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Andy Burnham wins by-election, paving way for possible leadership challenge to UK PM Keir Starmer

Burnham - who comfortably beat Reform UK's Robert Kenyon by more than 9,000 votes - tells the Labour Party it is the "final chance to change".


News imageA fighter jet takes off from a US aircraft carrier in the Gulf

US lifts naval blockade as Iran's supreme leader says Trump made deal 'out of desperation'

Iran's supreme leader says he disagrees with the deal and Donald Trump signed it "out of desperation".

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World
News imageVice-President JD Vance speaks at the White House on 18 June 2026

In Trump's shadow, Vance becomes face of Iran deal

His fierce defence of the Iran plan amid mounting criticism comes as speculation intensifies about a possible 2028 presidential run.

57 mins ago
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What Iran and US get from deal and why both could struggle to keep it

BBC analysts assess the claims by both Washington and Tehran to have won a victory with the deal to end their war.

9 hrs ago
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'Even the Coke is big': Foreign World Cup fans take in American culture

Large portion sizes, tasty food, and a basketball championship welcome international World Cup fans to the US.

4 hrs ago
US & Canada

Canada thrash nine-man Qatar but Marsch in tears over Kone injury

Canada took a huge step towards the last 32 with their first World Cup win - but lost Ismail Kone to a serious-looking injury against nine-man Qatar.

UK actress charged with importing meth worth almost A$300m into Australia

Emaa Hussen, 34, faces life in prison for allegedly trying to smuggle 320kg of meth hidden in bags of charcoal.

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16 of the best podcasts of 2026 so far

From a docuseries about enigmatic hip-hop artist MF Doom to an investigation into OnlyFans – here are the best new podcasts for you to listen to and watch.

News imageA family including several children and adults are grouped together in a clearing in the rainforest. They appear to be harvesting something (Credit: J G Soler/ Fundaciu00f3n Gaia Amazonas)

The Amazon farms that feed a community - then disappear

For 4,500 years, indigenous communities have grown food in plots that turn back into rainforest. What can the world learn from this ancient system?


World Cup

News imageIsmael Kone waves to fans

A day of tears, scuffles and history as injury mars Canada's moment

Canada's first-ever win at a men's World Cup should have been cause for joy, but was overshadowed by a horrific injury to Ismael Kone - and the angry scenes that followed.

News imageTwo Japanese football plans cleaning a World Cup stadium and placing their trash in trash bags

Do it at home too, women tell Japanese fans who cleaned World Cup stadium

Some see a double standard: Japanese men who clean in public while their wives do all the housework.

News imageMessi was in tears following his first World Cup hat-trick against Algeria

Messi's father dealing with 'health-related situation'

Lionel Messi's father is currently dealing with a "health-related situation", the family said in a statement on Thursday.

News imageMexico fan

Mexico become first country to qualify for World Cup last 32

The co-hosts are the first nation to qualify for the knockout stage thanks to Luis Romo’s second-half strike.

News imageA colourful graphic includes footballers Nestory Irankunda wearing a yellow Australia shirt, Antonio Rudiger in a white Germany shirt and Alphonso Davies in a white Canada shirt

'My brother hid in a rice sack': The refugee stars at the World Cup

Germany and Real Madrid defender Antonio Rudiger, whose family fled Sierra Leone's civil war, is among those campaigning for a change in global attitudes around refugees.


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News imageWomen who were beneficiaries of a government cash transfer scheme showing their bank passbooks and the message of the scheme money received on their mobile phones in Maharashtra, India - 2024.

India's rapidly expanding cash transfers need to be cheaper and smarter

Cash transfers are a major welfare tool but they come at a huge cost, raising concerns about their long-term efficacy.

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Men jailed for spying for Chinese intelligence in UK

One, a Border Force official, used his access to Home Office data, to get information about Chinese dissidents.

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Mangione's lawyers reverse course on psychiatric defence in state murder trial

The defence team reverse course a day after saying they would argue he suffered "extreme emotional disturbance".

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Parents of Serbia's teenage school shooter given jail terms in retrial

The boy was 13 when he killed eight girls, a boy and a school guard at Vladislav Ribnikar school in Belgrade in 2023.

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The pressure on the Church of England to ditch its slavery reparations plan

Will the Church's commitments still be delivered, or do shifting political winds mean there is no longer the will to do so?

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Moscow residents complain of black rain after largest Ukrainian attack hits oil refinery

A refinery and a shopping centre burned after almost 200 Ukrainian drones struck an area to the south-east of the Russian capital.

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'Stunningly beautiful' blue sea creatures appear on Welsh beaches

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Niger has been fighting a militant Islamist insurgency for a decade and in January suspected jihadists attacked the same airport.

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Ana Candia Evora, the mother of Cape Verde's goalkeeper Vozinha, is finally heading to the US to see her son play.

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The BBC's Gary O'Donoghue breaks down the 14-paragraph memorandum of understanding between both two countries.

World
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The artificial ice pyramids saving India's mountain villages

Himalayan villages are creating artificial glaciers to guarantee water for their crops in the spring.


Culture

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How the dark, violent medieval origins of Robin Hood were erased

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While the human cost is clear, the Iranian regime has not just survived the war, it has been empowered.

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Business

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'He hid the a la carte menu': Who should pay on the first date

Some insist on splitting the bill, others say the asker should pay, while many still see a man paying as romantic.

Apple to raise prices as AI boom pushes up chip costs

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Researchers say it is still possible to trick the AI chatbot into producing graphic content.

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Health

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Culture

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Arts

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Why David Hockney's 1967 masterpiece is newly poignant after his death

In the wake of legendary British artist David Hockney's death, aged 88, his famous meditation on presence and absence, A Bigger Splash, takes on a new meaning.

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Earth

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Why rescuing a stranded whale could do more harm than good

The fate of a stranded humpback in Germany raises bigger questions about distressed whales – and how best to help them.

'The moment I made eye contact with a whale'

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Millions of mummified animals show how ancient Egyptians turned to animal worship out of desperation.

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