In the second half of the 20th Century, it was the race to develop nuclear arms that occupied some of the finest minds in the US and the Soviet Union. Now the US finds itself in a different kind of race with a different adversary: China. The aim is to …

More than 1,700 people have now joined the legal action against travel company Tui after becoming ill while on holiday in the Cape Verde islands, lawyers have told the BBC. Lawyers from Irwin Mitchell, who are leading the personal injury claim, say they have been contacted by people who became …

It promises to cause significant disruption to services, with resident doctors (formerly called junior doctors) making up nearly half of the medical workforce in the NHS. Senior medics are being drafted in to provide cover in emergency settings, but it means some pre-planned treatments and appointments are having to be …

US President Donald Trump has set deadlines, made demands and issued threats over the course of the five-week joint US-Israeli war against Iran. But seldom have they been this explicit. The new round of strikes against Iran will be devastating. They will begin at 20:00 Washington DC time on Tuesday …

'Something needs to be done' - Americans struggle as petrol prices surge The average price at the pump has topped $4 in the US for the first time since 2022 as the Iran war continues to push up fuel prices. US & Canada As Iran war continues, US farmers absorb …

Nasa is set to send humans deeper into space than ever before, but there's one piece of technology that still has some kinks - the Orion space capsule's toilet. Since launching from Earth on Wednesday, the four astronauts aboard the Artemis II mission's Orion capsule have had some intermittent issues …

Families have voiced their anger and frustration after spending months, and in some cases over a year, battling to get back thousands of pounds they were owed by a care home operator. The relatives of 10 former residents say Morar Care Group withheld sums of up to £19,000, which had …

Trump's 'expletive-laden tirade' and US airman's 'got gun' miracle escape Warning: Some of the newspaper front pages below contain very strong language that some may find offensive. "Trump drops F-bomb on Iran" reads the Daily Mail's headline. The paper says the president was "emboldened" by the rescue of a downed …

'I adore her now': Mother learns to cope with child's autism in a country with little help Martha Ongwane looks adoringly at her bouncy, giggling four-year-old, unable to believe that just two years ago she had wanted to kill her. Non-verbal, biting and unable to sit still, her daughter Rachael, …

How China fell for a lobster: What an AI assistant tells us about Beijing's ambition "Are you a lobster?" is the first question Wang had for the BBC. He had been so consumed recently by the AI assistant OpenClaw - which in China has earned the name "lobster" - that …