International students warned not to overstay visas

Nick EardleyPolitical correspondent Getty Images Tens of thousands of foreign students are being contacted directly by the government and told they will be removed from the UK if they overstay their visas.... Read more »

Landlord says ‘lives in danger’ after racially-motivated attack

BBC One of the vehicles at the scene of the attack A landlord, who is housing Filipino workers in a number of properties near Ballymena, County Antrim, has said he fears for... Read more »

Leverkusen sack coach ten Hag after two games – DW – 09/01/2025

Bayer Leverkusen’s dismissal of Erik ten Hag after just two Bundesliga games has shown the weight of the transformation the club are grappling with. Just over a year after celebrating a historic first... Read more »

Day 1,282: one of Russia’s largest missile, drone attacks kills 23 in Kyiv

One of Russia’s largest missile and drone attacks kills 23 in Kyiv. Ukraine’s defense intelligence hits Russia’s Buyan-M class corvette with drones. Russia sets a new record for war spending. One of... Read more »

School costs a ‘real struggle’ for parents in Wales

Bethan LewisFamily and education correspondent, BBC Wales News Vicky Williams says she starts to worry about budgeting for the next school year at Christmas A mum says she starts to dread the... Read more »

Irish fintechs resilient even as VC investment slows in Q2

KPMG finds investors continue to focus on later stage companies and scale-ups with ‘very strong value propositions’. Apprehensive of tariff impact, VC caution slowed down investment in Ireland in the second quarter... Read more »

Scotland’s drug deaths expected to remain worst in Europe

James CookScotland editor Getty Images Scotland has seen high numbers of people dying from drug misuse for the last seven years Figures to be published on Tuesday are expected to show that... Read more »

Germany aims for closer India trade ties amid Trump tariffs – DW – 09/01/2025

In 1959, as smoke billowed from the blast furnaces of the newly inaugurated Rourkela Steel Plant, India’s then prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, walked through rows of German-built machinery alongside engineers from West... Read more »

Strikes across the Gaza Strip kill at least 31 as international experts accuse Israel of genocide

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg holds her mobile phone as she and other members of the Global Sumud Flotilla depart to Gaza from the port of Barcelona, Spain, September 1, 2025, after weather... Read more »

Xi and Putin unveil new world order at security forum

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has made a veiled swipe at the US as he criticised “bullying practices” and cast his country as a new leader of world governance, at a time when... Read more »