Mark Poynting Climate reporter, BBC News EPA The Earth could be doomed to breach the symbolic 1.5C warming limit in as little as three years at current levels of carbon dioxide emissions. That’s the stark warning from more than 60 of the world’s leading climate scientists in the most up-to-date assessment of the state of […]
Nick Thorpe BBC Budapest correspondent Getty Images The government has had Budapest’s Pride march in its sights for some time Police have banned Hungary’s annual Budapest Pride march later this month, prompting a defiant response from liberal Mayor Gergely Karacsony. “Budapest city hall will organise the Budapest Pride march as a local event on 28 […]
Rebecca Morelle, Alison Francis and Victoria Gill BBC News Science Team Getty Images / Maxar Technologies. Iran’s Natanz nuclear site has been a target of Israel’s airstrikes The IAEA has described the attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities as “deeply concerning”. On Monday, its Director General Rafael Grossi said that military escalation “increases the chance of […]
Nikita Yadav BBC News, Delhi LightRocket via Getty Images An Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner seen in Copenhagen in May One of the engines of the Air India plane that crashed last week was new, while the other was not due for servicing until December, the airline’s chairman has said. In an interview with an […]
Alison Francis Senior science journalist Watch: the fine art of an exquisite 2,000 year-old Roman jigsaw Archaeologists have pieced together thousands of fragments of 2,000-year-old wall plaster to reveal remarkable frescoes that decorated a luxurious Roman villa. The shattered plaster was discovered in 2021 at a site in Central London that’s being redeveloped, but it’s […]
Jemal Countess/Getty Images for the Peter G. P Jemal Countess/Getty Images for the Peter G. P Note: A version of this episode first ran in 2023. Every year, the U.S. government spends more money than it takes in. In order to fund all that spending, the country takes on debt. Congress has the power to […]
A university in Nigeria has sparked outrage after a video went viral showing female students being touched to see if they were wearing bras before taking part in an exam. In the footage, female staff at Olabisi Onabanjo University in south-western Ogun State are seen touching some students’ chests as they queue to enter an […]
Alison Holt & James Melley BBC News BBC Carole Charles’s husband Winbourne’s death is one of 20 involving the same NHS hospital trust where coroners have raised serious concerns An NHS mental health trust, recently found guilty of serious failings in the care of a young patient who took her own life, has had serious […]
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins during an event in her office on June 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Democratic lawmakers expressed “deep concern” about the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s intent to collect the personal data of tens of millions of federal food assistance recipients and sent […]
Georgina Rannard Climate and science correspondent Getty Images Basking shark is one of the species that could find a home in new parts of the UK The UK could see a boom in endangered sharks, rays and native oysters as species move habitats to respond to rising ocean temperatures, according to scientists. But some, including […]