China announced record export numbers for 2025, a year when US President Donald Trump’s tariffs and trade policy caused turmoil in the global economy. Beijing on Wednesday reported the world’s largest-ever trade surplus – the value of goods and services sold overseas compared to its imports – at $1.19tn (£890bn). It’s the first time China’s […]
The UK has awarded contracts to build a record supply of offshore wind projects as part of its efforts to grow the country’s clean electricity sources. But the price paid for offshore wind has increased slightly since last year, with the sector hit by rising costs, although the impact of these projects on household bills […]
Marie-Louise ConnollyHealth correspondent, BBC News NI, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh BBC Donal O’Cófaigh says the campaign will not be brought to leaders at Stormont Hospital campaigners in County Fermanagh have said they are taking their fight to the steps of Stormont as their voices “are not being heard” in a rural community. Emergency general surgery was […]
Redditch Borough Council has voted in favour of postponing local elections in May, after a heated meeting in which police were called. The Labour leadership has said the move will save taxpayers £192,000, and will now formally write to central government to make the request. It comes after ministers offered local authorities the opportunity to […]
The government has launched its first ever UK Town of Culture competition, where towns of all sizes across the country can enter to tell their “unique stories”. First announced in October 2025, the event is part the government’s effort to “restore pride in communities”, and encourages applicants to showcase local visions and voices through a […]
David Grittenand Paul Adams,Diplomatic correspondent 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 […]
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 […]
Mark PoyntingClimate researcher Justin Sullivan / Getty Images The California fires of January 2025 were one of the most expensive weather-related disasters in US history Global temperatures in 2025 did not quite reach the heights of 2024, thanks to the cooling influence of the natural La Niña weather pattern in the Pacific, new data from […]
Osmond ChiaBusiness reporter Getty Images Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang The US government has given chip giant Nvidia the green light to sell its advanced artificial intelligence (AI) processors in China, the Department of Commerce said on Tuesday. The H200, Nvidia’s second-most-advanced semiconductor, had been restricted by Washington over concerns that it would give China’s technology […]
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 […]