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PC Harper's killers to stay in jail as PM announces changes to early release scheme

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedJake Lapham24 minutes agoPrime Minister Andy Burnham has told the BBC that PC Andrew Harper's killers will...

What we should make of CIA boss's secret trip to Moscow

Getty ImagesFrank GardnerSecurity correspondent27 August 2026President Donald Trump said John Ratcliffe's trip to Russia was a "semi-routine" visit but there is nothing routine about the CIA chief...

Afghan man charged with rape and sexual assault of 17-year-old

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The teenager was assaulted in the early hours of the morning in a UK city centre, according to police.

Police hunt for two men after sexual assault of teenager in UK seaside resort

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Police are looking for help identifying two men involved in the sexual assault of a teenage girl in Brighton.

How the deadly A66 crash unfolded leaving seven dead

Two police officers and five people within a Volkswagen Passat travelling the wrong way down the A66 motorway were killed after the car collided with a marked police car around 03:30 BST on...

Viral 'Cat in the Hat' TikTok trend sparks fun fake videos but also real fear

Chris Haston/WBTV via Getty ImagesAnna Holligan23 August 2026"He's so scary!" says 16-year-old Skye, recoiling at the mention of the Cat in the Hat.Viral images purporting to show a life-sized...

Viral 'Cat in the Hat' TikTok trend sparks fun fake videos but also real fear

Chris Haston/WBTV via Getty ImagesAnna Holligan11 minutes ago"He's so scary!", says 16-year-old Skye, recoiling at the mention of the Cat in the Hat.Viral images purporting to show a life-sized...

Romanian wanted in Italy for horrific assaults on care home patients fled to UK

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Radu Gancean, 39, is facing extradition to Italy to serve a prison sentence for abusing patients in a remote care home.

Captured Ukrainian-born soldiers tell BBC why they fought for Russia

Sarah Rainsford, Southern and Eastern Europe correspondent and Mariana Matveichuk, in western Ukraine20 August 2026In Western Ukraine, behind high walls and layers of locked...

81-year-old confesses to German cold case murder of US tourist in 1994

Hessen PolicePaul KirbyEurope digital editor19 August 2026A man aged 82 is facing a life sentence in prison in Germany, after going on trial and admitting to a murder that mystified the city of...

81-year-old confesses to German cold case murder of US tourist in 1994

Hessen PolicePaul KirbyEurope digital editor19 August 2026A man aged 82 is facing a life sentence in prison in Germany, after going on trial and admitting to a murder that mystified the city of...

Captured Ukrainian-born soldiers tell BBC why they fought for Russia

Sarah Rainsford, Southern and Eastern Europe correspondent and with reporting by Mariana Matveichuk , Western Ukraine1 hour agoIn Western Ukraine, behind high walls and...

French civil servant drugged us to make us urinate on ourselves, say accusers

Emma Ailes, BBC World Service, Paris and Strasbourg and Amelia Butterly, 54 minutes ago"I was really weak. I couldn't really feel my legs any more," says Anaïs de Vos. "I...

Russia releases former US Marine reported in poor health

ReutersBrandon Drenon and Kennedy Gotham 11 August 2026Updated 12 August 2026President Donald Trump said a former US Marine held in a Russian prison, whose health was reportedly in extremely poor...

Met chief accepts mistakes made over Simon Levy but defends investigation into murders

Freya Scott-Turner13 August 2026, 11:02 BSTUpdated 8 minutes agoThe head of the Metropolitan Police has defended the force's investigation into double murderer Simon Levy, saying public debate needed...