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News imagePrime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (left) and Health Secretary, Wes Streeting during a visit to the University College London Hospital (UCLH) where they saw how Proton Beam Therapy is used and met the staff who operate it.

Starmer to meet Streeting as leadership crisis divides Labour

The meeting comes as four ministers resigned and more than 80 Labour MPs called for Sir Keir to go.

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Politics

News imageWes Streeting, Angela Rayner and Andy Burnham seen in a split image

The potential challengers to Keir Starmer

Andy Burnham, Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting are all potential candidates for the top job.

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Politics
News imageXi Jinping, China's president, left, gestures while standing next to U.S. President Donald Trump, during a welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, in November 2017.

A decade on, Trump will return to a stronger and more assertive China

Beijing is arguably the most powerful competitor the US has confronted in its history, one analyst says.

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World

Jason Collins, NBA's first openly-gay player, dies aged 47

Collins shared late last year that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer.

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US & Canada

Elon Musk said control of OpenAI should go to his children, Sam Altman tells jury

Sam Altman said Elon Musk tried many times for total control of OpenAI, which he's now suing.

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Lawsuit seeks to halt Trump's $13m makeover of Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

The no-bid contract went to a Virginia company, which critics say bypassed a federal requirement for competing offers.

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US & Canada

'Huge moment' for Catherine as she makes first overseas trip since cancer

The Princess of Wales will travel to to the Italian city of Reggio Emilia, to learn about its approach to early years education.

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

'Fatbergs' are a modern menace. Can we 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 imageThe four members of Kraftwerk performing on stage with a radioactive symbol against a bright neon yellow screen behind them (Credit: Getty Images)

Kraftwerk's Radioactivity: From eerie 1970s track to anti-nuclear protest anthem

Fifty years old this month, Kraftwerk's single Radioactivity was a groundbreaking track that morphed into the German electronic pioneers' most political protest song.


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News imageTaliban security personnel stand guard as Afghan Red Crescent Society volunteers carry the coffins of victims who were killed by a Pakistani airstrike that struck a drug rehabilitation center, during the second mass funeral ceremony outside the Eid Gah Mosque in Kabul on March 26, 2026.

Pakistan struck a rehab centre and killed 269 Afghans. Their families want to know why

There are calls to investigate the 16 March airstrike - which the UN says likely killed more - as a war crime.

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Australia has some of the world's costliest homes. Will scrapping tax breaks help?

The government hopes reforms will help young people enter the market, while critics say it will stifle supply.

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UK promises jets, drones and warship for Strait of Hormuz defence mission

More than 40 nations are involved in the mission, which the Ministry of Defence says will begin when conditions allow.

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No sign of larger hantavirus outbreak, says UN health agency

The situation could still change and there might be more confirmed cases, warns the head of the World Health Organization.

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Europe
News imageAir India aircraft lands at Suvarnabhumi Airport on May 02, 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Air India crisis deepens ahead of final Ahmedabad crash report

Air India faces a leadership vacuum and mounting financial losses as it struggles to recover from the crash.

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News imageDonald Trump's head in profile on the left and Xi Jinping's head in profile on the right. They are both wearing shirts and suit jackets. Xi's head is overlaid with a red design element.

How the Trump-Xi summit could set superpower relations for many years to come

Trump's whirlwind visit to China is the most significant for years - but will it bear fruit?

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News imageCommissioner of Food and Drug Administration Marty Makary delivers remarks alongside, U.S. President Donald Trump, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz and Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL), during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on October 16, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Marty Makary out as head of US Food and Drug Administration

He is the latest top health official to be ousted under Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.

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Resignations, drama and defiance at Downing Street

Sir Keir Starmer will meet Wes Streeting for talks after a day that saw his leadership come under significant pressure.

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What next as PM fights for his job?

Over 80 Labour MPs have now urged Keir Starmer to quit immediately or draw up a timetable to leave.

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Reporters shout questions at ministers leaving No 10

Several ministers were met with a barrage of questions about the PM's future after leaving a cabinet meeting.

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Firefighters battle to contain Florida Everglades brush fire

The blaze had spread more than 7,000 acres and was only 40% contained by Monday night, authorities said.

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Residents of Utqiagvik, the United States' northernmost city, will experience 84 days of midnight sun and uninterrupted daylight.

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US health authorities say 18 Americans from the MV Hondius cruise ship have returned to the US, with one testing positive for hantavirus.

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Earth

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These 1960s photos reveal Jamaica's lost paradise

A trove of snapshots from a 1960s diving expedition reveals stunning glimpses of Jamaica's vibrant ecosystems of the past. This is transforming our vision of what coral reefs can be.
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Premier League

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It's West Ham or Spurs - how relegation fight is shaping up

With two games remaining of the Premier League season, Tottenham and West Ham are the two horses left in the race to avoid relegation.
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US & Canada News

News imageUS performer Beyonce poses on the red carpet for the 2026 Met Gala wearing a shimmering skeletal gown and a spherical headpiece as photographers in suits stand behind her.

Thief jailed after stealing unreleased Beyoncé music from car

The man smashed into a car and stole luggage containing hard drives with the singer's tracks.

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The Israeli act is met with boos and chants, but also a chorus of support, at Tuesday's semi-final.

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Business

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US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Iran war

The key measure of US inflation rises its highest level since May 2023 as consumers feel the impact of the Iran war.

UK borrowing costs jump as uncertainty over PM's future continues

eBay rejects $55.5bn offer from GameStop

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Technology

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Scientists are developing molecules that can store heat for months and release it when needed - a potential step towards cleaner energy for heating.

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Health

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Culture

News imageItalian singer Sal Da Vinci, representing Italy with the song 'Per Sempre Si', performs during a dress rehearsal for the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026

It's time for the Eurovision semi-finals - here's what you need to know

The first Eurovision semi-final takes place in Vienna after Austrian singer JJ won the 2025 event.

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Travel

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On the hunt for China's most famous green tea

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.

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Watch

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Professor Brian Cox explains why Jupiter's moon, Io, is the most volcanically active body known to science.
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Arts

News imageA still showing a group of boys in the jungle looking dishevelled taken from Lord of the Flies (Credit: Netflix)

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

William Golding's story of boys descending into violence is a 20th-Century classic. Now Adolescence writer Jack Thorne is behind a new TV version speaking to a rancorous world.

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Earth

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The eccentric photographer who inspired Attenborough

As a child, Sir David Attenborough was transfixed by the work of Cherry Kearton, a photographer and filmmaker who almost single-handedly changed the way we view the natural world.

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