Daniel Holland Local Democracy Reporting Service BBC The blaze destroyed the building’s roof, leaving it exposed to the elements A university halls of residence severely damaged in a fire is to be restored. Newcastle University’s Henderson Old Hall in High Heaton was devastated by the blaze in June 2023, leaving it without a roof. Former

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Grimes has spoken out after Elon Musk paraded their four-year-old son Lil X around the Oval Office as Trump signed an executive order to bolster

SpaceX and Tesla boss Elon Musk and US president Donald Trump in the White House Oval Office, February 11, 2025. JIM WATSON / AFP The child leered at the pens on the desk, spoke when Donald Trump was speaking and ended up on his father’s shoulders with his fingers in his ears. Elon Musk’s son

Anthony Zurcher and Kayla Epstein Reporting fromWashington, DC and New York City Getty Images Trump shows an executive order he has just signed In the first weeks of his second term, President Donald Trump has wasted no time in flexing his political muscle. That much is clear. Since taking office in January, he has ordered

James Waterhouse Ukraine Correspondent Jacqueline Howard BBC News Reuters One person has been killed and four injured in Russia’s latest missile attack on Ukraine’s capital overnight. Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said a nine-year-old girl was among the injured in the attack in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The Ukrainian military said it had shot

CNN  —  A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a little over a week after it took control of the region’s largest city Goma. Clashes between the rebel coalition Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) and Congolese forces have left more

Simon Jack and Dearbail Jordan Business editor and business reporter, BBC News BBC Goldman Sachs International’s chief executive Richard Gnodde Goldman Sachs’ international boss has said the bank ditched an internal diversity rule that barred it from advising all male, all white boards on company flotations because it was no longer needed. The investment bank

Michael Kugelman Foreign policy analyst AFP Narendra Modi at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris on Tuesday When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Washington and meets President Donald Trump later this week, there will be some warm hugs and shared laughs. But that will not be all. Trump and Modi have developed a

Theo Leggett International business correspondent BBC For decades, car-making has been the jewel in Germany’s industrial crown, a powerful symbol of the country’s famous post-war economic miracle. Its “Big Three” brands, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, and BMW, have long been praised for their performance, innovation and precision engineering. But today, the German motor industry is struggling. How

Simi Jolaoso BBC News, Ogoniland Getty Images A BBC investigation has uncovered allegations that energy giant Shell has ignored repeated warnings that a controversial clean-up operation of oil-polluted areas of southern Nigeria has been beset by problems and corruption. The multinational headquartered in London, along with the Nigerian government, has repeatedly stated that work to

Brajesh Upadhyay BBC News, Washington Getty Images Steve Bannon, a long-time ally of President Donald Trump, has pleaded guilty to defrauding donors who paid for a private scheme for a wall on the US-Mexico border. Bannon, 71, received a sentence of conditional discharge for three years, which means he will not serve jail time under