How Social Creators Are Reshaping Africa’s News Landscape
Last year Amahle-Imvelo Jaxa posted a TikTok video about South African peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She explained an argument that had erupted between the South African and Rwandan presidents, then listed roles different South African groups would play in a war with Rwanda: the Sotho strategists, the Xhosa negotiators, the Afrikaner
Is Starmer’s Leadership Really at Risk?
8 hours ago Chris Mason, Political editor and Iain Watson, Political correspondent PA Media Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is facing the first explicit threat of a leadership challenge from one of his MPs - but just how much of a threat does it pose to him? The former minister Catherine West's interview with Radio
Evacuated British hantavirus patients improving, WHO says
Two Britons who were medically evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship are improving, global health officials have said. A British passenger, understood to be a 69-year-old man, was taken to South Africa on 27 April and is receiving care at a private health facility in Sandton, Johannesburg. Another Briton, Martin Anstee, 56, an expedition guide
Labour MPs Criticise Starmer After Election Setbacks
11 hours ago Chris Mason, Political editor and Iain Watson, Political correspondent Getty Images Surveying the scale of Labour's disastrous elections performance, the number of Labour MPs saying publicly that Sir Keir Starmer should resign or attach a sell-by date to his premiership had passed 20 by late Friday evening. Let's see if that is
Two British evacuees from hantavirus-hit ship improving
Two Britons who were medically evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship are improving, global health officials have said. A British passenger, understood to be a 69-year-old man, was taken to South Africa on 27 April and is receiving care at a private health facility in Sandton, Johannesburg. Another Briton, Martin Anstee, 56, an expedition guide
Reform Surges as Labour Loses Ground in Traditional Areas
2 hours ago Chris Mason Political editor PA Media Labour activists look on as votes are counted in Clacton, Essex First things first, the headlines you are waking up to are only an emerging picture. The morning after a general election, the result is pretty much complete by breakfast time - but that is not
Three Evacuated from Hantavirus-Linked Cruise Ship; Spain Allows Docking
Three people with suspected hantavirus have been medically evacuated from a cruise ship. They include a British man who was an expedition guide onboard the ship, the MV Hondius. He was named on Wednesday evening as Martin Anstee, 56. He told Sky News: “I’m doing OK. I’m not feeling too bad. There are still lots
Two Britons Isolating After Hantavirus Exposure on Expedition Ship
7 minutes ago Alex Kleiderman, Ella Kipling and Hugh Pym, health editor Facebook Briton Martin Anstee is reported to be among three people evacuated from the ship while two other Britons are self-isolating in the UK Two British people are self-isolating at home in the UK after potential exposure to hantavirus on a cruise ship
Suspected Hantavirus on MV Hondius — British Crew Need Care
A British crew member was in need of urgent medical care and a passenger from the UK remained in a critical but stable condition following a suspected outbreak of hantavirus on a luxury cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Three people have died and medics on Monday were scrambling to evacuate two others from the
Cruise Ship with Hantavirus Cases Heads to Canary Islands
50 minutes ago Kathryn Armstrong and Toby Mann Watch: Passenger video from inside the cruise ship at the centre of the hantavirus outbreak A Dutch cruise ship with a hantavirus outbreak on board is to sail to the Canary Islands, Spain's health ministry has said. Two crew members, including the ship's reportedly British doctor, require