BBC News “It will be incredibly frustrating for borrowers to see rates rise back up to where they were a month ago. The positive progress over recent weeks now feels all but lost, but what the market needs is a period of stability,” said Rachel Springall, finance expert at Moneyfacts. She said 100 deals had […]
BBC News This is foremost in the minds of the adoptive parents in Singapore taking care of the babies. For months they have been on tenterhooks, waiting to find out whether they will get to keep their children. Speaking to the BBC after the verdict, David, the Singaporean parent whom we interviewed previously, said he […]
BBC News This week, Ukraine continued to target Russia’s largest online retailer as the war between the two countries showed no sign of ending, the world of sport mourned two legends – footballer Kevin Keegan and cricket’s Sir Garfield Sobers – and Prince George turned 13. But how much attention did you pay to what […]
BBC News A member of US Vice-President JD Vance’s security team has been suspended and is under investigation for allegedly leaking sensitive information, the US Secret Service (USSS) has said. The specifics of what was leaked have not been released, but the Secret Service said their agent faced a “potential criminal inquiry”, involving allegations of […]
BBC News “There is deep economic dissatisfaction and distress, which has translated into a lack of hope about the future,” Aiyar says. “This could reflect growing exhaustion with a government that has been in power for a long time. Its failure to deliver on the promises it built its reputation on may have reached a […]
BBC News Charli XCX was supposed to be taking a break. Her sixth album, Brat, was the sort of record you could genuinely call era-defining, without being accused of overstating its significance. Experimental but accessible songs like Guess, Apple and 360 propelled the star to new heights of fame. Her album was co-opted into Kamala […]
BBC News Scientists in France say they have discovered the building blocks of the incredible diversity of birdsong. A team analysed the songs of more than 100,000 songbirds and revealed that the world’s birdsongs are composed of eight fundamental types of sound that the researchers call “motifs”. Birdsong all around the world, they say, is […]
