Five Minutes Spare

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex say their daughter, Lilibet, was born on Friday and is “settling in at home”.
BBC News – US & Canada

An audio recording suggests Abubakar Shekau killed himself during a gunfight with a rival group.
BBC News – Africa

Beaminster in Brief
With a population of a little over 3,000, Beaminster is a small market town and civil parish in Dorset in the southwest of England. It’s situated approximately 15 miles (24 km) northwest of t […]

6th June – On this Day
What does the 6th June have to offer, well on this day…
On the morning of the 6th of June 1944, allied forces landed in Normandy on the north coast of France. A fleet of 2,727 ships of […]

The US airline has ordered 15 supersonic passenger jets which could cut travel times in half.
BBC News – Business

Local reports say an initial investigation blamed an electric short-circuit for the fire in Cairo.
BBC News – Middle East

Cristiana Chamorro is a potential challenger to President Daniel Ortega in November’s election.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The move follows Belarus’s grounding of a Ryanair flight to arrest a dissident journalist.
BBC News – Europe

G7 finance ministers have agreed to work together to create a “level playing field” on global taxation.
BBC News – UK

Ahead of a summit with President Joe Biden, Mr Putin also says he expects “no breakthroughs”.
BBC News – US & Canada