Catherine Connolly set to win Irish presidential election as rival concedes | BBC News

Independent candidate Catherine Connolly is set to win the Irish presidential election as rival Heather Humphreys concedes. Counting is continuing but tallies around the country indicate a landslide victory for Connolly in... Read more »

‘I am not done’ – Kamala Harris tells BBC she may run for US president again | BBC News

Former US Vice-President Kamala Harris has told the BBC she may run again for the White House. In her first UK interview, Harris said she would “possibly” be president one day and... Read more »

Kamala Harris tells BBC she might run for president, again | BBC Newscast

Laura and Paddy reflect on Laura’s interview with Kamala Harris, in which she gives the biggest hint yet that she might run for president again. She also calls Donald Trump a “tyrant”.... Read more »

Suspects arrested over theft of jewels at Louvre museum in Paris | BBC News

Two suspects have been arrested over the theft of precious crown jewels from Paris’s Louvre museum, French media say. The Paris prosecutor’s office said one of the men had been taken into... Read more »

Migrant sex offender mistakenly released from prison arrested in London | BBC News

Migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu has been arrested in the Finsbury Park area of London after a two-day manhunt. Kebatu had been mistakenly released on Friday from HMP Chelmsford, where he was... Read more »

‘Brothers in the forest’ – the fight to protect an isolated Amazon tribe | BBC News

A new report by the human rights organisation, Survival International, says there are at least 196 of what it calls “uncontacted groups” left in the world, external. The Mashco Piro is believed... Read more »

The Doomsday Clock, a symbol of how near humanity is to catastrophe, has moved …

The Doomsday Clock, a symbol of how near humanity is to catastrophe, has moved closer than ever to midnight. #doomsdayclock #doomsday #nuclear #bbcnews ♬ original sound – BBC News Tiktok by BBC... Read more »

UK Home Office spent billions on asylum hotels, MPs say | BBC News

The Home Office has “squandered” billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money on asylum accommodation, according to a report by a committee of MPs. “Flawed contracts” and “incompetent delivery” left the department unable... Read more »

King Charles unveils new memorial to LGBT veterans after gay ban campaign | BBC News

King Charles III has unveiled a memorial to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender military personnel after a decades-long campaign against a ban on being gay in the armed forces. In his first... Read more »

David Lammy tells UK MPs human error led to migrant sex offender release | BBC News

Extra checks will be carried out in prisons across England and Wales from Monday after migrant sex offender, Hadush Kebatu, was released in error last week. Justice Secretary David Lammy said the... Read more »