Protests planned outside Ed Sheeran’s concert after ticket prices drop

This week all of the support acts for the singer’s current The Loop tour announced they were dropping out of the remaining dates after Macklemore, real name Benjamin Haggerty, was removed from the line-up over comments…

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Twenty women had mastectomies they didn't need while being treated for breast cancer and hundreds suffered harm, NHS trust admits

Out of 514 cases reviewed by the County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust (CDDFT), 315 have been found to have suffered harm, with 77 of them significantly harmed. One patient is known to have died. The trust has…

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US and Denmark reach security deal after Trump’s threats to take over Greenland

The full scope of the deal Trump described as "very important, historic, and special" was not immediately clear. But soon after his announcement in a post on Truth Social, the leaders of Denmark and Greenland issued…

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Kerry Kennedy: 'It would be a tragedy' if Kennedy Center is demolished

A US federal judge ruled the Trump administration must give 30 days' notice before any "demolition" occurs to the Kennedy Center, as President Donald Trump warned the Washington DC performing arts venue could be "ripped…

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Three takeaways as Trump claims deal to control Greenland security ‘forever’

In a shock declaration on Friday evening, the President claimed an agreement had been reached to ensure the US would “forever have the complete ability to do what is necessary” in the Danish territory to preserve…

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Men deported from US bound and beaten in Equatorial Guinea detention hotel, lawyers say

The men – one from Egypt and one from Eritrea – were then taken to a prison. About 30 detainees from the US remain trapped at a hotel in the outskirts of the coastal city of Malabo after being deported from the US.…

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Billionaire Man United owner says he has lost confidence in the UK

The founder of petrochemical giant Ineos, who also owns a large stake in Manchester United, said the UK was in decline due to a combination of high taxes and high immigration. He told the BBC failing to invest further in…

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OPINION - Forgive me if I don’t trust the tech bros to save us from the AI apocalypse

Read our privacy notice . Really, the next Bond movie writes itself. Like From Russia With Love, in which 007 is on the same side as the Russians against Spectre (a megalomaniac outfit with no national affiliations ready…

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Grim discoveries of murdered women spark fear in South Africa

"But something must give." "For us, for all the other women. How many other bodies will be found before something happens?" Nokwanda is speaking to the BBC from the family home near South Africa's main city…

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Trump bans CNN, MS Now and Politico from White House

In a post on his Truth Social platform on Friday, the US president said he was expelling the news outlets "effective immediately" over what he called their "constant 'reporting' FAKE NEWS!" and threatened that bans for…

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