Getty Images Wind gusts of up to 50mph are expected across much of Northern Ireland due to Storm Floris and could cause high waves (pictured from Ballycastle, County Antrim, in 2008) Northern Ireland has been hit by strong winds as Storm Floris touched down on Monday morning. Several flights have been cancelled to and from […]
A man has died after falling from a height at an Oasis concert on Saturday, the Metropolitan Police has said. Police said officers and medics at Wembley Stadium in London responded to reports that a man in his 40s had been injured at 22:19 BST. The man “was found with injuries consistent with a fall” […]
Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Bernardo Reyes-Tur A Polymita snail in its native forest habitat in Eastern Cuba Researchers have embarked on a mission to save what some consider to be the world’s most beautiful snails, and also unlock their biological secrets. Endangered Polymita tree snails, which are disappearing from their native forest habitats […]
President Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after a weak jobs report, the latest round of tariffs, and details about his fallout with Jeffrey Epstein. AYESHA RASCOE, BYLINE: This line from the Greek tragedy “Antigone” feels especially relevant right now – no one loves the messenger who brings bad […]
Ione Wells South America correspondent Georgina Rannard Science correspondent NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory The first image revealed by the Vera Rubin telescope shows the Trifid and Lagoon nebulae in stunning detail A powerful new telescope in Chile has released its first images, showing off its unprecedented ability to peer into the dark depths of […]
Jessica Murphy BBC News, Toronto EPA A self-imposed deadline for a new US-Canada trade deal came and went on Friday. So what happens next for these two deeply entwined neighbours? Canada and the US have been locked in a tariff war for six months and, despite talk of “intense” negotiations in recent weeks, a trade […]
Interim U.S. Attorney General for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro listens to President Donald Trump speak during her swearing in ceremony, May 28, 2025, in Washington. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP WASHINGTON — The Senate has confirmed former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as the top federal prosecutor for the nation’s […]
The family of Israeli hostage Evyatar David held by Hamas in Gaza has accused the group of deliberately starving him as part of a “propaganda campaign”. The family statement on Saturday came a day after Hamas released a video showing an emaciated Mr David in a narrow concrete tunnel. Mr David, 24, has been in […]
Clare Lissaman BBC News, West Midlands Nue People who attend a wellbeing and cancer support centre made a mural for its walls after working with two artists Two artists have worked with children and users of a wellbeing and cancer support centre to create new murals in a Staffordshire town. Local artists Kate O and […]
Imogen Foulkes Geneva correspondent BBC In a small village in Switzerland’s beautiful Loetschental valley, Matthias Bellwald walks down the main street and is greeted every few steps by locals who smile or offer a handshake or friendly word. Mr Bellwald is a mayor, but this isn’t his village. Two months ago his home, three miles […]