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* US military aircraft leave second UK base
[0 hours old]: The departures come weeks after the US withdrew bombers from RAF Fairford airbase over a suspected Iran-linked security incident.

. The Indian workers filming their work to train AI
[440 hours old]: Indian workers are being paid to film themselves at work and the footage is used to train AI.

. How oil-rich Alberta's economy might fare if it broke away from Canada
[808 hours old]: Albertans vote this month on staying in Canada or moving ahead to a binding independence referendum.

. Aviation faces hotter, stormier skies – and passengers might have to accept more disruption
[1576 hours old]: Are people going to have to increasingly accept more delays and diversions as the effects of climate change intensify?

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- Met Police investigating more 'potential criminal allegations' about Brand
[2 hours old]: Det Supt Andy Furphy says the force had received "several reports during the trial and since the trial".

* Sales of tinned food and bottled water jump after 'Be Ready' campaign launch
[0 hours old]: Sales of essential goods such as hand sanitiser soar after the government called on households to be prepared for emergencies.

- Carrick's Man Utd future to be decided at Wednesday meeting
[4 hours old]: Manchester United head coach Michael Carrick's future will be discussed at a meeting in Monaco on Wednesday.

- Watch: Meghan's first public appearance since father arrested
[4 hours old]: Meghan arrived at the European Parliament in Brussels with her husband, Prince Harry, who delivered a speech about online child safety.

- Arrests made in Mohamed Al Fayed probe in France, police say
[1 hours old]: The Ritz hotel in Paris, which is still owned by the Al Fayed family, is one of the properties searched by police.

* Israel's new parliament sworn in as leaders compete to form government
[0 hours old]: Benjamin Netanyahu's main political rival, Gadi Eisenkot, has first chance to build a new government and oust the prime minister.

- Tories pledge to cut benefits for children with 'milder cases' of ADHD
[2 hours old]: Conservative shadow minister Helen Whately says the system risks putting children on a "conveyor belt" towards a "lifetime on benefits".

* Anthropic heads for lower than expected .3 trillion valuation in stock market debut
[1 hours old]: The AI company behind the Claude chatbot will offer its shares at between and .

- Kim Kardashian's Skims offers refunds for 8 advent calendar after backlash
[6 hours old]: The contents of the calendar, including hair clips and keychains, have been widely criticised on social media.

* David Walliams' career and controversies including Britain's Got Talent and Little Britain
[1 hours old]: The entertainer shot to fame on Little Britain and also has best-selling series of children's books.

- How did Mildenhall become crucial to the US Air Force?
[1 hours old]: RAF Mildenhall is the main European refuelling tanker base for US forces in Europe.

- 'There is no justice' - Epstein survivor on how model agency sent her to abuser's home
[15 hours old]: A woman says an agency boss sent her to photoshoots at the sex offender's Florida beach home.

- Faisal Islam: What the boss of US tech giant Nvidia told me about China and national security
[6 hours old]: Huang, who is now being investigated over an affair with an alleged Chinese spy, is far more important to the future of the world order than other tech bosses.

- I took Vinted to court to get my money back
[15 hours old]: The BBC hears from Vinted sellers who describe difficulties accessing money held in their online wallets.

- Football Manager introduces wheelchair-using boss in boost to video game representation
[5 hours old]: The popular series now allows fans to play as a wheelchair user - something that is still rare in games.

- Phones to be banned from pupils' bags or pockets under stricter rules for schools in England
[6 hours old]: The government says it is strengthening its guidance for schools in England, which came into force in June.

- York man, 19, shot and injured in Krakow attack
[2 hours old]: Harry Marchant, 19, is in a stable condition after being shot, his family confirms.

- Iran rejects French claims it was behind supermarket fridge hacking
[2 hours old]: Tons of chilled and frozen food was spoiled last month as fridges and freezers in hundreds of supermarkets heated up.

- French wartime resistance heroine Solange Alexandre dies aged 104
[2 hours old]: With 30 men under her orders, she organised sabotage operations, sheltered Allied airmen and joined the fight against the occupying German forces.

- First day of Ukraine peace talks 'very productive', US says
[1 hours old]: Delegations from Kyiv, Washington and Moscow are in the United Arab Emirates for the first trilateral talks since February.

- Edinburgh Academy pupils suffered decades of 'dreadful abuse'
[1 hours old]: A report from the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry says the school focused on protecting its reputation and ignored complaints.

- Watch: Man smashes Chinese government building with excavator
[6 hours old]: Police say they have detained a 47-year-old suspect and no one was injured in the incident.

- Australia doomed to live with stench of sandpapergate
[2 hours old]: Usman Khawaja's autobiography has exposed the limbo Australian cricket finds itself stuck in over the sandpaper scandal, writes Stephan Shemilt.

- Hill gets first England call-up as Konsa cover
[4 hours old]: Bournemouth defender James Hill is added to the England squad for Thursday's Nations League match against Croatia at Wembley.

* Formula 1 to finish season in Middle East
[1 hours old]: The 2026 Formula 1 season will conclude with the Qatar and Abu Dhabi grands prix as planned, with Italy's Imola circuit stood down as back-up for the races.

- Birthdays and broken lamps - at home with the Charles brothers
[1 hours old]: Before Northern Ireland's Nations League matches, BBC Sport joins Shea and Pierce Charles at their London home to discuss birthdays, steak sandwiches and starring for Michael O'Neill's young team.

- Jockey Neale, 22, dies after fall during race
[4 hours old]: Australian jockey Izzy Neale passes away following a fall during a race in Australia on Sunday.

- Trump says FBI investigating Nvidia boss's affair with alleged Chinese spy
[7 hours old]: The US president said he spoke with Jensen Huang on Monday and asked him about the affair with the alleged spy.

* US inflation higher than expected in October - here's what is happening with prices
[1 hours old]: Prices rose by 0.4% over the month, driven by increases in shelter, food and energy costs.

- Californians reject wealth tax for billionaires
[12 hours old]: Proposition 40 targeted Californian billionaires with a 5% tax on their total wealth, including assets such as shares as well as income.

- Australia considers criminal penalties for rogue AI in wake of OpenAI hack
[10 hours old]: AI safety regulator will also be created after a rogue OpenAI agent hacked government websites.

- Civil servant who secretly held five jobs found guilty of fraud
[2 hours old]: Kashim Chowdhury had secretly held multiple public sector jobs on full-time salaries.

- Qantas to outsource 850 local jobs with most roles moving to India
[14 hours old]: The Australian airline said the move was aimed at modernising its IT systems and noted the impact of AI.

* Thousands of 'off-grid' homes eligible for £250 to help with heating bills
[1 hours old]: Households dependent on either heating oil or LPG and are eligible for reduced council tax will benefit.

- New regulation for heating oil market, but no price controls
[2 hours old]: The Competition and Markets Authority has investigated the heating oil market in Northern Ireland and other parts of the UK.

- Holiday hunger bill to face final Stormont hurdle
[6 hours old]: The new law would would help poorer families with food costs during school holidays.

- Headteachers say families will struggle after another rise in school dinner prices
[6 hours old]: The price of a school dinner in a primary school will have risen from £2.60 to £3.40 since the start of 2026.

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. How a civil servant got away with juggling five jobs for so long
[21 hours old]: Kashim Chowdhury has been convicted of fraud after pocketing £284,000 of taxpayers' money over three years.

. Nvidia shares tumble over investigation into Huang's affair with alleged Chinese spy
[20 hours old]: The share price dropped wiped hundreds of billions of dollars from the value of Nvidia.

. Zoe Kleinman: Nvidia CEO's affair will cause ripples across US and beyond
[18 hours old]: Jensen Huang is being investigated by his own company over an extramarital affair with a woman alleged to be a Chinese spy.

. Poundland unable to buy new stock as fears over collapse grow
[23 hours old]: The discount chain is continuing to edge towards collapse and is said to be "running on fumes", according to one insider.

. What we know so far about Jensen Huang's affair with suspected Chinese spy
[16 hours old]: The billionaire tech executive finds himself mired in a personal and national security scandal.

. Doing these things now will help you save money at Christmas
[40 hours old]: Small decisions made now can make a big difference to your festive finances, charities say, so here are some tips.

. What do we know about Nvidia CEO’s affair with a suspected Chinese spy?
[32 hours old]: Adoration for the US tech giant’s CEO Jensen Huang has been labelled “Jensanity”, but can his reputation survive the news of his affair?

. Government's EV targets expected to be reduced this week
[28 hours old]: New petrol or diesel cars are due to be phased out by 2030 and by 2035 all new cars must be zero emission.

. The engine parts that 'fight the laws of the universe'
[112 hours old]: Investment has surged into the making of jet turbine blades - an extremely difficult component to make.

. Graduates are managing AI - but are they learning much else?
[160 hours old]: Graduates are spending more time managing AI, but are they missing out on other work experience?

. How video game remakes tap the power of nostalgia
[272 hours old]: Video games are good at triggering nostalgia, a key reason why classic games keep getting remade.

. 'I live with a ghost' - inside the haunted homes attracting bargain hunters
[294 hours old]: Properties where someone has died in tragic circumstances can have big reductions in price.

. 'An annoying buzz': The search for stealthier drones
[328 hours old]: As drone deliveries become more commonplace, their makers are looking for ways to make them quieter.

. The grads ditching the UK for a fresh start abroad
[472 hours old]: With graduate jobs hard to come by, more young adults are reported to be considering emigrating.

. The tech helping crack decades-old cold cases
[496 hours old]: Investigative genetic genealogy can help hunt down criminals but raises worries over privacy.

. Living with a stink? Technology might help
[616 hours old]: Smells from rubbish dumps and industrial facilities are being more carefully monitored.

. As Christmas rush looms, how do China-made toys find their way to the US?
[641 hours old]: With the festive season on the horizon, we trace toys from factories in China to US shelves.

. How long will humans be needed for translation?
[665 hours old]: AI dominates the translation business, but for high-stakes work, humans are still needed.

. Why are more roofs not made of solar tiles?
[784 hours old]: Solar tiles were touted as an attractive alternative to solar panels - why have they not taken off?

. Rainmakers: The drones used to seed clouds
[825 hours old]: Cloud seeding is gaining attention as countries look to boost rainfall - will drones help?

. The AI telling farmers when to harvest
[977 hours old]: Will farmers want AI tools to help judge when to pick fruit, or is their own intuition enough?

. My hometown shows that high streets have to change or die
[1049 hours old]: Aberdeen is launching an ambitious bid to revive its struggling centre. Could it offer lessons for other high streets?

. Europe's car makers are in crisis. Will the threat of war rescue them?
[1111 hours old]: Auto executives across Europe hope rearmament can help them flex their industrial muscles once more.

. Why the UK is dithering over what to do about e-scooters
[2656 hours old]: Why is it taking so long for the government to regulate them, and what are the consequences of delay?

. Why Gen Z are planning for life without a state pension
[3185 hours old]: Many younger people do not believe the state pension will exist when they are older

. The facial recognition technology stopping shoplifters
[21 hours old]: Business correspondent Emma Simpson tries out Sainsbury's facial recognition technology.

. Ipswich Town's new club shop 'here to stay'
[66 hours old]: Fans and players are delighted at the new "activation space" in the town centre.