Netflix stunned the entertainment world this week when it declined to raise its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, setting the stage for Paramount Skydance to win ownership of the Hollywood studio. At the time, Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters said they were being financially disciplined. Now reporting in …

Friday afternoon, just as this interview was getting underway, a news alert flashed across my computer screen: the Trump administration was severing ties with Anthropic, the San Francisco AI company founded in 2021 by Dario Amodei. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had invoked a national security law to blacklist the company …

US and Israeli strikes on Iran in maps The US and Israel have attacked Iran, hitting targets across the country. The office of Iran's supreme leader in the capital Tehran is among the targets, as well as military sites across the country. Iran has launched retaliatory strikes at Israel and …

It will have become even more so after US President Donald Trump said that Iran's long-time Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed on day one of the US-Israeli air strikes. His death was later confirmed on Iranian state TV. The evidence is that this is not a response to …

At least 108 people have died in an explosion at a school in southern Iran, according to a local prosecutor. President Masoud Pezeshkian said it was a "barbaric act" and "another black page in the record of countless crimes committed by the aggressors". There has been no confirmation by the …

8 hours ago Rowenna HoskinCeredigion, west Wales The first thing that strikes me is the darkness. I can't see any stars - only clouds. Four-and-a-half hours later, at 22:30, the stars finally emerge, and it is breathtaking. The stars extend as far as the eye can see, in every direction. …

Would you say yes to a second-hand wedding dress? 8 hours ago Sian Elin Dafyddand Michela Riva ,BBC Wales Chloe Hayden is getting married in 2028 and is on the hunt for the perfect dress. The 23-year-old has a mood board of different styles she likes, but she knows one …

This man was abused for appearing on a Welcome to Heathrow poster. Then he met his trolls 5 hours ago Imaan AsimBBC News A single social media post turned what had been one of Syed Usman Shah's "proudest moments" into one of the most overwhelming and upsetting. It started when …

How responsible are climbers for each other's safety? Mountaineers react to manslaughter 5 hours ago Grace Dean When Rebekah Lee was in her twenties, she decided to embark on an ambitious climb up Mount Stuart in Washington State and "made a series of bad decisions". She and her two friends …

5 hours ago Ruth CleggHealth and wellbeing reporter Amy Walker Katie carefully takes a syringe out of its packet. She pricks the top of a small jar of blue liquid and pulls the plunger up. She turns and jabs the needle into her bum cheek and gives the camera a …