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Fight fake news and climate deniers, Brazil’s Lula tells UN talks

Georgina Rannard Climate and science reporter, Belém, Brazil Shutterstock Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the opening of the COP30 conferences in Belem, Brazil. The world must "defeat" climate denialism and fight fake news, Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has told the opening meeting of the UN climate talks. In

Watch: Lava soars 1,100 ft above Hawaii’s Kilauea in latest eruption

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, one of the world's most active, erupted again on 9 November shooting a massive fountain of lava into the air. The US Geological Survey said the volcano erupted continuously for nearly 5 hours, with lava reaching 1000 - 1100ft (300-330 m) during this event. According to the USGS, this is the 36th

Cryptoqueen Faces Sentence Over £5bn Bitcoin Haul

Tony Han Global China Unit Metropolitan Police Qian Zhemin enjoyed a lavish lifestyle of travel and shopping before UK police discovered her stash of crypto A woman, said by police to have bought cryptocurrency now worth billions of pounds using funds stolen from thousands of Chinese pensioners, is due to be sentenced this week for

Syria to join coalition to defeat IS group 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 administration official

Ariana Grande: Going brunette is not about 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 singer and actress, 32, has recently swapped her

Celebrity Traitors to return 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 Highlands. Companion show Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked

Ros Atkins on… the BBC resignations

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 this crisis didn't

Katie Razzall: Robust leadership needed to steer BBC through crisis

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 before at

BBC chairman’s statement in full

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 documentary since

Why have BBC bosses Davie and Turness resigned?

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 that a Panorama documentary misled
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