Scott Bessent, the Treasury Secretary, has been tapped by President Trump to be acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Bessent is seen here at the Capitol in Washington last month. J. Scott Applewhite/AP/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP/AP Scott Bessent, who was confirmed as Treasury Secretary last week, has been named […]
Keir Starmer has said he wants an “ambitious security partnership” with the EU, while insisting the UK does not have to choose between Europe and the US. The prime minister was speaking before meeting EU leaders in Brussels to discuss security and defence, the first time a British leader has attended a European Council meeting […]
Kate Whannel Political reporter EPA The UK is “not choosing between the US and the EU”, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said after President Donald Trump threatened the European Union with trade tariffs. Over the weekend, Trump announced 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, and said he would take similar action against the EU […]
Meleri Williams BBC News Reporting fromSwansea Crown Court Watch the moment 14-year-old girl stabs teachers A 14-year-old girl who stabbed two teachers and a pupil has been found guilty of attempted murder. Fiona Elias, Liz Hopkin and the pupil were hospitalised after the attack at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman, Carmarthenshire, in April last year. The girl […]
Executives around the WNBA largely expected this offseason’s market to serve as a tune-up for next winter. At the start of the offseason, only two non-rookie contract players had deals that extended past 2025. Seismic change loomed. But after an avalanche of moves, significant shifts have come an offseason early as a hectic week of […]
United States international Jack McGlynn as joined the Houston Dynamo on a permanent deal from the Philadelphia Union, the two teams announced on Monday. McGlynn, 21, becomes just the second cash-for-player trade in MLS history after Dejan Joveljić joined Sporting Kansas City from LA Galaxy on Sunday. The new type of transfer was only announced […]
Bayoh Family Sheku Bayoh, a father of two, died in 2015 after being restrained by police Police Scotland is no longer seeking a judicial review over possible moves to widen a public inquiry into the death Sheku Bayoh in police custody. Mr Bayoh died after he was restrained by around six police officers in Kirkcaldy, […]
Jayne McCormack BBC News NI political correspondent PA Images Storm Éowyn brought down trees and damaged power lines across Northern Ireland Some customers in Northern Ireland could have to wait up to another fortnight to have their internet and phone connectivity restored after Storm Éowyn, a Stormont politician has said. DUP assembly member Deborah Erskine […]
Smitha Mundasad Health reporter, BBC News BBC Asiawu Imam says the therapy will make a huge difference A gene-editing therapy for sickle cell disease, with a price tag of £1.65m, is to be offered to patients on the NHS in England. About 50 people a year with the inherited blood disorder are likely to receive […]
Mr. Trump’s orders purged more than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites. In some cases, the executive orders also targeted the work of private citizens. A memo to the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, which publishes papers from both government and academic researchers, gave employees until 5 p.m. […]