Bank of Japan raises rates to highest in 17 years
Japan’s central bank has raised the cost of borrowing to its highest level in 17 years, as it tries to curb rising prices. The move by the Bank of Japan…
UK has not ruled out post-Brexit EU food trade deal, says Jonathan Reynolds
The UK has left open the possibility of following EU rules for food and farm products in order to return to frictionless access to European markets, the trade secretary has…
Kenya abductions spark fears of a return to dark past
Barbara Plett Usher, Maureen Nyukuri & David Wafula BBC News, Nairobi Gerald Karicha Billy Mwangi, seen here with his mother after he was freed, has been reticent about his kidnapping…
Hair loss drug finasteride ‘biggest mistake of my life’
Michelle Roberts, Nat Wright and Adam Eley BBC News Kyle Some online sites are prescribing men a hair loss drug that has potentially risky side effects without consistent safety checks,…
Could calling attacks like Southport terrorism help prevent them?
Daniel De Simone Investigations Correspondent PA Media The teenager who murdered three children, Elsie Dot Stancombe, Alice da Silva Aguiar, and Bebe King, at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class last…
Belarusian opposition denounces Lukashenko and Sunday’s election
Sarah Rainsford BBC Eastern Europe correspondent European Pressphoto Agency In 2020 hundreds of thousands of Belarusians took to the streets to protest. In 2025 demonstrations are unlikely Svetlana Tikhanovskaya refuses…
UnitedHealthcare names new boss after former CEO killed
UnitedHealthcare has named a new boss almost two months after its then-chief executive Brian Thompson was shot and killed in New York. Company veteran Tim Noel will take charge of…
The Brutalist honours my ancestral struggles, says Adrien Brody
Lizo Mzimba Entertainment Correspondent Lol Crawley/Universal Pictures Adrien Brody plays Hungarian immigrant and holocaust survivor László Toth The Brutalist tells the story of Hungarian immigrant and holocaust survivor László Tóth,…
Before Los Angeles disaster, wildfires pushed others out of California
Getty Images More than 150,000 people were forced to evacuate due to the recent fires in LA Christina Welch still remembers what the sky looked like the day a wildfire…
Afghan refugees feel ‘betrayed’ by Trump order blocking move to US
Getty Images Many Afghan refugees now feel hopeless after Trump’s immigration orders (file photo) “It’s like the United States doesn’t actually understand what I did for this country, it’s a…