Turkey’s Hagia Sophia museum has been converted back into a mosque, after a court annulled a 1934 decision to turn it into a museum. Once a cathedral, then a mosque and, until yesterday, a museum, Istanbul’s famous...
Battle of Britain: The schoolgirl who helped design the Spitfire – BBC News
Meet the young mathematician who helped design the Spitfire, the iconic aircraft that took part in the Battle of Britain, which started 80 years ago. Hazel Hill helped her father do the calculations that meant Spitfires...
But Trump ordered no chokeholds! | NY state officer kneeling on suspect’s neck
With disturbing echoes of George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis, footage has emerged of a police officer in New York state KNEELING on man’s neck. In the police bodycam video, Yugeshwar Gaindarpersaud, 31, runs into his...
Turkish top court revokes Hagia Sophia’s museum status, ‘tourists should still be allowed in’
Turkey’s top court ruled that Istanbul’s 6th-century Hagia Sophia’s conversion from a mosque to a museum in the 1930’s was “unlawful”, paving the way to a reconversion into a house of worship. It is a victory for...
Baby deaths scandal: 300 new cases investigated at two hospitals – BBC News
There are new, disturbing revelations concerning two troubled hospitals at the centre of a baby deaths scandal, potentially dating back several decades. An independent review into claims that children and mothers died...
Prayer restrictions lifted in Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia: Key takeaways • Prayers will be allowed • The decision is based on lifting restrictions on religious freedoms • All historic features of the structure will continue to be preserved and protected • It will...
Hong Kong to shut all schools after record of coronavirus cases, FRANCE 24’s Oliver Farry reports
Hong Kong announced it is closing its schools from Monday, after a spike in coronavirus cases there. The territory reported more than 40 locally transmitted cases there – the highest daily tally in more than three...