Katya AdlerEurope editor, reporting from Nuuk, Greenland Watch: What message do Greenlanders want to send to Trump? It’s crunch time. The US Vice President, JD Vance, is hosting the Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers, as well as their US counterpart, Marco Rubio, in the White House on Wednesday. The focus of the talks: the future…
Canadian actor Kiefer Sutherland has been arrested after allegedly assaulting and threatening a ride-share driver in Hollywood, police have said. Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said Sutherland “entered a ride-share vehicle, physically assaulted the driver (the victim), and made criminal threats” in an incident at 00:15 PST (08:15 GMT) on Monday. The victim was not…
Hazel ShearingEducation correspondent Getty Images People applying to university this year have until 18:00 today to submit their Ucas applications. But with increased living costs, many are questioning whether university is worth it. From 2028, some students from lower-income households in England will be eligible for maintenance grants of up to £1,000 a year, the…
Ditching his plans to make digital ID mandatory for workers in the UK is an almighty backtracking and dilution of one of the prime minister’s flagship policy ideas of the autumn. I remember the first time Sir Keir Starmer talked publicly about his plans, because he was talking to me when he did so. It…
Pete Allisonand Naomi Clarke,BBC Newsbeat Netflix The documentary offers a unique insight into the production process of the sci-fi show Stranger Things ending after 10 years has many fans craving more of the sci-fi world they weren’t ready to leave. A theory known as Conformity Gate, that claimed a secret extra episode was yet to…
Emer MoreauBusiness reporter Getty Images The government has set out its vision for major rail improvements across the north of England, which it says will transform the region and boost the UK economy, more than a decade after such a project was first proposed. The multibillion pound scheme, known as Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR), aims…
England scrum-half Raffi Quirke has announced he will leave boyhood club Sale Sharks at the end of the season, having been linked with Newcastle Red Bulls. The 24-year-old, who has won two caps and memorably scored a try in England’s November 2021 win over South Africa, has been hampered by a string of injuries, with…
Reuters Armed security forces were deployed at a pro-government rally in Tehran on Monday More than 2,000 people have been killed during the violent crackdown by security forces on protests in Iran, a human rights group has said, as President Trump promised Iranians that help was “on its way”. The US-based Human Rights Activists News…
The government has dropped plans to make it compulsory to have digital ID in order to prove a right to work, the BBC understands. Digital checks on a person’s right to work will be mandatory but workers will not have to offer a digital ID and will be able to use other documents such as…
Joshua Askew,South Eastand Jacob Panons Eddie Mitchell A water collection point was set up at East Grinstead Rugby Club Water supply problems still affecting thousands of people across Kent and Sussex is “just not good enough”, a watchdog has said. Some 23,000 South East Water (SEW) customers had no water or intermittent supplies since Saturday,…