In 2010, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates launched a disarmingly simple campaign they called the Giving Pledge: a public commitment, open to the world’s wealthiest people, to give away more than half their fortune during their lifetime or upon their death. The moment seemed to call for it. Tech was …

The Labour Party has asked His Majesty's Revenue and Customs to investigate the tax affairs of Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice. Party chair Anna Turley wrote to the tax authority after the Sunday Times reported Tice had "avoided nearly £600,000 in corporation tax" through his property company. Turley said …

Iran is taking steps to prevent anti-establishment protests, with checkpoints appearing across the streets of the capital, internet access restricted, and mass text warnings sent to residents. In Tehran, people have been telling the BBC about new security checkpoints around the city, where they say residents are stopped and searched. …

Care leavers who were given a one-off, no strings attached £2,000 grant were less likely to become homeless or spend time in hospital or prison, according to a new study. Leaving care, without a family safety net, has consistently been found to be associated with higher levels of homelessness, unemployment …

People turn to private health care to beat NHS waits, says watchdog 5 hours ago Nick TriggleHealth correspondent A two-tier health system is emerging with people increasingly paying for tests and treatments on the private sector to beat NHS waits, a patient watchdog is warning. Healthwatch England said feedback from …

Companies are to be paid grants to hire more young people under new government proposals to tackle youth unemployment. Businesses will receive £3,000 for every person between the ages 18 and 24 that they employ who has been searching for a job for six months or more, while small and …

6 hours ago George Sandeman For the last fortnight, as drones and missiles have whistled through the skies above Iran and the Gulf, air traffic controllers have been shepherding passenger jets through safer but congested airspace on the edge of the war. A glance at a flight tracker map shows …

4 hours ago Heidi BoothNottingham Warning - this article contains a graphic description of a dead body. The following words from Ronald Parkin's autopsy report are forever burned into the memory of his family. It reads: "There were signs of decomposition present. maggots were seen crawling on his body. " …

5 hours ago Joe TidyCyber correspondent, BBC World Service Organisations worldwide are racing to develop a universally recognised label for "human-made" products and services as part of the growing backlash against AI use. Declarations like "Proudly Human", "Human-made", '"No A. I" and "AI-free" are appearing across films, marketing, books and …

'Help' for energy bills and PM 'resists' Trump warships call The Guardian focuses on government plans to send "minesweeping drones" to the Strait of Hormuz. It says officials have warned that deploying warships, as requested by the US, could make the situation in the Gulf worse. According to the Daily …