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Watch: Cheers and gasps in St Peter's Square as first smoke emerges

Watch: Black smoke emerges after first conclave ballotSmoke has emerged from the Sistine Chapel chimney after the first ballot of the conclave - the secretive process to choose a new pope.Black smoke...

Men accused of Sycamore Gap tree felling thought it was a bit of a laugh, jury told

Sycamore Gap felling 'bit of a laugh' - prosecutor23 minutes agoDuncan LeatherdaleBBC News, North East and CumbriaTwo men chopped down the world famous Sycamore Gap tree as a "bit of a laugh" and...

Insiders reveal what working with David Attenborough is really like behind the scenes

Ocean with David Attenborough will hit cinemas on May 8th, 2025. (Image: PA/Sliverback Films/ Open Planet Studios)Insiders working on David Attenborough's latest nature documentary have revealed what...

Watch: The conclave that confused everyone

Watch: The conclave that confused everyoneThe conclave - the secret process to elect the new pope - begins on 7 May.Inside the Sistine Chapel the cardinals will vote until a new pope is elected, with...

Watch: Fear and uncertainty - BBC reports from Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir

Fear and uncertainty after strikes: BBC reports from MuzaffarabadBBC Urdu correspondent Farhat Javed reports from Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir where an Indian air strike damaged a...

Watch: Aftermath of strikes in Pakistani-administered Kashmir

Watch: Aftermath of strikes in Pakistani-administered KashmirIndia says it has launched strikes on Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The BBC has not yet been able to identify the locations hit....

Archaeology breakthrough as powerful pharaoh's name found in unusual location

A groundbreaking discovery has been made in Jordan, where an inscription bearing the name of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses III was uncovered. The etching was found in the Wadi Rum Reserve in...

Putin army disaster as Ukraine wipes out Russian command post in devastating blow

Ukraine's airforce carried out a "devastating strike" on a Russian command post in Bakhmut. The command post belonged to the 6th Motorised Rifle Division that is fighting in the Pokrovsk...

Zelensky issues Victory Day celebration threat to Putin sparking fury in Russia

Moscow has accused Ukraine of making a "direct threat" after Volodymyr Zelensky warned Kyiv wouldn't offer any security guarantees during Russia's Victory Day commemoration on May 9. Russian...

Russia reeling as £38m fighter jet shot down by Ukrainian sea drone in world first

An unmanned Ukrainian sea drone shot down a Russian SU-30 fighter jet near the port of Novorossiysk - home to the Kremlin's Black Sea Fleet. The downing of the £38 million jet was carried out by...

Child survivors of the Blitz share their harrowing memories of wartime Britain

Betty Peachy was just four years old on the day that German bombers came to her hometown of Filton, on the outskirts of Bristol. It was a Wednesday in September, 1940, and she was upstairs playing...

Ukraine in flames as Russia launches devastating drone attack leaving dozens injured

Russia has launched a massive wave of drone strikes on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, injuring at least 28 people and sparking multiple fires across residential districts, according to...

They were the 'Forgotten Army'... but they helped win the war against the Japanese

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...

Kamala Harris hits out at Trump in first major speech since losing election

Kamala Harris hits out at Trump in first major speech since losing electionFormer vice-president Kamala Harris has criticised the Trump administration's agenda in her first major speech since losing...

Houthis strike HMS Prince of Wales – what would happen next

Amongst great fanfare and waving of flags the Royal Navy’s aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales (HMSPoW) sailed from Portsmouth this week, bound for an epic eight-month deployment which will take...

Fire destroys historic US church with ties to MLK

Fire destroys historic US church with ties to MLKA historic Black church in Memphis, Tennessee caught fire early Monday morning and suffered significant damage. The Clayborn Temple was the staging...

Putin is training kidnapped children as soldiers – three things UK must now do

It is every parent’s worst nightmare. One moment your child is at school or playing in the garden - the next, they are gone. But this isn’t a hypothetical fear for thousands of Ukrainian...

Watch: Trump's first 100 days… in just 2 minutes

Watch: Trump's first 100 days… in just 2 minutesUS President Donald Trump has swiftly shaken up Washington DC and the entire country since taking office for a second term just three months ago....

Relief, disappointment or surprise? Canadians react to election result

Relief, disappointment or surprise? Canadians react to election resultCanadians of different political leanings have reacted with a mix of hope, concern, and uncertainty after the federal election....

Watch: How the Vatican said goodbye to Pope Francis

Watch: How the Vatican said goodbye to Pope FrancisPoliticians and royalty joined thousands of mourners as Pope Francis' funeral was held in St Peter's Square.Later, huge crowds lined the streets of...