Rachel Reeves has told Sky News she is looking at both tax rises and spending cuts in the budget, in her first interview since being briefed on the scale of the fiscal black hole she faces.
A freed Palestinian prisoner, one of about 1,700 detainees from Gaza who had been held by Israel without charge, has described scenes of systematic torture, humiliation and death inside Israeli detention.
An Egyptian wrestler is hoping he has set a world record after pulling a 700-ton (635,000kg) ship with his teeth....
Pokemon has said it did not give permission for the show's popular theme song to be used in a video showing deportations posted by the US government....
Two teenagers who filmed themselves urinating into a restaurant's hotpot broth have been ordered, along with their parents, to apologise and pay a fine of £227,000, Chinese state media has said....
Ever found yourself religiously following the lives of people you've never met on social media?...
A man in the US has been arrested for allegedly living in the crawl space of a property without the owner's permission....
Guinness World Records (GWR) is celebrating its 70th anniversary by highlighting unclaimed titles you might fancy going for....
Toothpaste made with hair a 'game changer'
What are Labubus and how did they get so popular?
An Australian woman convicted of murdering her parents-in-law and an aunt after serving them poisonous mushrooms for lunch has been jailed for life....
Six suspected drug smugglers have been killed in a US attack on a boat near Venezuela's coast, Donald Trump has said.
Details are sparse at the moment. No crew has been chosen, nor is there a concept yet for how it would be selected.
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The Advertising Standards Authority upheld a complaint by environment charity River Action.... Read more
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Psychologists subjected a BBC reporter to a carefully designed thermal camera stress test.... Read more
The highest red alert is declared in one coastal province, as residents are urged to stay indoors.... Read more
Obama and Schwarzenegger face off in major political row
The communities combating a rise in religious hate crime
Is Hamas ready to give up Gaza?
An extraordinary day in the drive for lasting peace in the Middle East
What next for Israel's released hostages?
Has Kemi's stamp duty pledge flopped?
Trump in Israel for hostages return ahead of Egypt peace summit
China spy trial and the British deep state
No laughing matter: Is Saudi festival a case of 'comedy washing'?
Social media star "Big John" Fisher has said he is being deported from Australia after he was detained over visa issues.
They're getting through 70kg of rice a day and the wholesaler has run out of noodles. Yes, sumo returns to London on Wednesday.
Grammy-award winning R&B and soul singer D'Angelo has died following a battle with pancreatic cancer, his family has said.
An emergency vote on Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest has been called off following developments in the Middle East, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has said.
Actress Diane Keaton, who starred in films including The Godfather and Annie Hall, has died aged 79.
It was the night I rescued Dame Joan Collins' silk evening glove.
Gregg Wallace is suing the BBC and one of its subsidiaries for causing him "distress and harassment", after being sacked from the corporation in July.
Drake's defamation lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar's diss track Not Like Us has been dismissed by a federal judge.
Former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood has been charged with four counts of rape, nine counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault.
Dolly Parton has declared she "ain't dead yet" after her sister raised concerns about the singer's health by asking people to pray for her.
ChatGPT will soon write erotica for verified adults, according to OpenAI's chief executive, as well as becoming more "human-like".
Britain must prepare for at least 2C of warming within just 25 years, the government has been advised by its top climate advisers.
Vodafone has said a massive blackout in its internet coverage yesterday was not caused by a cyber attack.
For most of human history, no one paid all that much attention to the 17 rare earth elements.
Teenagers using Instagram will now only see content that abides by a PG-13 cinema rating, according to Meta.
China poses a "highly sophisticated and capable" cyber threat, the UK's cyber agency has warned - as it revealed a 50% jump in significant attacks in Britain by criminals and hostile states.
SpaceX has successfully launched its latest Starship rocket on a test flight, which took it halfway around the world while releasing mock satellites.
Thousands of homes fitted with insulation under a flagship government scheme now need major remedial work, or risk damp and mould, the public spending watchdog has warned.
There seem to be plenty of colds going around at the moment - so here's a possible aid you might not have considered: peppermints.
An Irish start-up is hoping to have the UK's first food drone delivery pilot scheme operating in 2026, subject to regulatory approval.
