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Don’t give in to pessimism, says Pope Francis in BBC Thought for the Day
Pope Francis has urged people not to be drawn towards “pessimism and resignation” despite wars and social injustices throughout the world, but to retain a “gentle gaze of hope”.
The head of the Catholic church gave the Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4 on Saturday, wishing listeners “peace, …
‘Running a bad airline is expensive’: is British Airways finally getting better?
It’s been a long and turbulent time since anyone used British Airways’ old slogan “the world’s favourite airline” with a straight face. After a decade during which the UK flag carrier was tarnished by cost-cutting, IT fiascos, mass redundancies and strikes, BA was then pushed to the brink by Covid.
…From Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to Pope Francis: the books to look forward to in 2025
January
Nonfiction
: Why Optimists Have the Power to Change the World by Sumit
Paul-Choudhury
(Canongate)
The science journalist, who lost his wife to ovarian cancer, investigates the potent emotional forces that drive us on in the face of great hardship. Why do …
After the show: what happened next to Olympic gender row boxers?
It was the full hero’s welcome for Imane Khelif on her return home from Paris to Algiers. An open-topped bus parade on a humid evening that had followed a meeting with president Abdelmadjid Tebboune in the El Mouradia Palace where she was granted the honorary title of major in the …
Are modern sports stars still cut out for pantomime season? Oh yes they are | Emma John
Merry Betwixtmas, everybody! I’ve a great fondness for this final stretch of December, the weird dead time when Boxing Day obligations to extended family have been fulfilled, and the new year’s party still seems impossibly far in the future. It’s a truly philosophical period, raising questions of mortality, renewal and …
Ukraine war briefing: ‘Human wave’ of North Korean troops being sent to their deaths, says US
North Korean troops deployed in Russia’s Kursk region are suffering heavy losses and being left unprotected by the Russian forces they are fighting alongside, according to Ukraine
, while the US says Russian and North Korean generals see the soldiers as “expendable”. Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday that said …
‘I don’t want flowers, I want my Ukraine’: women’s acts of resistance against Russian occupation
On 8 March 2023, International Women’s Day, Russian soldiers were handing out tulips and boughs of mimosa to women and girls in the city of Melitopol, southern Ukraine – a move designed to promote friendly relations between the occupiers and the inhabitants.
But the night before, someone had been discreetly …
Blair proposed SDLP Irish nationalists support England at World Cup, papers show
‘Illegally smuggled’ cannon at Tower of London subject of dispute with Ireland
Rare cannon allegedly smuggled out of Irish waters by a gang of British treasure hunters and acquired for a knockdown price by a Tower of London official were at the centre of a decades-long dispute between British and Irish officials, according to newly released records.
Irish officials made extensive efforts …
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 to The Traitors: a complete guide to the week’s entertainment in the UK
Going out: Cinema
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Out now
Dr Robotnik (Jim Carrey) becomes a paid-up member of the school of thought that says if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em, teaming up with former adversaries Sonic, Tails and Knuckles against new kid on the block Shadow the Hedgehog, voiced by …