Katy Scott and Paul O’Hare BBC Scotland News Damage and disruption as Storm Floris crashes into UK An amber weather warning is in place for most of Scotland as Storm Floris batters the country with winds of up to 85mph. About 50,000 homes lost power, trains and ferries were suspended and people were urged to […]
Josh Parry LGBT & Identity Reporter Getty Images Gonorrhoea vaccines will be widely available from today in sexual health clinics across the UK, in a bid to tackle record-breaking levels of infections. The jabs will first be offered to those at highest risk – mostly gay and bisexual men who have a history of multiple […]
A volcano in far eastern Russia has erupted for the first time in more than 500 years, which experts say may be linked to last week’s massive earthquake. The Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka threw up an ash plume up to six kilometres (3.7 miles) high overnight. There are no threats to populated areas, Russia’s emergency […]
BBC Inside an anonymous building in Oxford, Riley Jackson is frying a steak. The perfectly red fillet cut sizzles in the pan, its juices releasing a meaty aroma. But this is no ordinary steak. It was grown in the lab next door. What’s strangest of all is just how real it looks. The texture, when […]
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 […]
Joint Sea-2025 exercises begin in waters near Russian port of Vladivostok and will last for three days, China’s Defence Ministry says. China and Russia have begun joint naval drills in the Sea of Japan as they seek to reinforce their partnership and counterbalance what they see as a United States-led global order. The Chinese and […]
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 […]
Gwyndaf Hughes Science Videographer How the researchers hope to create human DNA Work has begun on a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life from scratch, in what is believed to be a world first. The research has been taboo until now because of concerns it could lead to designer babies or […]
Donald Trump has ordered the repositioning of two United States nuclear submarines to “appropriate regions” relative to Russia, as the US president grows frustrated over stalling peace talks aimed at bringing an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. On Friday, Trump exchanged heated words with Dmitry Medvedev, Moscow’s military leader and former president. The day […]