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News imageUS President Donald Trump sits on a leather chair and speaks

Trump says Iran deal 'largely negotiated' including reopening Strait of Hormuz

Tehran also signals progress on talks but says the key issue of nuclear weapons is not part of an initial framework it is working on.

30 mins ago
World

News imageAn aerial shot of emergency vehicles at the site of the mine explosion in China's Shanxi province

At least 82 killed in Chinese coal mine explosion

The blast in Shanxi province constitutes the country's worst mining disaster in 16 years.

7 hrs ago
Asia
News imageTwo individuals are pictured from behind wearing Red Cross tabards.The tabards read "croix-rouge de la republic Democratique du Congo"

Red Cross volunteers die from suspected Ebola in DR Congo

They are thought to have caught the virus before the outbreak was identified, the Red Cross says.

3 hrs ago
Africa

Nascar champion Kyle Busch died of pneumonia and sepsis, family says

The driver died aged 41 on Thursday after "overwhelming complications" from the illnesses.

5 hrs ago
US & Canada

Alberta will vote on whether to remain part of Canada. What now?

The oil-rich province will decide in October whether to stay part of Canada or trigger a binding independence referendum.

4 hrs ago
US & Canada

France suspends extra EU border checks at Dover after hours-long queues

The port said extra checks would be suspended, after travellers faced queues as temperatures soared.

6 hrs ago
Kent

California declares state of emergency as fire crews race to contain toxic chemical leak

Thousands have been evacuated as officials warn a tank containing about 7,000 gallons of methyl methacrylate could explode.

3 hrs ago
US & Canada

Weekend reads

News imageA portrait of neuroscientist Hanna Critchlow, standing in a corridor (Credit: Adam Mracek)

A neuroscientist's guide to thinking smarter in the 21st Century

In her new book, The 21st Century Brain, scientist Hannah Critchlow explores the overlooked skills that will be necessary to flourish in the age of AI – and how we can cultivate them.

News imageThe book covers of Yesteryear, Transcription and Look What You Made Me Do (Credit: Fourth Estate/ Granta/ Faber & Faber)

10 of the best books of 2026 so far

From a darkly comic tale of revenge to a beautiful contemplation on friendship, here are the year's most acclaimed works of fiction so far.


Best Audio of the Week

News imageA History of the United States in 100 Objects, A History of the United States in 100 Objects, 100 Objects #1: The Century Safe

A History of the United States in 100 Objects

100 Objects #1: The Century Safe

News imageThe Global Story, The Global Story, Has the US set the stage for military intervention in Cuba?

The Global Story

Has the US set the stage for military intervention in Cuba?

News imageGlobal News Podcast, Tulsi Gabbard resigns as US national intelligence director

Global News Podcast

Tulsi Gabbard resigns as US national intelligence director

News imageThe Interface, The Interface, Are we entering a world without screens?

The Interface

Are we entering a world without screens?

News imageWitness History, Witness History, Exposing King Albert II's secret child

Witness History

Exposing King Albert II's secret child

News imageThe Interview, The Interview, Fatima Bio, Sierra Leone First Lady: Speaking up

The Interview

Fatima Bio, Sierra Leone First Lady: Speaking up

News imageBusiness Daily, Business Daily, Musk v Altman: Tech bros battle

Business Daily

Musk v Altman: Tech bros battle

News imageThe Documentary Podcast, When Shiraz calls

The Documentary Podcast

When Shiraz calls

News imageIntrigue, To Catch a King, 2. The Bullet Train

Intrigue

2. The Bullet Train

News imageFront Row, Front Row, Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid

Front Row

Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid


Documentaries

News imageStonehenge: The Lost Circle Revealed

Stonehenge: The Lost Circle Revealed

News imageBritain's First Photo Album

Britain's First Photo Album

News imageThe Travel Show

The Travel Show

News imageThe Trial of Fergie's Royal Dresser

The Trial of Fergie's Royal Dresser

News imageInside the Rage Machine

Inside the Rage Machine

News imageClash of the Superpowers: America vs China

Clash of the Superpowers: America vs China

News imageMountains: Life Above the Clouds

Mountains: Life Above the Clouds

News imageThe Race for Ancient Egypt in Colour

The Race for Ancient Egypt in Colour

News imageQueen Victoria: Secret Marriage, Secret Child?

Queen Victoria: Secret Marriage, Secret Child?

News imageThe Real Spies Among Friends

The Real Spies Among Friends

News imageWhat Happened at Chernobyl

What Happened at Chernobyl

News imageLucy Worsley Investigates

Lucy Worsley Investigates

News imageWild Mexico

Wild Mexico

News imageWinston Churchill

Winston Churchill


More news

News imageA staged political-style press conference scene featuring a human-like figure with a cockroach head wearing a dark suit and tie, standing behind a sleek podium with microphones. The podium and backdrop display the name “Cockroach Janta Party” alongside a cockroach emblem in orange, white, and green". It has been made using AI

India's parody 'cockroach party' claims website has been blocked

The satirical group has gained millions of followers as "the voice of the lazy and unemployed".

7 hrs ago
Asia
News imageFour people are standing in an airport waiting area. One woman has a black tshirt and yellow bag, a man is holding a Palestine flag in his hands, two other women are smiling at the first girl. The woman to the extreme right is holding a large Palestine flag on a pole.

Deported Irish flotilla activists return from Israel

Irish participants in Global Sumud Flotilla bringing aid to Gaza were deported to Ireland.

8 hrs ago
Middle East

Miley Cyrus receives her star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Actress Anya Taylor-Joy and designer Donatella Versace delivered tributes to the singer during the ceremony.

23 hrs ago
US & Canada

Moment SpaceX rocket explodes in the Indian Ocean after splashdown

Elon Musk's SpaceX has successfully launched its Starship V3 rocket, which landed in a planned fiery explosion on Friday.

20 hrs ago
US & Canada
News imageRanvia pictured after her operation

'Suddenly I could see myself': Why breast reductions are more popular now

For the first time, more people in the UK are choosing reduction procedures than enlargements.

24 hrs ago
Health
News imageA black sky with small white dots highlighted in yellow boxes

US government releases UFO sighting reports: 'Orbs swarming in all directions'

The Pentagon discloses scores of UFO files with reported sightings of spheres, discs and fireballs spanning nearly 80 years.

1 day ago
US & Canada
News imageCharmain and Eric - Woman in a light dress and man in a white suit posing together in a studio-style portrait.

Charmain 'was on a mission' to find out who her prophet husband was. Then she died

After a whirlwind romance and quickfire wedding, she was mysteriously found dead in a bathtub in Ghana.

14 hrs ago
Scotland
News imageFootballer Mohamed Salah is shown at various stages of his career wearing the kits of his different clubs, and in many celebratory postures.

Ice baths, almond milk and meditation: The secrets of Mo Salah's success

He's been hailed as an all-time great - but there's more to his success than meets the eye.

23 hrs ago

Editor's picks

News imageWhat does coffee do to your body?

What does coffee do to your body?

Billions of people rely on a cup of coffee to get them through the day. But what does it do to the human body?

Science & Health
News imageBreathing

How a simple breathing trick can change your life

How pranayama, the ancient art of controlled yogic breathing, can help to reduce anxiety.

Science & Health
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The little-known disorder 'affecting 5% of the US'

Limerence is an addictive form of romantic attraction – but what can you do about it?

Love & Sex
News imageCouple hugging in bed

Why healthy sleep is the key to 'great sex'

Dr Wendy Troxel discusses how sharing a bed affects a couple’s relationship quality and sex life.

Love & Sex
News imageFINAL Health decoded pt9

The vegetable that can protect you from cancer

Eat your greens. It's something we've all heard since childhood, but there's good reason why we should listen.

Health Decoded
News imageWoman meditating

Mantra meditation: The ancient practice to heal our minds

How the ancient practice of mantra meditation can help to heal our minds.

Mind
News imageWhich hiccup remedies actually work?

Which hiccup remedies actually work?

Why do we get hiccups and how can we get rid of them?

Science & Health
News imageIs lip balm actually bad for your lips?

Is lip balm bad for your lips?

We ask US board-certified dermatologists Bruce Brod and Dee Anna Glaser to explain how lip balm works.

Science & Health

Cannes Film Festival

News imagePenelope Cruz in La Bola Negra (Credit: Cannes Film Festival)

The nine Cannes films set to be Oscar contenders

As Cannes Film Festival closes, which are the acclaimed films from this year's crop that could be heading for Academy Award nominations?

Four nominations in one year - the actress who could make Oscars history

'Photographing stars in Cannes are days I will never forget'

How Fjord became Cannes' most divisive film


Technology

News imageA cheetah with a tag attached to its right ear bares its teeth (Credit: Sergio Izquierdo)

We can now track animal panic from space

The new Icarus satellite is tracking signals hidden in animal behaviour – which could save the lives of cheetahs, rhinos and elephants.

News imageA man sits staring at his phone and smiles at it (Credit: Getty Images)

It’s fads not friends that now dominate our social media feeds

Social media platforms used to be about communication between friends. The business model is to increase the time people spend on their apps and increase ad revenue.


Summer travel

News imageA father sitting down and feeding his young son along a lake, with a blue and orange scrapbook texture behind them (Credit: Serenity Strull/ BBC/ Getty Images)

How families are adjusting to summer travel costs

Family summer travel can look different around the world. We spoke to six families to learn where they're going this year, what they're spending and how they made their plans.

News imageAerial view of small harbour village in England with fishing boats moored between breakwaters (Credit: Getty Images)

Where to go in England this summer if you want to skip London

News imageWhitewashed buildings with terracotta roofs and a church bell tower on a mountainside on Albania's Adriatic Coast (Credit: Getty Images)

Where to travel in Europe without high costs and massive crowds

News imageAn elephant raises its trunk against a tree in the mopane wilderness (Credit: Barbara Noe Kennedy)

Zambia: The world's walking safari capital


Intelligence Revolution

News imageA coloured x-ray of a right hip joint shaded red where chronic arthritis has damaged the bone (Credit: Getty Images)

The next revolution in hip replacements

New materials designed by artificial intelligence promise to provide stronger hip replacements and improve how fractures heal.

News imageAn autonomous inspection robot at one end of a long sewer pipe with water running along the bottom section (Credit: Pipeon project)

Colossal 'fatbergs' clot sewers around the world. Can scientists stop them?

Reeking coagulations of grease and debris are clotting city sewers on a colossal scale. New technologies are being used to control this modern menace.

News imageSnow covering the rocky slopes of Monviso in the Italian alps (Credit: Getty Images)

A red pixel in the snow: How AI found a lost climber

Scouring remote areas for missing walkers and climbers can take rescuers weeks and sometimes months. AI can do the job in a matter of hours in some cases – and potentially save lives.


US & Canada News

News imageA newly sworn in US citizen holds a US flag while listening to a speech from a US government employee at a naturalization ceremony for new US citizens February 16, 2017 in Newark, New Jersey

Most people seeking green cards must now apply from outside US

A new policy closes a loophole that has allowed people to apply for a green card, or permanent residency, while in the country.

Rap star Rob Base, known for hip-hop classic It Takes Two, dies aged 59

One dead and dozens of firefighters injured in Staten Island shipyard explosion

She was killed by her stalker. Could social media companies have saved her?


More World News

News imageA woman in a cream jumper, with brown hair, looks at a white ballot paper , there is a woman with dark hair and a dark jumper beside her.

Counting continues in Ireland by-elections

The by-elections are being held to fill the vacant Dáil seats in Galway West and Dublin Central.

French mum and partner held until trial after sons abandoned by road in Portugal

Putin vows retaliation after accusing Ukraine of hitting student dormitory

Pitches, PlayStations and protein ice cream - A look inside Brazil's World Cup base camp


Business

News imageBill Winters, Group Chief Executive of Standard Chartered Bank, speaks at a conference in Hong Kong last November.

Bank boss sorry after describing workers as 'lower value human capital'

The Standard Chartered boss said he values all colleagues and is committed to helping them cope with change.

Borrowing in April hit highest level since Covid

Morrisons planning to close 100 stores in next few months

Stop blaming young people for being unemployed, says Amazon's UK boss


Technology

News imageThe next generation of fashionable smart glasses

Can a fashion fix help smart glasses finally take off?

Smart glasses have had a slow uptake. Tech Now explores if stylish new designs could change that.

Businesses use Google's AI to trick you. Google is quietly fighting back

TikTok and YouTube 'not safe enough' for kids, says UK regulator

Analysis: Why the AI industry is the real winner of the Musk-Altman trial


Latest Sport audio

News imageFootball Daily, 72+ EFL Pod: Hull City win Championship play off final

Football Daily

72+ EFL Pod: Hull City win Championship play off final

News imageRugby Union Weekly, Brilliant Bordeaux go back-to-back

Rugby Union Weekly

Brilliant Bordeaux go back-to-back

News image606, 606, Tigers head back to the Premier League and Tuchel's choices

606

Tigers head back to the Premier League and Tuchel's choices

News imageNot by the Playbook, Sportshour, Dominance

Not by the Playbook

Dominance

News imageFootball Daily, Goodbye to Guardiola & will it be Spurs or West Ham?

Football Daily

Goodbye to Guardiola & will it be Spurs or West Ham?

News imageFootball Daily, The Commentators’ View: Tuchel’s team & texting Tielemans

Football Daily

The Commentators’ View: Tuchel’s team & texting Tielemans

News imageThe Wayne Rooney Show, The Wayne Rooney Show, Rooney DISAGREES with England Squad omissions - But Backs Toney Call

The Wayne Rooney Show

Rooney DISAGREES with England Squad omissions - But Backs Toney Call

News imageMore than the Score, More Than The Score, Scott Dixon: From New Zealand to the Indianapolis 500

More than the Score

Scott Dixon: From New Zealand to the Indianapolis 500


Sport

News imageGeorge Russell

Russell edges Antonelli to claim Canada pole 'out of nowhere'

George Russell beats Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli to take pole position at the Canadian Grand Prix.

Huang, 17, makes LET history with Morocco victory

How to follow Canadian Grand Prix on the BBC

Girona relegated a year after Champions League campaign


Health

News imageTwo spa workers pour liquid from bronze beakers onto a woman's back (Credit: Courtesy of Ananda in the Himalayas)

The end of the passive wellness retreat

The new generation of hotel spas is selling treatments that promise better sleep, lower stress and longer, healthier lives.

How an ecological blunder led to a national health crisis in Japan

Five minutes of exercise a day could help you live longer

How chewing more could boost your memory and brain health


Culture

News imageDJ Black Coffee backstage at LIV Nightclub at Fontainebleau Miami.

Electronic music meets orchestra as DJ Black Coffee stuns O2 crowds

In London for one night only ahead of his Ibiza residency, this sell-out show represented far more than just a performance.

The 'raucous' debut novel set entirely on one epic night out

How Panorama exposed rape allegations on Married at First Sight UK

TV presenter Judith Chalmers dies aged 90


Travel

News imageMan leaning against pier fence with beach and coastline behind him at Pismo Beach, California (Credit: Getty Images)

The trade-offs Americans are making to afford summer travel

Rising costs, fuel volatility and global uncertainty aren't stopping Americans from travelling this summer – but they are changing what feels worth the money.

What to know about visiting Rio's favelas

How to order Korean food like a Korean

José Andrés's top tips for enjoying tapas


Watch

News imageThe next generation of fashionable smart glasses

Can a fashion fix help smart glasses finally take off?

Smart glasses have had a slow uptake. Tech Now explores if stylish new designs could change that.
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Arts

News imageJames Abbott McNeill Whistler's Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, also called Whistler's Mother (1871) (Credit: Musu00e9e d'Orsay)

Whistler Mother is a US icon - here's why the artist would've hated its success

At first overlooked, Whistler's 1871 painting of his mother rose to fame over decades to become considered a national masterpiece, a maternal figurehead and a diverse meme.

'I was told I had months to live. Now I've been born again'

Lord of The Flies' study of hate and division has never been more relevant

'Hideous': The controversy over Picasso's most shocking painting


Earth

News imageA researcher at the indoor research facility at the University of Tennessee inspects grass under a row of LED lights elevated just a few inches off the ground (Credit: Steven Bridges/University of Tennessee)

The hidden science beneath the 2026 World Cup

The grass on which the World Cup's 104 matches will be played has a vital but often overlooked role. Two scientists have spent decades getting it right.

These 1960s photos reveal Jamaica's lost paradise

The eccentric photographer who inspired Attenborough

The thrilling fossil discoveries that sparked Attenborough's love for nature


Video

News imageThe world's 'coolest' pitching contest in frozen Baltic Sea

The world's 'coolest' pitching contest in frozen Baltic Sea

In Oulu, Finland, an annual winter competition held in the frozen Baltic Sea takes 'cold pitching' literally.

The boldest new cars unveiled at Beijing Auto Show 2026

Why Hollywood is missing from Cannes this year

Tracking lions in Zambia's largest national park


World's Table

News imageA verdant hillside terrace of tea plants in China (Credit: Getty Images)

The prized Chinese green tea that can cost $8,800 per kilogram

Longjing is one of China's most revered teas. But as its traditional production has dwindled, one of the best ways to taste the real thing is to head to the hills where it's harvested.

Which country can claim steak?

Inside the Turkish city built on 'green gold'

The rare 'dinosaur egg' returning from extinction


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