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Chris Mason: Burnham is fifth PM in four years - now he'll try to buck the trend - Published By lunchtime today, the UK will have its fifth prime minister in four years. No other sentence can so pithily summarise the nature of British politics right now than that one. In the summ

Moment fans in Madrid celebrate World Cup win Moment fans in Madrid celebrate World Cup winClose Thousands of fans watched Spain's World Cup victory at the Plaza de Colón in central Madrid on late Sunday night. The BBC's Guy Hedgecoe was there as people cheered, sang and celeb

This farmer wanted to quit the cocaine industry - he couldn't - Published When Perea stopped growing coca - the raw material used to make cocaine - he vowed never to plant it again. He uprooted the green bushes on his small farm in a remote corner of the province of Meta in Colom

Are you a parent missing out on £27 a week? Here's how to check - Published Thousands more parents could receive £27 a week by remembering some paperwork shortly after their baby is born. Child benefit is an allowance that helps with the cost of bringing up children. It is curren

JD Vance announces birth of baby boy with wife Usha - Published US Vice-President JD Vance has announced the birth of his fourth child, a boy, with his wife Usha Vance. Alec Neel Vance was born on Sunday morning, the vice-president said in a statement on social media. “Usha and t

My fitness tracker knew I was pregnant before I did - Published Ravika was celebrating her birthday on holiday with her husband when she got an unusual alert from her fitness tracker. Her Oura ring flagged that her health score was poor. Her heart rate had gone up, her body tempe

Mbappe first to win Golden Boot twice as Rodri named best player - Published Kylian Mbappe has become the first player to win the World Cup Golden Boot twice after earning the award for top scorer at the 2026 tournament. The France forward netted 10 goals in eight games to edge o

How the World Cup has affected your Premier League team - Published Now Spain have been crowned world champions after victory over Argentina in New Jersey, attention will quickly shift to the new domestic season. The Premier League was well represented in North America, with all

A global AI memory shortage threatens to morph into a geopolitical fight as more countries campaign to shore up their own supply, a South Korean tech executive said. Prices for memory chips have skyrocketed in recent months as supply has failed to keep up with demand stemming fro

China’s Jingye Steel is seeking compensation from the British government over the nationalization of its former steel production complex in England, further straining relations between London and Beijing. The UK government brought British Steel under the state’s control last year

Spain defeated Argentina to win the FIFA men’s World Cup on Sunday, capping a tournament that was broadly seen as a success for the North American host nations. Fans showed up despite fears that high ticket prices would keep them away and concerns that the US’ immigration crackdo

Andy Burnham becomes the UK’s new prime minister on Monday, and fixing Britain’s economy will be at the top of his agenda. Sluggish growth, high public debt, and elevated government borrowing costs are among his challenges. In his first speech as Labour Party leader on Friday, Bu

Two major global conflicts — in Iran and Ukraine — are both entering stages of serious escalation. In the Middle East, the deterioration of the US-Iran ceasefire has reignited fears of a prolonged regional war; the American defense secretary said the Iranian attack that killed tw

Indian space officials celebrated the debut flight of Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 rocket, India’s first fully commercial satellite launcher, as a “grand success” Saturday after an on-target climb into a 280-mile-high orbit following liftoff from an island spaceport in the Bay of

In a new regulatory filing, Netflix revealed that it paid $587 million in cash for InterPositive, a startup co-founded by actor and director Ben Affleck. The streaming company announced the acquisition in March, with a statement from Affleck saying he wanted to “protect the power

Nvidia’s chief Jensen Huang spent two days — July 15 and 16 — in Tokyo, courting Japan’s industrial and chip-supply elite, weeks after a keynote in Taiwan, and months after a visit to South Korea. He left with deals spanning Japan’s entire tech ecosystem: a national AI factory, p

Stars shine at the World Cup final half-time show This content is not available in your location. There was an error Madonna, BTS, Justin Bieber, and Shakira entertain the crowd at half-time in the World Cup final, with a special appearance from Ronaldo and Ronaldinho at the New

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents recently have been told that the FBI will no longer investigate claims of assault against the federal officers, according to a report by The New York Times. On Thursday, FBI managers received written notice of the change, sources to

Apple recently filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the AI company of a pattern of misconduct aimed at getting current and former Apple employees to share confidential information. (In response, OpenAI said it is “not aware of any evidence that this complaint ha