BBC News People are trapped inside shopping centre after strong earthquake hits south Japan, officials say. Some reports say there was an explosion at the Aeon Mall in Kumamoto, following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake which injured several people. The quake hit inland on Kyushu island at 16:27 local time (07:27 GMT), with more than 150,000 […]
BBC News “The release of The Odyssey is still an event to celebrate,” Wilson noted. “This epic is bringing audiences back to cinemas… translations of Odyssey, including mine, are flying off the shelves… [and] perhaps the film will persuade a few college administrators not to cut their literature, language and history departments. “Nolan… is doing […]
BBC News Halliday says McInnes “knows the pressure cooker he’s stepping into”. It will be like nothing he has experienced in the dugout previously. Expectation may be high at Aberdeen and Hearts but the relentless need to win at the Old Firm is on another level. As a former Rangers player who was brought up […]
BBC News An amateur cricket match has made global headlines after a fielder was accused of cheating by clicking his fingers to get a wicket. The North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League has started an investigation into a second XI Division 2 game between Saltburn and Norton. A viral video on social media appears […]
BBC News Former Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has been confirmed as the new head coach of the France national team. Didier Deschamps, France’s longest-serving manager, ended his 14-year stint in charge after the nation’s semi-final exit to Spain at the 2026 World Cup. Zidane, a World Cup winner with France in 1998, has been […]
BBC News Pop star Ariana Grande has filed a lawsuit against two unidentified hackers who, she claims, leaked unreleased music and studio footage after gaining access to her collaborators’ computers. In papers filed in Los Angeles and reported by US media outlets, the singer alleged the hackers had targeted photographers and producers’ in order to […]
BBC News BBC Breakfast co-host Naga Munchetty is leaving the show after 17 years, and will swap the TV sofa for the presenter’s chair on Radio 5 Live’s breakfast show. Munchetty joined BBC One’s Breakfast as a finance reporter and has been one of the main hosts for the past 12 years. She currently presents […]
BBC News The US delegation walked out of a UN Security Council meeting when France spoke, in a protest against comments that compared Washington’s voting on human rights to that of authoritarian states. The diplomatic row sparked on Friday after the US joined North Korea and Russia in voting against extending Volker Turk’s term as […]
BBC News While Ramsay-Peaty has not found his best form in Glasgow and looks unlikely to touch his best times again, it would be wrong to say he has lost his pace altogether. His time in the 100m breaststroke at the British Championships in April – 58.97 seconds – would have won Commonwealth gold. His […]
