Jonathan Ditchburn

All but one of the four candidates to succeed Hassan Rouhani are regarded as hardliners.
BBC News – Middle East

The country is still waiting to find out the outcome of its most polarised poll in recent history.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Despite being one of the first countries to develop a jab, Covid cases are sharply rising in Russia.
BBC News – Europe

“We’ve got to do a lot better,” says Robert Buckland, as he sets out plans to tackle low conviction rates.
BBC News – UK

The justices’ 7-2 ruling preserves medical insurance for millions of low-income Americans.
BBC News – US & Canada

Kaunda, 97, was one of the last of the generation of African leaders who fought colonialism.
BBC News – Africa

18th June – On this Day
What does the 18th June have to offer, well on this day…
On this day in 1815 Duke of Wellington and Marshal Blücher defeat Emperor Napoleon and his army near Waterloo.
Today is also […]

Blandford United FC was formed on October 1, 1882, and were inaugural members of the South Hants and Dorset Football Association in 1884, which became part of the Dorset FA in 1887.

In 1896–97 the club became f […]

17th June – On this Day
What does the 17th June have to offer, well on this day…
Today is World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, the day’s purpose is to promote public awareness of the need for […]

The US central bank brought forward its projection for an interest rate hike into 2023 on Wednesday.
BBC News – Business

It is the first major flare-up since a ceasefire ended a conflict between Israel and Hamas in May.
BBC News – Middle East

Almost seven years after 43 students disappeared, the remains of a third victim are identified.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Sixty police officers are hurt as squatters riot over a planned fire inspection at 94 Rigaer Straße.
BBC News – Europe

Lockdown restrictions can stay in place until 19 July rather than 21 June, despite a Tory rebellion.
BBC News – UK

The US and Russia agree to nuclear arms control talks but progress at the Geneva summit is limited.
BBC News – US & Canada

Health agencies and medics tells the BBC of a growing crisis facing low-income African nations.
BBC News – Africa

16th June – On this Day
What does the 16th June have to offer, well on this day…
On this day in 1960, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho premiered, the film led the way for slasher films and pushed the horror format […]

Gloucester City AFC or the Tigers as they are nicknamed are the oldest football team in the county of Gloucestershire. They can trace their origins way back to 1883, but technically as that club folded, and […]