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Syria Joins Coalition Against IS After Trump Meeting

Bernd Debusmann Jr at the White House & Raffi Berg Watch: 'If you didn't have a rough past, you wouldn't have a chance', says Trump on al-Sharaa Syria will join the international coalition to combat the Islamic State group, marking a shift in US foreign policy in the Middle East, a senior Trump

Ariana Grande Goes Brunette Without Saying Goodbye to Glinda

Ariana Grande: Going brunette is not about saying goodbye to Glinda Noor Nanji Culture reporter, Leicester Square, London Press Association Ariana Grande has said her new darker hair is not about saying goodbye to her Wicked character Glinda, but rather a way of “doing something different”. The sing

Celebrity Traitors Returning to BBC One in 2026

The BBC has confirmed that Celebrity Traitors will return for a second series on BBC One in 2026, following a hugely successful debut that became one of the broadcaster's biggest entertainment hits. It will be hosted once again by Claudia Winkleman and filmed at Ardross Castle in the Scottish Highla

Ros Atkins on the BBC Panorama controversy

The chairman of the BBC has apologised for what he called an "error of judgement" in how a speech by Donald Trump was edited for an episode of Panorama. The BBC's director general, Tim Davie, and CEO of news, Deborah Turness, resigned on Sunday after a leaked memo criticised the documentary. But thi

BBC needs strong leadership amid resignations and lawsuit

Katie Razzall Culture and Media Editor I don't like the word unprecedented. But I've used it twice in less than 24 hours. The first time was on Sunday night, after the resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness. That, in fact, might have involved a bit of overreach. After all, this has happened b

BBC chair apologises over edited Trump clip

BBC chair Samir Shah has apologised for an "error of judgement" over the editing of a clip of a speech by US President Donald Trump in a Panorama documentary broadcast last year. In a letter to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Shah said more than 500 complaints had been made about the documen

Why BBC bosses Tim Davie and Deborah Turness quit

Francesca Gillett and Helen Bushby BBC reporters PA Media Tim Davie was appointed as BBC director general in 2020 BBC director general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness have resigned, saying in emails to staff that mistakes had been made. The corporation has been under fire after criticism

Matt Smith Brings Nick Cave’s Bunny Munro to Life

Getty Images Smith said he immediately agreed to star in The Death of Bunny Munro after meeting Nick Cave When Nick Cave first saw Matt Smith playing Bunny Munro - the sex-obsessed door-to-door salesman from his 2009 novel The Death of Bunny Munro - he was taken aback. "In the book, Bunny's not good

Trump $1bn threat to BBC and Reeves' tax crossroads

'Trump's $1bn BBC threat' and 'You will pay the price' warning for Reeves Donald's Trump's threat to sue the BBC over the editing of his speech in a documentary dominates Tuesday's papers. The Daily Telegraph reports that the US president is demanding an apology, retraction and payout by Friday if t

Do UN Climate Conferences Still Matter?

COP30: Trump and many leaders are skipping it, so does the summit still have a point? Justin Rowlatt Climate Editor BBC There is a photograph, taken ten years ago in Paris, that today seems like something of a relic. In it, dozens of men and women line up in dark suits, in front of an

Tank: Inside a Cybercrime King's Rise and Fall

A jailed hacking kingpin reveals all about the gang that left a trail of destruction Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent, BBC World Service BBC Vyacheslav Penchukov, aka "Tank", left thousands of victims across the world After years of reading about "Tank" and months of planning a visit to him in a Colorad

A decade of Met Office storm names and their impact

Image source, BBC / Kris Miller By Elizabeth Rizzini Lead Weather Presenter Monday marks ten years since Storm Abigail became the first officially named UK storm. Abigail lashed north-west Scotland from 12 to 13 November 2015 bringing gusts of up to 84mph (135km/h). Since November 2015, the UK Met O