Russia's military death toll in Ukraine has now passed the 50,000 mark, the BBC can confirm.
In the second 12 months on the front line — as Moscow pushed its so-called meat grinder strategy — BBC found the body count was nearly 25% higher than in (...)
The British government has ruled out making concessions to get its Rwanda deportation law through the House of Lords later.
MPs are voting on the bill once again, as wrangling continues over the plan to send asylum seekers to the east African (...)
Former British PM Liz Truss has endorsed Donald Trump to win this year's US presidential election, saying the "world was safer" when he was in the White House.
The UK's shortest-serving prime minster said the world was "on the cusp of very, very (...)
Plans to stop young people born since 2009 ever smoking are being debated and will be voted on later.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's bill aims to create the UK's first smoke-free generation in a major public health intervention.
The Tobacco and Vapes (...)
The Prince of Wales is to carry out his first royal engagement since his wife revealed her cancer diagnosis last month.
He has spent the past three-and-a-half weeks with Catherine, Princess of Wales, and their three children.
The 41-year-old will (...)
Coral around the world is turning white and even dying as recent record ocean heat takes a devastating toll.
It has triggered the fourth global mass coral bleaching event, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (...)
The British government hopes that its plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda will be the law of the land before the week is out.
MPs will vote on it, again, later.
It follows the latest attempts by the House of Lords to change it, which are (...)
Oil prices fell in early Asian trade after Iran's reprisal attack on Israel over the weekend.
Brent crude — a key benchmark for oil prices internationally — was lower but still trading close to $90 a barrel on Monday morning.
Prices had already (...)
British fighter jets shot down "a number of drones" fired at Israel from Iran, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said.
The UK was one of several countries, including the US, which helped counter Iran's unprecedented attack — its first ever direct strike on (...)
Author JK Rowling has reignited a row with Harry Potter stars Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe over the issue of transgender identity and rights.
The writer hit out at "celebs" who she said had "used their platforms to cheer on the transitioning of (...)
US President Joe Biden has said that he is considering a request from Australia to drop the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
The country's parliament recently passed a measure — backed by PM Anthony Albanese — calling for the return (...)
Police have charged a 25-year-old man with the murder of Kulsuma Akter, who was stabbed to death as she pushed her baby in a pram in Bradford.
Habibur Masum, from Burnley, was charged on Wednesday, after a four-day manhunt ended in his arrest early (...)
LONDON — Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki bin Faisal, Chairman of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SOPC), received the prestigious SportAccord award during the SportAccord Convention in Birmingham, UK.
The ceremony was attended by prominent (...)
More than a quarter of all UK overseas aid was spent on asylum costs at home last year, new figures show.
The Foreign Office statistics reveal £4.3bn of its foreign aid budget went on supporting refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.
That represents (...)
Climate change could move "into uncharted territory" if temperatures don't fall by the end of the year, a leading scientist has told the BBC.
The warning came as data showed last month was the world's warmest March on record, extending the run of (...)
King Charles came face to face with his own face on the new banknotes which will go into circulation in June.
At Buckingham Palace, the King was presented with the first of the new £5, £10, £20 and £50 banknotes which will show his portrait.
It (...)
Security will be increased at Champions League games this week after a media outlet supporting the Islamic State group published threats against venues.
A pro-IS media channel has published multiple posters calling for attacks at stadiums hosting (...)
The Liberal Democrats are calling for an end to the "postcode lottery" on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
There are huge differences in support offered in schools, linked to extra costs, says party leader Sir Ed Davey.
He wants a (...)
The Foreign Office should be abolished and replaced by a new Department for International Affairs with "fewer colonial era pictures on the wall", a group of former senior diplomats and officials has said.
They have written a pamphlet proposing (...)
LONDON — An "alliance of authoritarian powers" is working more closely together against Western democracies, the head of NATO has warned.
Jens Stoltenberg told the BBC that Russia, Iran, China and North Korea are increasingly aligned.
He also said (...)
Dozens of flights have been cancelled as Storm Kathleen brings strong winds and the warmest day of the year so far to the UK.
About 140 flights departing and arriving at UK airports were canceled after the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning (...)
A Tory MP has said he is one of the men to have been sent unsolicited explicit messages in a suspected honeytrap plot targeting Westminster.
Bosworth MP Luke Evans said he contacted the police after becoming "a victim of cyber-flashing and malicious (...)
British sailors, Royal Marines and a US Coast Guard team on HMS Trent intercepted a smuggling speedboat
The Royal Navy has seized nearly £17m worth of drugs after it intercepted smuggling speedboats in the Caribbean Sea.
Across two operations, HMS (...)
Three former Supreme Court justices have joined more than 600 legal experts in calling for the UK government to end weapons sales to Israel.
In a letter to the prime minister, they said exports must end because the UK risks breaking international (...)