Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resigns
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has announced he is stepping down after less than a year in the role, following two major election losses. The move comes a day before…
Military sites could house asylum seekers, says John Healey
The defence secretary has said the government is looking at moving asylum seekers onto military sites as an alternative to hotels. John Healey also confirmed officials are considering a range…
Thousands take part on Tyneside
Jason Arunn Murugesu & Catherine LeeBBC News, North East and Cumbria North News About 60,00 runners have entered, according to organisers Thousands of people are taking part in the Great…
Drone footage reveals Cleckheaton Monal wedding venue damage
Grace WoodBBC News, Yorkshire Drone footage shows large stones having fallen in front of the Victorian building in Cleckheaton (Footage provided by Westcliffe Landings Ltd) Drone footage has revealed the…
From London baptism to first millennial saint
Aleem MaqboolBBC Religion Editor EPA Carlo Acutis – nicknamed as ‘God’s influencer’ – created websites documenting ‘miracles’ A London-born boy has become the first millennial saint, in a ceremony steeped…
Seoul concludes US talks to release South Koreans detained in Hyundai raid
South Korea’s government says it has concluded talks with the US to release its citizens detained in a massive immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia. The chief of…
Glasgow’s M8 set for nine months of roadworks
Getty Images The M8 is used by about 150,000 people a day Drivers using Scotland’s busiest road are set for nine months of disruption due to roadworks. Work on Junction…
BBC at the scene of Ukrainian government building strike
One of Kyiv’s main government buildings has been damaged in overnight missile and drone strikes by Russia. Until now, no government building has been hit with the centre of Kyiv…
Recognition of Palestinian state is ‘disastrous’, US ambassador says
Mike Huckabee, the United States Ambassador to Israel, has told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg that plans to recognise a Palestinian state have had “disastrous consequences”. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer…
‘I bunked off school and became Bob Marley’s photographer’
Dennis Morris Dennis Morris took this photo, called Babylon by van, during Bob Marley’s first tour of England On a chilly morning in 1973, a 14-year-old Dennis Morris made a…