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- What we know about the Minneapolis Catholic school shooting
[1 hours old]: Two children aged eight and 10 have been killed and 17 more people have been injured.

* Blair joins White House meeting with Trump on post-war Gaza
[0 hours old]: The talks come as Israel prepares to seize Gaza City as a step towards full control of the territory.

- Four ways to keep your energy bills down
[6 hours old]: Household energy bills are due to rise again in October but there are ways to keep a lid on your expenditure.

- Reform rows back on possible child migrant deportations
[3 hours old]: Nigel Farage has now ruled out the suggestion, after the party's former chair said it could happen.

- UK to lose out on new drugs that are available in EU countries, pharma firm warns
[3 hours old]: The claims from pharmaceutical giant Novartis comes amid a row over drug pricing deals.

- Taylor Swift's engagement ring, and the celebrity trend for big rocks
[3 hours old]: Georgina Rodríguez, Dua Lipa and Zendaya are just some of the recently-engaged stars with standout rings.

- 'Punk rock' dinosaur with metre-long spikes discovered
[4 hours old]: The animal has come as a surprise to experts, who now have to rethink how these armoured dinosaurs evolved

- Tommy Robinson will not be charged over St Pancras incident
[2 hours old]: British Transport Police said prosecutors concluded there was not enough evidence to bring charges in connection to the incident.

- Patients struggle to get weight loss drug ahead of price rise
[4 hours old]: The drug's US manufacturer has asked UK distributors to stop taking orders from pharmacies until next month's price increase.

- Solar-powered postboxes with parcel drawer rolled out across UK
[3 hours old]: Royal Mail says the revamped design will help it compete in small parcel deliveries.

- Parents of teenager who took his own life sue OpenAI
[10 hours old]: The Raine family alleges ChatGPT "actively helped" their 16-year-old son take his own life.

- Is Trump right about wind power and UK energy bills?
[3 hours old]: President Trump has suggested this week that wind power is the reason for rising energy bills in the UK. BBC Verify's Ben Chu takes a look at the data.

- How Taylor Swift's engagement could change her music
[7 hours old]: She's known as pop's most confessional songwriter, so how will domestic bliss change Taylor Swift?

- Watch: Thousands have tomato fight at La Tomatina Festival
[7 hours old]: Tomatoes not fit for consumption are thrown at each other during the festival.


- Could you restore an 'iconic' Scottish castle? Island retreat goes on sale for £750,000
[6 hours old]: A previous sale of the historic castle, involving a millionaire businessman, collapsed two years ago.

- How achievable is Reform's plan on migration?
[7 hours old]: A Reform government could see the UK leaving the European Convention on Human Rights to deliver its plan.

- Play now
[15 hours old]: Think you can work out where's hotter and colder than you today? Find out by playing our game

* Ed Davey to boycott Trump state banquet over Gaza
[0 hours old]: The Lib Dem leader says he wants to send the president a message that he has the power to end the crisis.

- Ryanair to increase oversized bag bonus for staff
[2 hours old]: Michael O'Leary told the BBC the change would come in November, and that he made no apology for it.

- Russian drone attacks cause massive power cuts, Ukraine says
[3 hours old]: More than 100,000 homes are without power after the latest Russian strikes on energy sites, President Zelensky says.

- Denmark summons top US diplomat over alleged 'covert influence operations' in Greenland
[8 hours old]: The aim was reportedly to infiltrate Greenland's society and promote its secession from Denmark.

- 'I'm not a wild animal', says alleged sex attacker
[2 hours old]: Hadush Kebatu, an asylum seeker staying at The Bell Hotel in Epping, denies five charges.

- Cardi B denies scratching and spitting on security guard
[3 hours old]: The rapper denies attacking the guard, who is suing for assault, but admits she did swear at her.

- What is on the table at Trump’s Gaza meeting?
[2 hours old]: And Labour is back to talking about Brexit.

- 6-2 6-1 in 60 minutes - dominant Raducanu races into third round
[3 hours old]: Emma Raducanu overcomes a potential banana skin as she clinically beats Indonesian qualifier Janice Tjen to reach the US Open third round.

* 'I need to look after myself' - Draper out of US Open with arm injury
[1 hours old]: British number one Jack Draper withdraws from the US Open because of an arm injury.

- 'I was playing' - why US Ryder Cup captain Bradley performed U-turn
[4 hours old]: Captain Keegan Bradley decides against including himself as a playing member of the United States Ryder Cup team to face Europe next month.

- 'Something I've wanted my whole life' - Lake makes British history with 2.00m leap
[2 hours old]: Morgan Lake makes history as the first British woman to clear two metres in the high jump at the Diamond League Final in Zurich.

- NHS to lose out on new drugs, pharma firm warns
[3 hours old]: The claims from pharmaceutical giant Novartis comes amid a row over drug pricing deals.

- Solar-powered postboxes being rolled out across UK
[3 hours old]: Royal Mail says the revamped design will help it compete in small parcel deliveries.

* 4chan launches legal action against Ofcom in US
[1 hours old]: It wants the court to prohibit Ofcom from enforcing the Online Safety Act against it in the US.

- Energy bills to rise by more than expected ahead of winter
[6 hours old]: The £35 a year increase for a typical household is twice what analysts had predicted.

- Thames Water agrees payment plan for record £122.7m fine
[9 hours old]: FTI Consulting is working on contingency plans should Thames go bust but how did it end up in this state?

- Trump's 50% tariff on India kicks in as Modi urges self-reliance
[5 hours old]: The US president's steep 50% tariffs on India have kicked in, sending Narendra Modi's government into firefighting mode.

- Covid loss businesses take action against insurer
[14 hours old]: Insurance company Beazley says business interruption insurance does not cover a national pandemic.

- Sea border for food and agricultural products 'in place until 2027'
[3 hours old]: The border for such goods will not be dismantled until 2027, the UK government is expected to confirm.

- Sun into sundaes for solar-powered ice cream maker
[14 hours old]: David Baker says 30% of his operations are powered by the sun – and he's working towards 80%.

- Does the US president have the power to sack a Federal Reserve governor?
[9 hours old]: President Trump takes aim at Lisa Cook, a central bank official - we unpack what it all means.

- Fuel poverty is a year-round problem, charity warns
[7 hours old]: Thousands of Scots have asked for advice on bills during the warmer months, a charity has said.

- How much gas and electricity does a typical household use?
[12 hours old]: Typical gas and electricity bills will rise slightly in October when a new energy price cap begins.

- Tommy Coyle to hand out free school uniforms
[14 hours old]: The event will take place at the TC60 gym in Hull, with one free uniform per child on offer.

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[20 hours old]: In an exclusive interview with BBC Persian, a prisoner describes what happened when Israeli missiles tore through Iran's most notorious jail.

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. Is Donald Trump losing his Latino base?
[127 hours old]: And can the Democrats win them back?

. Catherine Bott on pitch correction software
[107572 hours old]: Catherine Bott on software that corrects out of tune singing but is also a creative tool.

. How to stop AI agents going rogue
[36 hours old]: Agentic AI is taking decisions and acting on behalf of users, but how to stop that going wrong?

. Trump vs the Fed: Why this row could rattle the US economy
[24 hours old]: Trump says he will sack a US central bank governor. Why does the independence of the Fed matter?

. Kpop Demon Hunters becomes Netflix's most viewed film ever
[16 hours old]: It is the latest in a series of chart-topping achievements by the animated musical.

. US restaurant chain Cracker Barrel scraps new logo after backlash
[19 hours old]: US President Donald Trump was among those criticising the company for unveiling a new, minimalistic version of its logo.

. In The Style founder has 'no regrets' about leaving
[24 hours old]: The company's founder gave a wide-ranging interview about its rise and fall.

. Poundland avoids administration as restructure approved
[29 hours old]: The struggling budget chain was sold to a private equity firm for £1 earlier this year.

. Cook to sue Trump over order to fire her from Federal Reserve
[22 hours old]: The central bank governor says the US president "has no authority to do so" in defiance of Trump's escalatory move against the Fed.

. Rising egg prices push food inflation to 18-month high
[35 hours old]: A survey says food inflation is at its highest level for 18 months, as the cost of staples grow.

. Korean Air to buy 103 Boeing jets as Trump pressures trading partners
[40 hours old]: The deal was announced just hours after the presidents of the US and South Korea met in Washington.

. 'How will I pay workers?': Indian factories hit hard by Trump's 50% tariffs
[46 hours old]: BBC correspondents visit export hubs across India to assess how steep US tariffs are impacting business owners.

. Half of UK job losses in hospitality, say bosses
[56 hours old]: Lobby group calls for urgent action to lower taxes, but the government says it is helping establishments.

. Schools, care homes and sports clubs sold off to pay spiralling council debt
[44 hours old]: Hundreds of council-owned buildings being sold as local authorities seek to reduce debts of £122bn.

. Musk firms sue Apple and OpenAI, alleging they hurt competition
[50 hours old]: The lawsuit takes aim at Apple's decision to integrate ChatGPT into the operating systems of its smartphones.

. Keurig Dr Pepper buy coffee chain for £13bn
[52 hours old]: Two of the world's biggest coffee firms are to combine as the industry grapples with tariffs and high prices for beans.

. Climate change pushing winemakers to blend wines from different years
[68 hours old]: Non-vintage still wine is now increasingly being made in response to more challenging weather.

. Denmark ending letter deliveries is a sign of the digital times
[164 hours old]: PostNord blames sharply falling demand - will other post firms around the world follow suit?

. How to destroy harmful 'forever chemicals'
[212 hours old]: PFAS were once prized for their durability, but now firms are developing ways to destroy them.

. Should Europe wean itself off US tech?
[236 hours old]: Just three US firms provide 70% of Europe's cloud-computing, leading to fears of overreliance.

. Inside Australia's billion-dollar bid to take on China's rare earth dominance
[357 hours old]: Recent moves by Beijing have got businesses worried - and Australia is looking to offer an alternative.

. Economic woes dominate as Bolivia prepares to go to the polls
[332 hours old]: The South American country is dealing with very high inflation ahead of its latest general election.

. How to get AI to work in 22 languages
[380 hours old]: India tackles the problem of making AI translate between its many languages and dialects

. Will AI make language dubbing easy for film and TV?
[308 hours old]: New tech promises to dub film and TV into different languages without losing the quality of the performance.

. China's unemployed young adults who are pretending to have jobs
[402 hours old]: With Chinese youth unemployment high, individuals are paying to go into offices and pretend to work.

. Why firms are merging HR and IT departments
[476 hours old]: The emergence of AI is spurring some firms to make their HR and IT departments work closer together.

. How Europe is vying for rare earth independence from China
[500 hours old]: The EU is aiming to increase its own production of rare earth metals, led by a facility in France.

. Will new greener brake pads be more expensive?
[548 hours old]: Automotive industry will have to change techniques and materials as new EU rules come into force in 2026

. The UK car industry is at a tipping point - can it be saved?
[356 hours old]: Tariffs, Brexit, pandemic havoc... All of this caused short-term disruption - but the impact concealed a deeper problem for the UK automotive industry

. Trump's global tariffs 'victory' may well come at a high price
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. China's electric cars are becoming slicker and cheaper - but is there a deeper cost?
[1892 hours old]: The future for EVs will inevitably involve China. But where does that leave the UK and Europe markets – and what of the questions around national security?

. The secretive US factory that lays bare the contradiction in Trump's America First plan
[2421 hours old]: An exclusive look inside the closely guarded factory the president wants to become a foundation stone for a US golden age.

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