8 hours ago By Jonathan Amos and Alison Francis, BBC News Climate and Science BBC/Kevin Church Six-tonne robots will spend up to 20 days mapping and cataloguing the wreck site A team of imaging experts, scientists and historians will set sail for the Titanic on Friday to gather the most detailed photographic record ever made of the […]
NHS England Nin Sambhi says the jab could make a difference to her and her family Thousands of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be offered a new 10-minute injection that can help slow progression of the disease, NHS England says. The medicine, called ocrelizumab, is normally given as […]
China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has hit back at Nato’s “groundless accusations” that Beijing is helping Russia in its war on Ukraine. He has also warned the Western alliance against stirring up confrontation. Mr Wang’s comments, made in a call with his Dutch counterpart, came hours after leaders of Nato member states gathered in Washington […]
United States President Joe Biden is battling to save his re-election campaign as concerns about his age and fitness fuel doubts about his ability to beat Republican challenger Donald Trump. During a high-stakes news conference on Thursday, Biden, 81, struck a defiant tone, insisting he is the most qualified person to beat Trump, and that […]
Post Office boss Nick Read is stepping back from front-line duties so he can prepare for the “critical” next stage of the Horizon IT inquiry. In a note to staff the chief executive officer said he wanted to give his “entire attention” to the final hearings in September, which come as the company faces intense […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. Nala, a remittance app operating in Africa, recently concluded a Series A funding round, marking a huge success. The money transfer fintech reported raising $40 million, which will be of great use for […]
Getty Images Nine babies have died from whooping cough since November 2023, with cases continuing to rise, the UK Health Security Agency says. Its latest figures for England show 2,591 confirmed cases in May, with a total of 7,599 since January. Experts worry this is a bumper year for the bacterial infection, which can be […]
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Trump National Doral Golf Club in Florida on Tuesday. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images The American Civil Liberties Union has been listening to former President Donald Trump and his allies on the campaign trail as they pledge to crack […]
A jury in New York has found the Wall Street investor, Sung Kook ‘Bill’ Hwang, guilty of fraud and market manipulation. It comes three years after the failure of his investment fund Archegos Capital Management, which caused billions of dollars in losses for several major banks. Prosecutors accused Hwang of lying to lenders as he […]
A judge has ordered a Mississippi woman who says her daughter was bullied to death to shut down her social media accounts, as a small-town tragedy balloons into an online drama with millions of onlookers. After 13-year-old Aubreigh Wyatt died by suicide in September 2023, her grieving mother, Heather Wyatt, began posting about her death […]