Ukrainians in Kyiv are split between feeling quietly optimistic and wearily cynical about their country sealing an agreement that grants the US opportunities to capatilise on the nation’s vast...
Russia’s economy is grinding to a halt as the structural limits of its war-driven expansion become clear, a Ukrainian banker has warned. Kyrylo Shevchenko, former governor of the National Bank of...
The city of Xanthi in northeastern Greece has become so overrun by pigeons that it has been forced to enlist some unusual helpers. The local authority has launched an initiative in response to...
Labour’s Channel migrant plan was branded a “sick joke” after 11,000 small boat arrivals were confirmed just days after the total surged past 10,000. Some 294 people made the journey in five...
Teenagers under 16 could be banned from social media services such as Instagram under laws proposed by Conservatives. They want legislation preventing social media companies from using personal...
The war in Burma has been dismissed by some as a strategic sideshow, in the sense that winning or losing was not decisive in ending the conflict. This began with the ‘Germany First’ policy agreed...
A Donald Trump-style mass deportation programme could save the UK £10 billion a year, a new report has claimed. The Centre for Migration Control and former Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe urged ministers...
Swedish police arrest teenager after fatal triple shooting1 day agoAnna LamcheBBC NewsReporting fromLondonMaddy SavageBBC NewsReporting fromStockholmTT/ReutersSwedish police have arrested a teenager...
Cristina HorezRowan IngsBBC Global Disinformation Unit & BBC Trending30 April 2025Romanians are returning to the polls this weekend, following the unprecedented cancellation of presidential...
Discussing his middle-aged obsession with gardening, handsome devil Dominic West, cheekily suggests it’s replaced the previous passion in his life. “I suppose you get to a certain age,” The...
The 2025 Eurovision Song Contest is soon set to begin, with 37 countries competing to be crowned the winner of the international music competition.This year's event is due to take place in Basel,...
Loose Women star Ruth Langsford has pulled out of a live TV appearance after falling ill with a "horrible tummy bug". The 65-year-old mum of one announced she wouldn't be able to appear on her...
Comedian and actor Russell Brand is facing allegations of sexually assaulting a woman by touching her breasts and indecently assaulting another by grabbing her arm and dragging her towards a male...
A row has erupted in West Cornwall over Cornwall Council’s controversial proposal to demolish a much-valued community centre in Penzance to make way for a 72-flat care complex, a plan branded...
Health authorities in Congo are scrambling to contain a deadly anthrax outbreak that has claimed one life and triggered a cross-border alert. The outbreak, centred in North Kivu Province near Lake...
At the age of 76, King Charles seems to love his work more than ever before. Despite still undergoing cancer treatment following his diagnosis last year, the monarch shows no signs of wanting to slow...
McDonald's posts biggest US sales drop since Covid2 hours agoMitchell LabiakBusiness reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesMcDonald's has suffered its biggest drop in US sales since the height of Covid, a...
A misogynistic paedophile who was found with a horde of indecent images of children before being linked to an online neo Nazi criminal gang that blackmailed young teenage girls into livestreaming...
A Yorkshire pub is rolling back the cost of a beer to the equivalent of 1945 prices to celebrate VE Day - with nostalgic punters able to quench their thirst for just 7p a pint. When Britons drunk to...
Stephen McGann, best known for his long-serving role as physician Dr Patrick Turner on Call the Midwife, is actually married to the woman who wrote and co-produced the period drama. Heidi Thomas, who...