Getty Images Parents are being prevented from vaccinating their children because of obstacles such as difficulty booking appointments and a lack of reminders on what jabs are needed and when, a report suggests. Child health experts say “practical or logistical reasons” are discouraging families more often than fears over the vaccines. Vaccine uptake in the […]
Paul Glynn Culture reporter Getty Images Bob Vylan describe themselves on social media as the “prettiest punk/rap/alt thing you’ll ever meet” Ipswich punk-rap duo Bob Vylan grabbed the headlines at Glastonbury Festival over the weekend, but for many readers, the name might be a new one. Organisers of the festival said they were “appalled” after […]
An Indian naval officer has conceded that the country lost fighter jets to Pakistani fire during their conflict in May and says the losses were a result of “constraints” placed on Indian forces by the government in New Delhi. Captain Shiv Kumar, defence attache at the Indian embassy in Jakarta, made the comments at a […]
Mark Poynting Climate reporter, BBC News Getty Images A second spell of temperatures well over 30C before we’ve even got to the end of June – how unusual is this and how much is climate change to blame? Temperatures of 34C are possible on Monday or Tuesday in south-east England. They’ve been triggered by an […]
The United States Senate has begun debating President Donald Trump’s 940-page “Big, Beautiful Bill” of tax breaks and sweeping cuts to healthcare and food programmes. The all-night session on Sunday came as the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said the bill would add an estimated $3.3 trillion to the US debt over a decade. It […]
Getty Images The Oasis Live ’25 reunion tour marks the end of a 15-year split between the Gallagher brothers It’s been 15 years since Oasis last performed live, following the band’s dramatic split in 2009 after a backstage bust-up. But Stop Crying Your Heart Out – because Liam and Noel Gallagher are reuniting, and Cardiff […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Moscow, Russia, Saturday, June 28, 2025. Gavriil Grigorov/Pool Sputnik Kremlin/AP hide caption toggle caption Gavriil Grigorov/Pool Sputnik Kremlin/AP KYIV — Russia launched the largest aerial assault on Ukraine overnight since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, according to the Ukrainian Air Force, which added that one of its F-16 fighter jet […]
Mark Savage Music correspondent, at Glastonbury Getty Images Kneecap rapper Mo Chara and Móglai Bap drew one of the biggest crowds of this year’s festival to the West Holts stage Belfast rap group Kneecap filled Glastonbury’s West Holts stage for a highly-charged performance that hit back at Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer with expletive-laden chants. […]
Thousands of fans chanted ‘free Palestine’ and waved Palestinian flags as the Irish trio performed in the UK. Irish-language rap group Kneecap has performed at the Glastonbury Festival in front of tens of thousands of fans chanting “Free Palestine”, defying United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer who said he did not think it was “appropriate” […]
We take a look at where things stand with President Trump’s tax and spending bill, now before the Senate, as well as the effort to block the president from taking further military action against Iran. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: President Trump’s tax and spending bill appear to have hit a snag this week as senators changed […]