McDonald’s will bring in new sexual harassment training for managers in strengthened measures agreed with the equality watchdog to protect its staff from abuse. The move was “in response to serious allegations... Read more »
Donald Trump has exempted Hungary from sanctions over its continued purchases of Russian oil and gas for one year, a White House official has confirmed to BBC News. Earlier, the US president... Read more »
The biggest city in the US has its first Muslim and first South Asian mayor. Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s bold, left-wing platform has energised progressives, shaken up his Democratic Party, and drawn... Read more »
At least six people have died after Russia launched hundreds of missile and drone attacks on energy infrastructure and residential targets in Ukraine. A strike on an apartment building in the city... Read more »
More than 900,000 people in the Philippines have been evacuated as a super typhoon called Fung-wong arrives. Two people have died since it made landfall in the Philippines. It comes just days... Read more »
A Russian spy ship has used lasers for what is believed to be the first time to disrupt RAF pilots tracking its activity in UK waters. #UK #NorthSea #Scotland #Russia #BBCNews ♬... Read more »
BBC director general Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness have resigned over a US President Donald Trump documentary edit. It comes after The Telegraph published details of a leaked internal... Read more »
Note: This episode of Newscast was recorded before the resignation of Tim Davie, director general of the BBC, and Deborah Turness, the CEO of BBC News. Today, Laura spoke to Culture Secretary... Read more »
US senators have passed a deal that paves the way to ending the longest government shutdown in the country’s history. A group of Democratic lawmakers backed an agreement negotiated with Republicans in... Read more »
Syria’s President Ahmed Sharaa has arrived in Washington for an official visit, just two days after the US formally revoked his status as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. The former Islamist militant... Read more »