Trade tariff uncertainty is “literally off the charts” but there will not be a global recession, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. The international economic group said in its forecast for the world economy that global share prices have dropped “as trade tensions flared” and warned about an “erosionContinue Reading
Scientists have found new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life. A Cambridge team studying the atmosphere of a planet called K2-18b has detected signs of molecules which on Earth are only produced by simple organisms. K2-18b is two and a halfContinue Reading
A German palliative care doctor has been charged with murdering 15 of his patients using a cocktail of lethal drugs. Prosecutors in Berlin have accused the 40-year-old of setting fire to the homes of some of his suspected victims to cover his tracks. He allegedly killed 12 women and threeContinue Reading
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex. It marks the culmination of a long-running legal battle which could have major implications for how sex-based rights apply across Scotland, England and Wales. Adam is joined by James Cook, Alex ForsythContinue Reading
Victims of deposed Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s brutal rule still live in fear, seven months after her regime fell. The BBC spoke with half a dozen victims of the Awami League’s program of forced disappearances who said they are still scared because their captors are free, still active membersContinue Reading
A hairdresser from St Petersburg has been given a jail term of five years and two months on a charge of spreading fake news about the Russian army. Anna Alexandrova denied posting eight anti-war messages on social media, insisting the case was motivated by a squabble over land with aContinue Reading
We look at Birmingham’s bin crisis, with new threats it could spread to other cities. Why are striking workers threatening further action? And, could the strike inspire copy-cat action across the nation? Adam and Alex speak to the BBC’s Midlands political correspondent Rob Mayor. Also, US Vice-President JD Vance hasContinue Reading
Aged just 13, Bella Ramsey was cast in the world’s biggest TV show at the time, Game of Thrones. Now 21, Bella plays the character Ellie in The Last of Us, the smash-hit adaptation of the PlayStation video game. Speaking to the BBC, Bella explains they’ve only spoken publicly aboutContinue Reading
Katy Perry and five other women are set to blast into space aboard Jeff Bezos’ space tourism rocket. The singer will be joined by Bezos’s fiancée Lauren Sánchez and CBS presenter Gayle King. They are due to lift off from its West Texas launch site and the launch window opensContinue Reading
Devastating attacks on a camp hosting hundreds of thousands of people who had fled Sudan’s civil war have continued for a third day, residents have told the BBC. One person in the Zamzam camp described the situation as “extremely catastrophic” while another said things were “dire”. More than 100 civilians,Continue Reading
