UK car sales to US rise following tariff deal
Sales of British-made cars to the US rose in July following the introduction of the UK-US tariff deal. The 6.8% rise follows three months in a row of falling sales,…
Xi shows Trump who holds the cards as he sets up meeting with Kim and Putin
Laura Bicker China correspondent Getty Images North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attending a military parade in the centre of Beijing, alongside Russian president Vladimir Putin and China’s leader Xi…
Keir Starmer to replace third top aide in less than a year
Sir Keir Starmer is replacing the top civil servant in his Downing Street office. Principal private secretary Nin Pandit runs the prime minister’s team at No 10 and has only…
Does Reform pose an existential threat to the Scottish Conservatives?
Phil Sim BBC Scotland political correspondent Getty Images Graham Simpson was unveiled as a Reform UK MSP by leader Nigel Farage With eight months still to go until the Holyrood…
Summer holiday childcare costs a struggle, Guernsey parents say
BBC Euginia Nobrega works night shifts in order to look after her child in the school break Parents in Guernsey said they have had to adjust their working hours or…
South East parents face struggle to afford school uniform
Peter Whittlesea BBC News, Whitstable Patrick Barlow BBC News, South East Peter Whittlesea / BBC Parents say they are increasingly turning to pre-worn school uniform to avoid paying up to…
Teenager who shot Columbian senator Miguel Uribe Turbay sentenced to 7 years
A 15-year-old boy has been sentenced to seven years in juvenile detention for shooting Colombian presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay at a rally in Bogotá in June. The conservative senator,…
How Tokyo is using AI-generated video to prepare for a Mt Fuji eruption
Tokyo authorities have released an AI-generated video showing what could happen in a worst-case scenario if Mount Fuji erupted. The BBC’s Tessa Wong explains how this could impact Japan’s capital…
Child among three killed in overnight attack on Kyiv
Ukraine has come under heavy Russian bombardment overnight, with a child among three people killed in Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said early on Thursday. Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the attack on…
Kim Jong Un to join Putin and other leaders at China military parade
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un will attend a military parade in Beijing next week, China’s foreign ministry has said – in what is believed to be his first international…