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Sir Mel Stride replaced as shadow chancellor as Conservatives reshuffle top team

PAAndre Rhoden-Paul31 August 2026, 13:15 BSTUpdated 18 minutes agoAndrew Griffith has replaced Sir Mel Stride as shadow chancellor as part of Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch's reshuffle of her top...

Search continues for 18 passengers after ferry capsized in northern Cyprus

ReutersJames Gregory18 minutes agoRescuers are continuing their search for 18 passengers of a ferry which capsized off the coast of northern Cyprus on Sunday.The vessel, which was carrying 259...

Man arrested after Swiss rave shooting that killed woman

EPAOlivia Ireland5 minutes agoA 43-year-old Swiss man has been arrested following the shooting at a rave in Switzerland on Sunday.The arrest comes after a 22-year-old Italian woman was killed and...

Russian strikes destroy 12 million books ahead of Ukraine's first week back at school

Dan JohnsonUkraine correspondent, Kyiv4 hours agoViktoria Haidai surveys the mangled remains of the printing press, which should have been busy churning out textbooks ready for the new school...

Early release scheme could see dangerous criminals released, Conservatives warn

PAFreya Scott-Turner31 August 2026, 08:41 BSTUpdated 7 minutes agoDangerous criminals could still be freed under the prime minister's early release scheme, shadow justice secretary Nick Timothy has...

Djokovic in tears during US Open first-round exit

Getty ImagesJonathan JurejkoBBC Sport tennis news reporter31 August 2026, 05:16 BSTUpdated 1 hour agoNovak Djokovic broke down in tears during a US Open first-round defeat by Argentina's Mariano...

British woman killed in stabbing at German railway station

Getty ImagesTom McArthur and Bethany Bell, in Bavaria30 August 2026, 11:39 BSTUpdated 4 hours agoA British woman has died after being stabbed at a railway station in southern Germany...

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...

Violence breaks out in Ceuta as migrant crisis continues

Getty ImagesGuy HedgecoeMadrid28 August 2026A month after tens of thousands of migrants entered the city of Ceuta, a Spanish exclave in North Africa, there have been outbreaks of violence as tensions...

Seven killed and 23 missing in boat capsizing off northern Cyprus

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedGeorge Wright and Ruth Comerford30 August 2026, 12:55 BSTUpdated 1 hour agoAt least seven people...

Head teacher evacuated 900 children minutes before Nepal floods hit school

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedAshok Dahal and Kamal Pariyar, BBC NepaliNuwakot district30 August 2026, 17:10 BSTUpdated 11 minutes agoA...

Greenland says findings on genocide allegation not final

Inuit AtaqatigiitPatrick Jackson28 August 2026Greenland's justice minister has said the government cannot conclude whether genocide was committed against the Inuit community after experts examined...

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...

They fell in love - then had to check they weren't brother and sister

Courtesy of Audrey and Arthur Kermalvezen30 August 2026, 00:03 BSTFor years, Arthur Kermalvezen, the child of a sperm donor, saw possible fathers everywhere he went. "I imagined it might be my...

Iceland votes against restarting talks on joining EU

Reuters30 August 2026, 04:57 BSTUpdated 6 minutes agoChris GrahamIceland has voted against resuming talks on joining the European Union 13 years after they were broken off.Public broadcaster RUV...