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EU rules on Artificial Intelligence devices will apply in NI

Getty ImagesJohn CampbellEconomics and business editor, BBC News NI1 hour agoSome EU rules on Artificial Intelligence (AI) will apply in Northern Ireland, the UK government has said.However the...

A simple guide to the midterms

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedJames FitzGerald6 October 2026Updated 3 November 2026 10:15 GMTThe midterm elections are under way in the...

How the US midterm results could unfold - as millions of Americans head to the polls

Getty ImagesAnthony ZurcherNorth America correspondent1 hour agoAfter months of campaigning and billions of dollars spent on the US midterms, election day is finally here.According to the latest...

Police deployed during stand-off over control of top Poland court

EPA/ShutterstockAdam EastonWarsaw30 October 2026Updated 31 October 2026Riot police have been deployed at Poland's Constitutional Court amid an escalating stand-off between the government and the...

Trump's lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday book dismissed by judge

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday book Trump's lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday book...

They strangled us, says founder of Russian newspaper shut under pressure from authorities

ReutersSteven RosenbergBBC Russia Editor, Moscow30 October 2026At the editorial offices of Novaya Gazeta, they are packing up and shutting down.Everywhere I look there are cardboard boxes and...

Burnham 'open' to calls for slavery apology but not reparations

PADamian Grammaticas, Political correspondent and Toby Mann31 October 2026, 03:12 GMTUpdated 8 minutes agoPrime Minister Andy Burnham says he is "open" to the possibility of the UK...

Student-backed election winners demand sweeping resignations in Serbia

ReutersAleksandar MiladinovićBBC News Serbian, Belgrade30 October 2026, 00:17 GMTSerbia's victorious student-led movement has called for top figures in the police, intelligence and judiciary to...

Police deployed during stand-off over control of Poland's top court

EPA/ShutterstockAdam EastonWarsaw37 minutes agoA political stand-off over Poland's top court, the Constitutional Tribunal, has broken out after the government suspended its two senior justices and...

Prominent Russian newspaper shuts down under pressure from authorities

AFP via Getty ImagesSteven RosenbergBBC Russia Editor, Moscow3 hours agoFor the last three decades, Novaya Gazeta has been one of the most high-profile independent news outlets in Russia.Now...

Student-backed election winners demand sweeping resignations in Serbia

ReutersAleksandar MiladinovićBBC News Serbian, Belgrade8 hours agoSerbia's victorious student-led movement has called for top figures in the police, intelligence and judiciary to stand down,...

Australian mushroom murderer loses appeal to overturn convictions

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedLana LamSydney30 October 2026, 01:22 GMTUpdated 5 hours agoAustralia's mushroom killer has failed to...

Independent review announced into murder of student Henry Nowak

HandoutHenry Moore4 minutes agoHome Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced an independent review into the the murder of Henry Nowak.The 18-year-old student was fatally stabbed in Southampton in...

Websites taken down worldwide as critical cyber-security update issued

Getty ImagesTom Gerken and Laura Cress, Technology reporters and Joe Tidy, Cyber correspondent, BBC World Service21 October 2026International governments and agencies have urged...

How did AI discover the internet's massive cyber-security risk?

Governments and cyber-security agencies around the world are scrambling to contain a massive flaw in internet technology, after AI discovered issues that could be exploited by hackers.Developers of...