Hugo Ekitike arrived at Eintracht Frankfurt having fallen out of favour at PSG, he left for Liverpool 18 months later as a £69m star forward.

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tells the BBC far more aid is needed to start tackling mounting problems in Gaza.

The CBI, Britain's best-known business lobbying group, will on Wednesday name Cressida Hogg, the BAE Systems chair, to take the helm until 2028.

Many describe incidents of domestic violence and sexual abuse being dismissed by officers across England.

Elon Musk has attacked NASA's administrator - and claimed he isn't smart enough to hold the top job.

The recovery of Aryeh Zalmanovich and Master Sergeant Tamir Adar's remains means Hamas has returned 15 out of 28 deceased Israeli hostages.

YouTube and Gmail already running on both x86 and homebrew Axion silicon, 70,000 more apps in the conversion queue

Google has revealed it’s ported around 30,000 of its production packages to the Arm architecture and plans to convert them all so it can run workloads on both its own Axion silicon and x86 processors.…

Caerphilly is famous for three Cs: coal, cheese and its mighty castle. It's also the birthplace of the legendary comedian Tommy Cooper.

Lithuania was forced to suspend air traffic at Vilnius Airport last night after dozens of balloons used by smugglers entered its airspace from Belarus.

The writer of the trilogies His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust wants copyright laws changed.

Watching the first few minutes of KPop Demon Hunters on Samsung's Galaxy XR headset, I think Apple's Vision Pro might be cooked. It's not because the Galaxy XR - which Samsung formerly teased as Project Moohan - is that much better than the Vision Pro. It's that the experience is comparable, but you get so […]

If you eat beef, and ever stop to wonder where and how it's produced, Jonathan Chapman's farm in the Chiltern Hills west of London is what you might imagine. 

The plans would see automatic fines for some offences and the burden of proof lowered for others.

Rugby legend Sir Ian McGeechan says his prostate cancer is "all gone and under control" - and is urging the government to introduce a national screening programme.

"No one can listen to our calls?" a manager from Clarion, the UK's largest housing association, asks one of her team on a recording that has been leaked to Sky News.

There are countless hair products and hacks circulating. Two trichologists bust four common haircare myths.

Reported budget leaks and ex-French president Sarkozy beginning his prison term make the papers.

ChatGPT Atlas was unveiled as the company seeks new ways to corral users to its online offerings.

Why experience the web for yourself when there's so much privacy to surrender?

In a bid to grab even more eyeballs, OpenAI has finally released Atlas, its long-teased, ChatGPT-powered web browser. Surfing the web may never be the same now that a bot is doing it for you – while training itself at the same time.…

The leaders' cancelled summit is just the latest twist in Trump's efforts to broker an end to the war, writes Anthony Zurcher.

Schools need to be "brave enough" to talk about knives, Sky News has been told, as the killer of Sheffield teenager Harvey Willgoose is sentenced today.

Antidepressants can be very effective, but they also come with side effects that vary from one drug to the next, supporting the idea of more personalised prescriptions

The two women began exchanging letters in 1983 through a school project and finally met in Newfoundland this week.

Merlin Entertainments Fiona Eastwood sits down for the BBC's Big Boss Interview.

BBC Sport looks at the statistics behind a wildly eventful evening in the Champions League.

Viktor Gyokeres ends a seven-game run without a goal by scoring twice against Atletico Madrid - and Mikel Arteta says the forward makes Arsenal "much better".

Newcastle United have relied on Nick Woltemade to score goals in the Premier League, but Anthony Gordon and Harvey Barnes stepped up in the Champions League win against Benfica.

And got arrested instead of earning a viral TikTok

A Maryland woman who allegedly used AI to fake a home invasion was arrested and charged with making false statements after telling police that the ersatz intruder was part of a prank gone wrong.…

Netflix has been investing a lot of time and energy into gaming, but the company sees its work on games as part of a broader initiative around interactivity, co-CEO Greg Peters said in today’s Q3 2025 earnings call. “We’ve mostly talked so far about our work in this space as games because that’s an easy […]

A former White House chief ethics lawyer described the ballroom donations as an ethical "nightmare".

The iPhone 17 series launched just over a month ago, but Adobe’s camera app Project Indigo still doesn’t support the latest iPhones — you can run it on an iPhone 12 Pro if you have one handy, but I can’t use it on the iPhone 17 Pro on my desk. The holdup seems to be […]

The comments by the US president come after plans to meet his Russian counterpart over the war in Ukraine were put on hold.

Hello and welcome to Regulator. Of all the strange, unintended consequences stemming from major lawsuits, I never thought that the Trump administration's power to force Apple to remove ICE-tracking mobile apps from its stores could have been connected to a legal battle over Fortnite V-Bucks. Yes, we are talking about the in-game digital currency that […]

Starting today, creators in YouTube’s Partner Program are getting access to a new AI detection feature that will allow them to find and report unauthorized uploads using their likeness. As shown in this video from YouTube, after verifying their identity, creators can review flagged videos in the Content Detection tab on YouTube Studio. If a […]

La Liga cancels plans to hold Barcelona v Villarreal in Miami in December after recent protests and backlash.

A small number of British planning officers has been sent to Israel to join a US-led multinational taskforce.

We already know that the next-gen Xbox console isn’t locked to a single store, will use an AMD chip inside, and will maintain compatibility with an existing library of Xbox games. Now, Microsoft appears to be teasing that the next-gen Xbox will be some type of hybrid console and PC. Xbox president Sarah Bond sat […]

British Storm Shadow cruise missiles penetrated Russian air defences in a "massive" strike by Ukraine against a chemical plant inside Russia that makes gunpowder and explosives, the Ukrainian military has revealed.

Polling and the mood within the parties suggest something is up in Caerphilly, writes political editor Chris Mason.

Rise and grind, robot overlords demand

AI services like OpenAI's ChatGPT have been pitched for potential productivity gains, but their effect has been to make people work more while benefiting less from their labor.…

The leaders of 19 European Union members have urged the bloc to cut red tape.

A police van has been set on fire and missiles have been thrown at officers as protesters gathered outside a hotel used to house asylum seekers in Dublin.

If you’re a light sleeper who needs complete silence before dozing off, Anker’s Soundcore Sleep A30 are built for you. Luckily, right now, the wireless sleep buds are on sale at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy for $193.99 ($36 off), which is just shy of the price drop we saw during Amazon’s most recent Prime […]

The vuln affects the Oat++ MCP implementation

A security flaw in the Oat++ implementation of Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP) allows attackers to predict or capture session IDs from active AI conversations, hijack MCP sessions, and inject malicious responses via the oatpp-mcp server.…

Rachel Reeves will tell Cabinet colleagues she is considering measures to reduce household energy bills as part of her budget response to rising inflation, expected to reach 4% when official figures are announced on Wednesday.

Yesterday, we learned how Google plans to let 15 lucky fans try new Pixel phones while they're still in development, thanks to a Bloomberg scoop. We have now obtained copies of the official rules and entry form for that contest, as shared with fans by the head of the Pixel Superfans program, and you can […]

Danny Rohl understands the need to win quickly as Rangers head coach and says he can handle pressure, as chief executive Patrick Stewart and sporting director Kevin Thelwell come under fire.

Monday's enormous outage has sharpened the debate over whether the world is too reliant on a few US firms.

Although Apple said in a recent court filing that Jon Prosser “still has not” replied to the company’s July lawsuit against him for allegedly stealing trade secrets, Prosser tells The Verge that he is in communication with Apple about the case. “All I can tell you is that regardless of what is being reported, and […]

An exclusive New Scientist survey of leading scientists reveals widespread concern that schemes to tweak Earth’s atmosphere could launch within decades in a risky bid to cool the planet

The historic items were taken in broad daylight and are now feared to have been broken down for parts.

There are no plans for Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin to meet in person in the near future, according to a White House official.

A coroner says some of the care Cerys Lupton-Jones was given at a mental health unit was a "shambles".

South Africa secure a 150-run victory via the DLS method to knock Pakistan out of the ICC Women's World Cup and return to the top of the table in a rain-plagued fixture in Colombo.

The Halo 3 soundtrack could soon be joining classics like “Jingle Bell Rock” and “Deck the Halls” on your holiday playlist, if you deck your halls with Hallmark’s new Xbox 360 Keepsake ornament. It’s now available from Hallmark’s online store and Amazon for $28.99 and pressing its power button plays the console’s swooshy startup sound […]

"Elizabeth" says the process felt like "a cover-up", as she joins Fiona Goddard and Ellie Reynolds who quit the panel in protest on Monday.

Last month, my colleague Liz Lopatto explained how a gummy bear battery bank was taking over the ultralight backpacking world. I'm talking full-grown, outdoorsy adults nerding out about gummy bear merch beating the battery pros at their own game! Liz and I quickly agreed: We should put it to the test. Could the gummy bear […]

Demolition work has begun on part of the White House to make way for President Trump's new ballroom.

Across the wider region, four people are reported to have been killed and 10 others injured.

The jewels stolen from the Louvre are worth an estimated €88m (£76m), a Paris prosecutor has said.

The US vice-president's visit comes after a flare-up of violence between Israel and Hamas that threatened to derail the 12-day-old truce.

Nottingham Forest are not "far away" from reconnecting with their disillusioned fans after a poor start to the season, says new boss Sean Dyche.

OpenAI’s next move in its battle against Google is an AI-powered web browser. The tool, dubbed ChatGPT Atlas, is out today. The company announced it in a livestream after teasing it earlier Tuesday via a mysterious video of browser tabs on a white screen. ChatGPT Atlas is available “globally” on macOS starting today, while access […]

The DfE has announced it will raise tuition fees every year, and will bring in new V-levels after GCSEs.

Last year's entry-level MacBook Pro was an impressive return to form for Apple's Pro laptop. Between the M4 chip, increased RAM, improved webcam, and a third Thunderbolt 4 port, the most affordable MacBook Pro was also one of the best deals in Apple's lineup. The M5 sequel is mostly a copy-paste of the same machine […]

Google announced several upgrades and new features coming to its Google Fi Wireless phone plans, including an update to web calls and messages with a new interface that now fully supports RCS messaging so you can share high-quality photos and videos in message threads, even when your phone isn’t nearby. That functionality is expected to […]

Britain has sent a senior commander and a small number of troops to Israel to help international efforts to monitor a fragile Gaza ceasefire following an American request.

The maker of the world's most popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot has launched a web browser, potentially accelerating the change in how people search and access information.

School closures seemed the only option but lockdowns probably went "too far" , former PM tells Covid Inquiry.

The chairman of the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry has stepped down from the role - two months after refusing to quit.

After raising prices on Xbox consoles and subscriptions, Microsoft is now turning its attention to Xbox developers. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans tell The Verge that the company is significantly increasing the price of its Xbox Development Kit (XDK) - the custom hardware used by developers to build Xbox games. The current Xbox dev kit […]

Officers should focus on "tackling real crime and policing the streets", Downing Street has said - after the Metropolitan Police announced it is no longer investigating non-crime hate incidents.

The departures followed a disagreement between the board and its majority shareholder over future governance.

Mr Bayoh was 31 when he died in May 2015 after being restrained by six police officers in Kirkcaldy, Fife.

Danny Rohl delivers a simple message as he is introduced as Rangers head coach, stating: "We want to win."

Amazon's hours-long cloud blackout transformed the future of sleep into a sauna and cat care into chaos

When Amazon's cloud face-planted on Monday, it didn't just take down some of the world's most popular apps – it took down dignity, comfort, and the occasional cat toilet.…

Unbeaten England face Australia on Wednesday with the chance to show they have put their Ashes scarring behind them before the Women's World Cup reaches the knockout stage.

West Indies became the first side to bowl an entire 50-over innings of spin in an ODI during their remarkable super-over win against Bangladesh in Mirpur.

Confining and rotating extremely cold atoms or molecules within atomic “Ferris wheels” made from laser light could test relativity’s predictions on the quantum scale

We have more satellites than ever before, but when they burn up they create a new kind of air pollution. Evidence is now revealing what effects this could have and how to tackle it

Aston Villa never said if they supported or opposed the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans but now they are dealing with the fallout and implications of the divisive decision by authorities in Birmingham.

24,500 devs polled, two blog posts, one confusion

JetBrains has released its State of the Developer Ecosystem survey, with more than 24,500 responses, revealing AI's impact on developer tools and programming language trends - including the claim that PHP and Ruby are in "long term decline."…

The government's national inquiry into grooming gangs has been accused of "descending into chaos", with Home Office minister Jess Phillips being called a "liar" for disputing allegations that the inquiry is being diluted. 

OpenAI has started teasing a livestream today that will likely be related to its rumored web browser. A mysterious teaser with a set of browser tabs appeared on OpenAI’s X account today, signaling that a livestream will reveal all at 1PM ET / 10AM PT today. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the announcement is about […]

We live in a golden age of controllers. The gamepads on the market now are of higher quality, more versatile, and more customizable than anything from even one console generation ago. If you play games on an Xbox Series X or Series S (or a Windows PC), you have the unenviable task of choosing between […]

Grace Wales Bonner becomes the first black woman to lead design at a major fashion house.

General Motors will end production of its Chevy Brightdrop electric vans at its factory in Ingersol, Ontario, the company said during its third quarter earnings call Tuesday. The decision was made as slow demand in the electric van market led to hundreds of Brightdrop vehicles piling up in dealer lots in both the US and […]

Another day, another price increase for a streaming service, and this time it’s HBO Max, which has higher prices for everyone at the same time that its parent company puts everything up for sale. The first price hike for HBO Max hit in early 2023 before the service changed its name, and while that decision […]

First teased at IFA 2025 in September and then officially announced in China earlier this month, Boox’s next smartphone-sized e-reader is now coming to the US. Although two versions of the device are available in China, including a black-and-white model called the P6 Pro, it’s the Boox P6 Pro Color that’s coming to the US […]

Lindsay Sandiford, 69, spent years in prison in Indonesia after being convicted of drug smuggling.

How do you improve a stellar veteran team who have won back-to-back titles? Recruit a raft of former Premier League and international stars.

Japan, Mexico and Peru are among the nations included in the updated Foreign Office guidance.

Ricoh is developing a new addition to its GR compact digital camera series that’s designed specifically for black and white photography. The GR IV Monochrome is expected to launch sometime in Spring 2026, and aside from a new monochrome CMOS sensor, it shares many of the same core features as the GR IV model that […]

Israeli forces have pulled back to a boundary which leaves Israel in control of most of Gaza - keeping far-right ministers on Netanyahu's side, for now.

Administrators said the business had been hit by "challenging trading conditions and increased costs".

The Bradford-born band are releasing music independently after their contract with a record label expired.

Eight countries have been added to a UK Foreign Office (FCDO) list warning Britons of a risk of methanol poisoning from tainted alcohol.

A former chief constable has been charged with fraud and misconduct in public office after allegedly lying about his military service.

Warner Bros. Discovery has finally said out loud what has been obvious for months now: it wants to be acquired by another entertainment megacorporation. Today, WBD announced that it “has initiated a review of strategic alternatives to maximize shareholder value” — a roundabout way of saying that the company is open to the possibility of […]

The Orionids are thought to be one of the most impressive meteor displays, peaking around 21-22 October. Here's more on how you can spot them lighting up the night sky.