Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories Congress returns to Capitol Hill today after taking its August recess. During their time away, frustrated constituents addressed lawmakers at town halls […]
Adoption drama Lost Boys and Fairies leads the way with seven nominations for this year’s Bafta Cymru awards. The nominations have been announced and also include five for Until I Kill You, four for My Burton and Cleddau and two for Hunting Mr Nice: The Cannabis Kingpin, Marw Gyda Kris and Strictly Amy: Cancer and […]
James CookScotland editor Getty Images Scotland has seen high numbers of people dying from drug misuse for the last seven years Official figures suggest that Scotland remains the drugs death capital of Europe for the seventh year in a row despite a 13% fall in fatalities. There were 1,017 drug misuse deaths in 2024, down […]
Staffers of the Attorney General’s Office take the data of relatives outside of the Returnee Reception Center while waiting for the arrival of minors intended to be deported from the United States, at the Guatemalan Air Force Base in Guatemala City on Aug. 31. Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Johan Ordonez/AFP […]
As the Labor Day holidays get under way, tens of thousands of protesters have gathered at rallies across the United States to call for stronger worker protections and attack a range of policies undertaken by the administration of US President Donald Trump. More than 1,000 demonstrations are expected on Monday to span all 50 states, […]
Helen BriggsBBC environment correspondent and Gwyndaf HughesScience videographer BBC The Druids Oak is the oldest living tree in this woodland in Buckinghamshire Dr Ed Pyne snips a leaf from the Druids Oak, an 800-year-old tree that has watched over this woodland in Buckinghamshire for centuries, enduring droughts, storms, heatwaves and more. “We know that this […]
Gardaí (Irish Police) are investigating the disappearance of a child whom they fear may have died in unreported and suspicious circumstances in Dublin. The child, a boy, was last seen at around the age of 3-and-a-half and has not been seen for a number of years, RTÉ are reporting. Gardaí were first alerted to the […]
Names marked with an asterisk have been changed to protect identities. When Akmal’s* mosque was vandalised last week in Basildon, a town in the English county of Essex, he felt shaken. “I was so hurt,” said the 33-year-old electrical engineer, who requested Al Jazeera use a pseudonym. “It was so close to home. My local […]
A woman has potentially life-changing injuries after an external staircase collapsed at a block of flats, police have said. Three other people were taken to hospital with minor injuries after the incident in Carthew Terrace, St Ives, Cornwall, on Sunday evening, said Devon and Cornwall Police. Helen Randall, who owns the property, said the stairs […]
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Guatemalan Minister of Governance Francisco Jimenez shake hands after signing a memorandum of understanding on a joint security program agreement at the Palacio Nacional de la Cultura on June 26 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images After planes with Guatemalan children […]