US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and a group he was with were reprimanded by a sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday. The incident followed a wreath-laying ceremony marking Veterans Day. Hegseth had joined the group for a photo and someone...
A British man who was acquitted of spying for China has told the BBC he was a "convenient fall guy" for UK police and security services who wanted to put espionage threats by foreign states "on the map". Chris Cash, a former parliamentary researcher, has shared more than 6,000 messages wit...
Page will enter the jungle alongside footballer Wayne Rooney, TV personality Chloe Burrows and soap star Claire Sweeney. Rooney will follow in his wife Coleen's footsteps after she finished as runner-up on the 2024 series, and said he hoped "people will see me for who I am". He said he had...
An Indian court has ordered an investigation into allegations that a public library in the southern state of Tamil Nadu bought hundreds of books suspected of being generated using AI. The controversy began after Tamil novelist Perumal Murugan raised concerns about books containing false in...
The bundle of 100 letters, dated from December 1917 to October 1918, chart a love story unfolding against the backdrop of war. After briefly returning home injured and marrying Gladys in late 1917, Willie went back to the front line in France. He sent his new wife pressed flowers and affec...
Lilly Creightmore, who has alleged Walliams "groomed" her as a teenager, has told BBC Newsnight that she was "angry" at his behaviour. She said that Walliams invited her to move in with him while she was "in between living situations". She was 18 at the time. She says she "felt instantly p...
Real Madrid footballer Vinícius Júnior has sent a surprise video message to 13-year-old Zaher praising his courage and inviting him to spend the day together at a Real Madrid game. Zaher lost both his legs after a drone strike in Khartoum, Sudan, where the battle between Sudan's army and t...
Not many 21-year-olds can say they have played international football, had spells at Liverpool and Manchester City and are now playing in non-league after being spotted on a mobile app. But Jarma Mohamed's footballing journey is not that of your typical midfielder. The combative playmaker ...
"It flooded up to here in March," Agnes Shikoli says, pointing to a spot halfway up the 6ft [1.8m] corrugated iron wall of her home in Kibera, one of the largest informal settlements in Kenya. Her tiny house lies just a couple of metres from the Ngong river, which runs through this densely...