzker's move, saying the law puts Illinois ‘on a dangerous and heartbreaking path’ Florida plows ahead with push to roll back certain vaccine mandates for schoolchildren21:25 Florida officials are plowing ahead with a proposal to roll back certain vaccine mandates for the state’s schoolchildren Ukraine-Russia war latest: EU agrees indefinite freeze on £184bn of Russian assets21:25 Ukraine’s ambassador to Washington insisted the meeting ‘only covered national security related issues’ Winter virus season so far is not too bad, but doctors worry about suffering to come21:25 It may feel like you are surrounded by sniffles and coughs, but flu season activity is still low in many parts of the U.S. New government data posted Friday shows that as of last week, flu activity was high in four states — Colorado, Louisiana, New Jersey and New York — and minimal or low in most others US accuses Rwanda of violating peace deal as M23 rebels seize key city in eastern Congo21:25 The United States accuses Rwanda of violating a U.S.-brokered peace agreement by supporting a new offensive in eastern Congo FEMA to send Georgia more than $300 million in Hurricane Helene relief after accusations of delays21:25 The Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced $350 million in funding for relief efforts following Hurricane Helene and Tropical Storm Debby Noem confronted by deported veteran after insisting no former military forced out of country21:25 Kristi Noem was confronted by a deported veteran after she insisted that no former US military personnel had been removed from the country under the Trump administration . Baby locked inside hot car rescued as temperatures hit 85F20:54 Police officers rescued a baby locked inside a hot car in Florida as temperatures hit 85F (29C) on Friday, 5 December. |