News portalspace

The Druids Oak is 800 years old

Helen BriggsBBC environment correspondent and Gwyndaf HughesScience videographer BBC The Druids Oak is the oldest living tree in this woodland in Buckinghamshire Dr Ed Pyne snips a leaf from the Druids Oak, an 800-year-old tree that has watched over this woodland in Buckinghamshire for centuries, enduring droughts, storms, heatwaves and more. “We know that this […]

Read More

Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani injured in car accident

Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani has been injured in a car accident in the US state of New Hampshire. Giuliani was a passenger in a Ford Bronco when it was struck from behind in the city of Manchester on Saturday evening, according to local police. “He was diagnosed with a fractured thoracic vertebrae, […]

Read More

China’s Xi and India’s Modi vow to resolve border differences at meeting in Tianjin : NPR

In this photo provided by Indian Prime Minister’s Office, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before their meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. Indian Prime Minister’s Office/AP hide caption toggle caption Indian Prime Minister’s Office/AP TIANJIN, […]

Read More

Dogs and drones join forest battle against eight-toothed beetle

Esme Stallard and Justin RowlattClimate and science team Sean Gallup/Getty Images It is smaller than your fingernail, but this hairy beetle is one of the biggest single threats to the UK’s forests. The bark beetle has been the scourge of Europe, killing millions of spruce trees, yet the government thought it could halt its spread […]

Read More

At Trump’s urging, Missouri jumps into redistricting race : NPR

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe, at the Missouri State Fair this month, has called lawmakers to a special session to draw new voting lines sought by President Trump. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption toggle caption Charlie Riedel/AP Following President Trump’s request, Missouri Republicans are poised to redraw their state’s congressional lines to help maintain the GOP majority […]

Read More

Hundreds of wildfires sparked by ‘live-fire’ military manoeuvres

Malcolm PriorRural affairs producer BBC Live army manoeuvres have caused 385 wildfires on MoD training sites across the UK countryside since 2023 Live-fire military training has sparked hundreds of wildfires across the UK countryside since 2023, with unexploded shells often making it too dangerous to tackle them. Fire crews battling a vast moorland blaze in […]

Read More

Police make three arrests during Epping protest

Simon DedmanBBC East political reporter, Epping, Helen BurchellBBC News, Essex and James ChaterBBC News Reuters Three men were arrested during a protest outside The Bell Hotel in Epping on Friday, after the Court of Appeal overturned a temporary injunction that blocked asylum seekers from being housed there. Essex Police said the men were arrested on […]

Read More