Nawal Al-Maghafi and Jasmin Dyer BBC World Service, reporting from Port-au-Prince BBC/ Phil Pendlebury Helene says the gang told her to have an abortion but she wanted to keep her baby and managed to escape Warning: This story contains accounts of rape and other violence that readers may find distressing. Helene was 17 years old […]
Getty Images The Euros are reaching their conclusion in a massive summer across women’s sport. But away from the drama and excitement on the pitch, there is also a scientific revolution taking place. Teams of scientists are researching the unique ways that elite sport affects the female body – how breasts alter the way you […]
Here are the key events on day 1,248 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Here is how things stand on Saturday, July 26: Fighting Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces were facing fierce fighting around the city of Pokrovsk in the country’s east, a logistics hub near where Russia’s military has been announcing the near-daily […]
Ruth Clegg Health and wellbeing reporter Getty Images It felt like there was a collective sigh of relief when a study, published this week, suggested 10,000 steps a day isn’t the health utopia we had all been led to believe. The news that we only had to reach 7,000 steps was enough to quite literally […]
A new provision in President Trump’s signature domestic policy legislation is causing uproar among professional poker players, who will face higher tax payments when they lose. Getty Images/Photo illustration by Emily Bogle/Newsportu hide caption toggle caption Getty Images/Photo illustration by Emily Bogle/Newsportu President Trump signed his One Big Beautiful Bill into law in early July, […]
FOX Weather is your Hurricane HQ. (FOX Weather) Updated at 9 a.m. ET Friday, July 25, 2025 The broad disturbance that we’ve been following across the northern Gulf will move into Texas later today. Newsportual Hurricane Center is still drawing a slight-chance lemon where it could develop, but the odds are in the ultra-low category. […]
Erika Benke BBC News, Rovaniemi BBC/Erika Benke “Make sure the reindeer have plenty of water – and don’t forget to drink a glass every hour too,” Santa reminds a team of elves as Lapland swelters in a record heatwave. It’s not every day that Father Christmas finds himself briefing about the hazards of sunstroke at […]
Nigeria hunt a 10th WAFCON title against a Morocco side seeking their first when the pair face off in Rabat. Who: Nigeria vs MoroccoWhat: Women’s Africa Cup of Nations final 2025Where: Olympic Stadium in Rabat, MoroccoWhen: Saturday at 8pm (19:00 GMT). Two of the continent’s footballing powerhouses will contest the Confederation of African Football’s (CAF’s) […]
The government has increased the maximum price it is prepared to guarantee companies generating electricity from new wind farms. It comes as ministers are trying to meet challenging pledges to bring down household bills and create an electricity grid that it is almost entirely free of fossil fuels by 2030. The Department for Energy Security […]
The Samaritans are planning to close more than 100 branches across the UK and Ireland, the BBC has learned. In a presentation to staff, the suicide prevention charity’s chief executive said “at least half” of their branches will close. Dozens of branches have voiced concerns, some fearing the proposals will lead to an exodus of […]