The UK response to Covid was "too little, too late" and led to thousands more deaths in the first wave, an inquiry into government decision-making says.
The report also said lockdown may have been avoided if voluntary steps such as social distancing (...)
A Russian spy ship has used lasers for the first time to disrupt RAF pilots tracking its activity near UK waters, the country's defense secretary has said.
John Healey told reporters the "deeply dangerous" move from the Yantar was being taken (...)
It was the most momentous event in UK history since World War Two. As a new virus took hold, millions of us were told to stay at home and billions of pounds were spent propping up the country's economy.
The Covid inquiry will publish its second set (...)
In July this year a 17-year-old travelled 500 miles from his home in eastern Ukraine to collect a bomb and a phone hidden in a park in the western city of Rivne.
He says he was promised $2,000 (£1,520) to plant the bomb in a van used by Ukraine's (...)
The BBC has apologized to Catherine, Princess of Wales for referring to her as "Kate Middleton" during the British broadcaster's recent coverage of Armistice Day.
News presenter and correspondent Rajini Vaidyanathan repeatedly referred to the (...)
For India, few friendships have been as strategically valuable — and as politically costly — as its long embrace of Bangladesh's former leader Sheikh Hasina.
During 15 years in power she delivered what Delhi prizes most in its periphery: stability, (...)
The victim of a 38-year miscarriage of justice has claimed he was beaten by police officers and "bullied" into falsely admitting murder, in his first interview since his release.
Peter Sullivan told the BBC he believes he was "stitched up" in 1986 (...)
Major websites, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT, Facebook and the social media platform X, have been hit by technical issues after a Cloudflare outage on Tuesday.
However, several hours after reporting there was an issue, the company said on Tuesday (...)
Reselling tickets to live events for a profit is set to be banned by the UK government.
Ministers are expected to announce the plan in a bid to tackle touts and resale sites which offer tickets at several times' face value.
Restricting ticket touts (...)
Every company would be affected if the AI bubble were to burst, the head of Google's parent firm Alphabet has told the BBC.
Speaking exclusively to BBC News, Sundar Pichai said while the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) investment had been an (...)
Cambridge Dictionary has named its word of the year for 2025, alighting on "parasocial," used to describe a connection that people feel with someone they don't know – or even with an artificial intelligence.
The term was coined in 1956 by (...)
Illegal migration is "tearing the country apart", the UK's home secretary has said, as she prepares to unveil major plans to overhaul asylum policy.
New measures set to be announced by Shabana Mahmood on Monday will include people granted asylum (...)
UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said Sunday that illegal migration is "tearing the country apart" as she prepares to unveil sweeping reforms to the asylum system, including a proposal to require refugees to wait 20 years before applying for (...)
يباشر مستشفى كينغز كوليدج لندن – جدة أعماله التشغيلية لتقديم نموذج الرعاية الصحية البريطاني العريق بمعايير عالمية في قطاع الرعاية الصحية في المملكة العربية السعودية. ويعد أول مستشفى بريطانية في المملكة بخبرة تمتد لأكثر من 180 عامًا من التميّز (...)
برعاية صاحب السمو الملكي الأمير خالد بن فيصل بن عبدالعزيز مستشار خادم الحرمين الشريفين أمير منطقة مكة المكرمة، تُنظم الهيئة السعودية للمياه النسخة الرابعة من مؤتمر الابتكار في استدامة المياه 2025، خلال الفترة من 8 حتى 10 ديسمبر المقبل في فندق الريتز (...)
أعلنت مجموعة BPG، العضو في شبكة WPP والشركة الرائدة في الحلول التسويقية، عن تعيين الخبير في التسويق الرقمي تيم بايكر رئيساً ل BPG Arabia لقيادة أعمال القطاع في المملكة العربية السعودية وتعزيز حضورها الرقمي المتكامل في السوق.
يمتلك بايكر خبرة تمتد (...)
For the complex legacy of M.F. Husain, one of 20th-century India's most important artists, this year has been a tale of two auctions.
In March, one of the late painter's monumental depictions of rural life, the 14-foot-long "Untitled (Gram Yatra)," (...)
In a first for Agatha Christie, four of the crime novelist's famous mysteries are being adapted for children – with the help of the Mr Men and Little Misses.
The illustrated books, aimed at pre-school and primary age children, will feature Christie (...)
برعاية صاحب السمو الأمير بدر بن عبدالله بن فرحان، وزير الثقافة رئيس مجلس إدارة هيئة التراث، تنظّم الهيئة النسخة الثالثة من الأسبوع السعودي الدولي للحرف اليدوية (بنان) خلال الفترة من 13 إلى 26 نوفمبر 2025م، في مدينة الرياض، بمشاركة دولية واسعة تضمّ (...)
1200 مشروع مع جامعات عالمية في الطاقة المتجددة والذكاء الاصطناعي والفضاء
تشهد المملكة العربية السعودية في ظل رؤيتها الطموحة 2030 حراكًا وطنيًا واسعًا لاستقطاب العقول والخبرات النوعية في مختلف المجالات العلمية والتقنية والثقافية، إيمانًا منها بأن (...)
The US government has seized more than $14bn (£10.5bn) in bitcoin and charged the founder of a Cambodian business empire, Prince Group, with allegedly masterminding a massive cryptocurrency scam.
UK and Cambodian national Chen Zhi was charged on (...)
أعلنت مؤسسة "لندن ألعربية - London Arabia" عن تحالفها مع تفاعل للاستشارات والأبحاث، لتصبح شريكها الاستراتيجي الحصري في دول الشرق الأوسط، وذلك ضمن استعداداتها لتنظيم قمة وجوائز السياحة والسفر العربية 2025، المقرر عقدها في العاصمة البريطانية لندن يوم (...)
UK prosecutors have dropped charges against two men, including a former parliamentary researcher, who had been accused of spying for China.
Christopher Cash, 30, and Christopher Berry, 33, had previously denied the charges under the Official Secrets (...)
The Duke of Sussex reunited with his father, King Charles III, for their first face-to-face meeting in 19 months on Wednesday, triggering speculation the royal family's long-running rift might soon come to an end. CNN understands that the King had a (...)
