Why the world is watching RFK’s fight with US health agency
AP In fiery Senate testimony this week, US Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr once again set his sights on the nation’s top public health agency, the Centers for Disease Control…
What’s in the “missing minute” of Epstein’s jail video?
The US House Oversight Committee has released a longer version of surveillance footage recorded hours before Jeffrey Epstein’s death on 10 August 2019. The new footage includes a minute that…
Russia targets WhatsApp and pushes new ‘super-app’ as internet blackouts grow
Sergey GoryashkoBBC News Russian NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images For many Russians, going online has become harder as censorship has tightened access to popular apps Marina, a 45-year-old freelance copywriter,…
Former VP has ‘great concerns’ on Trump’s India tariffs
Former Vice-President Mike Pence says he has “great concerns” over Donald Trump’s unilateral tariffs. In an interview with BBC Newsnight discussing a range of topics, Pence said he would “like…
The dramatic day the government had… in under two minutes
The government that was in place on Friday morning looks very different to the one in place at the end of the day. Angela Rayner has resigned, people have been…
Farage puts spotlight on Labour woes at Reform UK conference
Joe Pikepolitical correspondent PA Media A Tannoy announcement was one of the first signs Reform UK’s conference agenda had been upended by events in Westminster. The resignation of Angela Rayner…
Public banned from Commons chamber after hidden phone found
Members of the public have been temporarily banned from walking into the main chamber of the House of Commons after a mobile phone was found hidden there during a security…
Trump rebrands Department of Defense as Department of War
Bernd Debusmann JrBBC News, White House Watch: “America is back”, says Pete Hegseth on Department of Defense rebranding US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday that directs…
Faced with an almighty mess Starmer opts for big shake-up
This reshuffle amounts to the action of a prime minister confronted by an almighty mess – and hurriedly seeking to seize that moment for his own and his government’s ends.…