BBC As the world holds its breath to see what happens next after the US launched direct attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites, US President Donald Trump is expected in the Netherlands on Tuesday for a Nato summit. This will be Trump’s first Nato meeting since being re-elected. In the past, he’s made angry comments about...
Fergus Walsh Medical editor PA Campaigners hold placards outside parliament in London Today’s vote is hugely significant. It now looks highly likely that assisted dying will be introduced in England and Wales. The vote by MPs to approve Kim Leadbeater’s bill is arguably the biggest vote regarding bodily autonomy since the legalisation of abortion in...
Getty Images Police engage with rioters during a second night of disorder in Ballymena People woke up on Wednesday “feeling genuine fear for their lives and their livelihoods” following mob violence in Ballymena, Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson has said. This comes after two days of violence in which 32 officers were injured and six...
The key diplomatic win here is that it leaves the UK open to do a full EU deal on, for example, food standards. Economically this US deal is relatively small, although important to very specific sectors. It rolls back on some of the trade damage done by Trump’s original announcement, in particular to the car...
Henry Zeffman Chief political correspondent EPA The UK has been desperate for a deal of this sort with the US since President Donald Trump unleashed his wave of global tariffs. So have other countries. But it seems the UK has got there first – a significant achievement by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his...
Watch: ‘This is phenomenal’ – Moment wild beaver is filmed on banks of River Dyfi A wild beaver has been filmed on a river in Wales in what has been described as a “hugely significant” sighting. Beavers disappeared from Britain about 400 years ago after being hunted to extinction, but in the past two decades...
Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent, BBC World Service Getty Images Cyber criminals have told BBC News their hack against Co-op is far more serious than the company has previously told the public. Hackers contacted the BBC with proof they had infiltrated IT networks and stolen huge amounts of customer and employee data. After being approached on...
Well, well, well. In a US customs messaging note quietly slipped out in the early hours of Saturday, a series of numbers were listed as exempt from the 125% tariff on goods entering the country from China. The code “8517.13.00.00” means very little to most of the world, but in the US customs list it...
Devon County Council has revealed the perilous state of its finances in its final annual budget before the local elections in May, with its Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND) children’s services spending “now having a significant impact on cash balances”. Its service delivery budget will increase by 5.9% from £743 million 2024-25 to £784...