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Nvidia strikes $12.9bn deal to buy AI platform Hugging Face

Getty ImagesFrancisco VelasquezBusiness reporter, New York23 minutes agoNvidia has agreed to buy artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face in a deal valued at about $12.9bn (£9.5bn), one of...

France targets Shein and Temu with fast fashion fees

Gamma-Rapho via Getty ImagesCharlotte Hadfield1 September 2026France has started imposing fees on fast fashion items which could reach almost €20 per garment by 2030, as the government tries to...

France targets Shein and Temu with fast fashion fees

Gamma-Rapho via Getty ImagesCharlotte Hadfield1 September 2026France has started imposing fees on fast fashion items which could reach almost €20 per garment by 2030, as the government tries to...

Nepal death toll crosses 1,000 as rescuers race to find workers trapped in mud-filled tunnels

AFP via Getty ImagesJake Lapham, Kelly Ng and BBC Nepali31 August 2026Updated 1 hour agoThe death toll in Nepal from devastating floods on the border with Tibet has crossed 1,000,...

Prisoners freed early are returning to jail at rapid rate, governors tell BBC

Andrew Aitchison/In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images Sima KotechaSenior UK Correspondent25 minutes agoPrisoners who were freed under the government's last early release scheme are returning to...

Berlin is being blackmailed by hackers, mayor says

ReutersAleks Phillips28 August 2026Berlin is being blackmailed by hackers who were able to compromise city systems and steal data earlier this month, its mayor has said.Kai Wegner said officials...

Berlin is being blackmailed by hackers, mayor says

ReutersAleks Phillips31 minutes agoBerlin is being blackmailed by hackers who were able to compromise city systems and steal data earlier this month, its mayor has said.Kai Wegner said officials...

Norway's King Harald dies aged 89

Getty ImagesMallory Moench28 August 2026, 07:40 BSTUpdated 2 minutes agoNorway's King Harald V has died at the age of 89, after he was taken to hospital last week for treatment for a rare blood...

Radiation link in flight attendant's breast cancer, French court finds

Getty ImagesHugh SchofieldParis correspondent26 August 2026A French court has for the first time recognised cosmic radiation as a factor in the breast cancer of a long-serving flight attendant.Sophie...

UK £300k flood warning as council forced to step in after Environment Agency cuts

[unable to retrieve full-text content]A council is spending £300,000 to restore river maintenance dropped by the Environment Agency.

Giant whales move into Greenland waters as ice disappears

Fernando UgarteVictoria GillScience correspondent 20 August 2026Sea ice has been disappearing from East Greenland, allowing giant whales to take advantage and move into previously inaccessible...

Giant whales move into Greenland waters as ice disappears

Fernando UgarteVictoria GillScience correspondent 20 August 2026, 03:05 BSTSea ice has been disappearing from East Greenland, allowing giant whales to take advantage and move into previously...

Thunderstorm warnings issued for parts of UK with flash flooding expected

Getty ImagesAmy Walker and Stav Danaos, BBC Weather19 August 2026, 10:56 BSTUpdated 1 hour agoYellow thunderstorm warnings have been issued across the UK, with heavy showers expected...

Romania shuts only nuclear plant as heat causes huge drop in Danube River level

AFP via Getty ImagesJaroslav Lukiv13 August 2026Romania has shut down its only nuclear power station because of extremely low water levels in the Danube river caused by prolonged hot weather...

Person fined after using foghorn to wake sleeping polar bear

Getty ImagesOlivia Ireland13 August 2026A person has been fined for using a foghorn to wake a sleeping polar bear in Norway's Svalbard archipelago, a local official has said.The incident happened...