Protests planned as Scottish parliament holds free vote on assisted dying bill

Opponents of proposals to legalise assisted dying in Scotland have warned it is ethically wrong to allow the state to help someone take their own life. Campaigners against assisted dying, including the Silent Witness actor Liz Carr, are staging demonstrations outside the Scottish parliament on Tuesday, hours before MSPs hold a free vote on new legalisation proposals.more

Conspiracy theories have emerged around the election of Pope Leo XIV. The media has been rife with suggestions that Donald Trump's supporters are bribing cardinals and trying to take control of the Vatican.more

Carlo Ancelotti, announced on Monday as the new coach of the Brazilian national football team, is a "citizen of the world" and a "successful man" who can reverse the bad streak of the "Canarinhos", Brazilian media claim in their first comments.more

Police have arrested a man on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life after fires at homes linked to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. The 21-year-old was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday, Metropolitan Police said. He remains in custody.more

Spain has allocated €1.6 million to investigate the possibility of connecting Africa with Europe via an underwater tunnel from the Iberian Peninsula to Morocco.more

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy yesterday urged Russian leader Vladimir Putin to show he is “serious about peace”. Lamy made the appeal to the Russian leader after meeting his counterparts from several European countries, including Poland, in London.more

In April this year, Lublin Airport served 36,949 passengers, which is almost 25 percent more compared to April last year. In the whole of 2024, 426,000 people used the airport's services.more

Hubert Hurkacz advanced to the 1/8 finals of the ATP 1000 tournament in Rome. The Polish tennis player, seeded 30th, won yesterday in the third round against the American Marcos Giron 6:3, 1:6, 6:1.more

The US brand has signed a lease on a property in the historic central London shopping street and is set to open in summer 2026. The brand, co-founded by the billionaire businesswoman in 2019, will take over the former Ted Baker store at 245-247 Regent Street. more

Paris Saint-Germain forward Ousmane Dembele was named the Ligue 1 player of the year on Sunday, after leading the club to a 13th French title and the Champions League final.more

The number of employers expecting to increase staff numbers in the next three months has fallen to a record low outside of the pandemic, new research suggests. One in four employers plan to make redundancies in the next three months, the report added.more

Ever thought about becoming a Tube, bus, tram or train driver and earning up to £100,000 a year? It's not as straightforward as you might think, with the journey known for being notoriously challenging. Tube driver roles are typically only advertised internally. more

Automaker Nissan, struggling with declining financial results, plans to further reduce its workforce by more than 10,000 people worldwide, Japanese broadcaster NHK reported today, citing sources familiar with the matter. The company has not confirmed the reports.more

A London council has proposed banning garden bonfires in a drive to reduce harmful pollution caused by outdoor waste burning. The plan by Hammersmith and Fulham Council involves creating a new by-law to prevent residents from burning household or garden waste outside at commercial sites, allotments, and private gardens.more

More than 63 percent of Poles fear a threat to the existence of the state, 36.7 percent declare a willingness to flee in the event of an attack - according to the latest IBRiS survey for PAP. The willingness to fight and defend neighbors is decreasing, individualism and caution in social relations are increasing - IBRiS assesses.more

Inter Milan beat Torino 2-0 away in the 36th round of the Italian football league to move level on points with Napoli, who are leaders in the Italian football league. Meanwhile, Napoli drew at home with Genoa in the 36th round.more

Food retailers have seen a “massive” increase in pensioner shoplifters over the last year, according to a leading store security firm, amid the rising cost of living. John Nussbaum, director of service for retail at Kingdom Services Group, has said his staff were seeing a “different sort of shoplifter now” as the cost of living “pushes people to something they’ve never done before”.more

The United States is viewed less and less positively in the world, with an image similar to Russia's and much worse than China's, according to a survey published by the foundation of former NATO Secretary General and Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen.more

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised in London today that net immigration to his country will fall "significantly" by 2029.more

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he expected Russia to agree to a full and permanent ceasefire in the war against his country on Monday. He also said he would personally wait for Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Turkey on Thursday.more

Liverpool, who are already certain of winning the English championship, drew 2-2 at home with second-place Arsenal London in the 36th round of the Premier League. Jakub Kiwior played the entire match for the visitors.more

The cost of sending a child to a state school in the UK has “significantly increased” since 2022, outstripping both inflation and earnings growth, a new report has found.more

For months, a popular Australian radio station has used an AI-generated DJ to host one of its segments — and no one seemed to notice, as reported by the Australian Financial Review and The Sydney Morning Herald. The show, called Workdays with Thy, offers a four-hour mix of hip hop, R&B, and pop, with no indication that the voice of its host, Thy, is AI-generated.more

Barcelona, ​​with Wojciech Szczęsny in goal, defeated Real Madrid 4-3 at home in the 35th round of the Spanish top league and are very close to the title. Robert Lewandowski was a substitute. The guests were not helped by three goals from Kylian Mbappe. The Catalans have won all four Clásicos this season.more

The BAFTA TV Awards were handed out last night at London's Royal Festival Hall. The award for Best Limited Drama Series went not to the favourite "Reindeer" but to "Mr Bates vs. The Post Office". "Mr Loverman" also enjoyed success.more

Hospitals in England are cutting staff, closing services and planning to ration care in order to make “eye-watering” savings demanded by NHS bosses. Rehabilitation centres face being shut, talking therapies services cut and beds for end-of-life care reduced as part of efforts by England’s 215 NHS trusts to comply with a “financial reset”.more

Yesterday's defeat of Iga Swiatek against American Danielle Collins in the third round of the Rome tournament is yet another testimony to the Polish tennis player's form crisis. As a result, she will fall off the podium of the world ranking after 165 weeks. She has not won a tournament since her triumph at the French Open on 8 June 2024.more

Dozens of new coach services will launch for London, including services from London Heathrow Airport. Better yet, the FlixBus services cost just £4. Services will begin for the first time between London, Heathrow Airport, and Bournemouth, as well as Southampton, the University of Southampton and Poole as of May 15, bringing greater connections to the South.more

A number of flights have been delayed as a result of the IT problems faced this morning at London Stansted Airport, the British capital's third largest airport by passenger numbersmore

Russian President Vladimir Putin today proposed to Ukraine to resume direct peace talks in Istanbul on 15 May without preconditions, global agencies reported.more

Southampton's players, including defender Jan Bednarek, drew in front of their home crowd with Manchester City 0:0 in the 36th round of the English Premier League. The visitors were not even helped by the return to the starting line-up of Norwegian Erling Haaland, who is out of action until 30 March due to injury.more

Right-wing Reform UK's win in UK by-elections and local elections is not due to radical opposition to the system, but to the party's great adaptation to the conditions in which political debate takes place, assessed political scientist and far-right expert Dr Aaron Winter of Lancaster University.more

In the first quarter of 2025, our compatriots bought almost a thousand houses and flats on the Iberian Peninsula. This is almost a quarter more than a year earlier, reported ‘Puls Biznesu’.more

Head coach Xabi Alonso will leave Bayer Leverkusen at the end of the season, amid reports he will succeed Carlo Ancelotti at Real Madrid. Alonso, 43, will replace Ancelotti at Madrid, says BBC Sport columnist and Spanish football expert Guillem Balague, although it is unclear when that announcement will take place.more

London's hot air balloon festival has been rescheduled for the 5th year in a row due to weather concerns, the organising committee has announced. Dozens of hot air balloons were due to sail across London's skyline this weekend in aid of charity. more

Employers wishing to recruit engineers, IT workers and telecommunication staff from abroad will have to show they are investing in domestic workforce training under plans to reduce net migration to the UK.more

On Sunday, May 18, at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter's Square, the mass inaugurating the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV will begin, the Prefecture of the Papal Household announced yesterday.more

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been voted the Football Writers' Association (FWA) Footballer of the Year. Salah has enjoyed a stellar individual season, registering 33 goals and 23 assists in all competitions and playing a major role in Liverpool's Premier League title win.more

German detectives have begged British police to reopen their investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann before the prime suspect ‘walks free’. The Metropolitan Police’s Operation Grange could unearth vital evidence before Christian Brueckner is released from jail after serving a separate sentence for sexual assault.more

Poland is on the threshold of a "demographic earthquake" - in 15 years, about 40 percent of citizens will be seniors, and the number of centenarians will exceed 20,000 (today there are three times fewer). This is a huge organizational and financial challenge not only for the healthcare system, but for the entire country and society.more

West Ham United goalkeeper Łukasz Fabiański will leave the club at the end of the current season, the club announced in a statement. The 40-year-old Pole has played 215 games for the club, counting all competitions. In 2019, he was named the best player of the year in the team.more

Free public transport for every Londoner has been suggested by community activists as a way “to open up the city”. The campaign group Fare Free London (FFL) believes that free transport - already available to children under 11 and Londoners over 60 via the 60+ Oyster or Freedom Pass - should be extended to all ages.more

Migrants may have to learn a higher standard of English to work in the UK and wait for longer before they can settle permanently, reports have suggested. An immigration White Paper due to be published next week is expected to set out the reforms, as Sir Keir Starmer gets tougher on migration in the wake of Labour’s local election losses to Reform UK.more

Chelsea London, which won 1-0 against Swedish Djurgarden IF, and Betis Sevilla - tied 2-2 away after extra time with Fiorentina - advanced to the final of the Football Conference League. The decisive match will be played on May 28 in Wrocław.more

Eighteen-year-olds will be allowed to drive trains amid concerns over driver shortages. The minimum age to take on the role in Britain is to be lowered from 20, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced.more

Prisons minister James Timpson has told the BBC more criminals could be tagged in future instead of being sent to prison - but insists he's not "soft on crime". More than 30 companies, including Microsoft and Google, will meet the government today to explore how technology could help monitor offenders in the community more effectively and tackle violence in prison.more

The Catholic Church has a new pope, the first from the United States. On the fourth ballot of the conclave, Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected, who took the name Leo XIV. The new leader of 1.4 billion Catholics was prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for Bishops until the death of Pope Francis.more

Bank of England policymakers have cut interest rates by a quarter point to 4.25% to cushion the UK economy against the impact of rising economic uncertainty.more

The UK and US have agreed a “breakthrough” trade deal slashing some of Donald Trump’s tariffs on cars, aluminium and steel and that the prime minister said would save thousands of British jobs. Keir Starmer said it was a “fantastic, historic day” as he announced the agreement, the first by the White House since Trump announced sweeping global tariffs last month.more

Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur will play in the Europa League final. In the return semi-final matches, the "Red Devils" won at home against Athletic Bilbao 4-1, while the players from London defeated Bodoe/Glimt 2-0 away.more