Top Stories

Subscribe to Top Stories feed Top Stories
BBC News - News Front Page
Updated: 2 weeks 3 hours ago

How Team GB overcome fear at the Winter Olympics

Thu, 02/05/2026 - 06:13
What do you do if you fall 40 feet on to hard-packed snow? If you're a Winter Olympics athlete, you pick yourself up and try again.

How Team GB Winter Olympians beat The Fear

Thu, 02/05/2026 - 06:13
What do you do if you fall 40 feet on to hard-packed snow? If you're a Winter Olympics athlete, you pick yourself up and try again.

How Team GB Winter Olympians beat The Fear

Thu, 02/05/2026 - 06:13
What do you do if you fall 40 feet on to hard-packed snow? If you're a Winter Olympics athlete, you pick yourself up and try again.

Ireland out to avenge haunting defeat as Six Nations begins

Thu, 02/05/2026 - 06:04
Injury-hit Ireland face the unenviable task of trying to stop returning captain Antoine Dupont and France in Thursday's Six Nations opener in Paris.

Ireland out to avenge haunting defeat as Six Nations begins

Thu, 02/05/2026 - 06:04
Injury-hit Ireland face the unenviable task of trying to stop returning captain Antoine Dupont and France in Thursday's Six Nations opener in Paris.

Ireland out to stop 'darting fish' Dupont and France

Thu, 02/05/2026 - 06:04
Injury-hit Ireland face the unenviable task of trying to stop returning captain Antoine Dupont and France in Thursday's Six Nations opener in Paris.

Naked images remained in Epstein files despite outcry

Thu, 02/05/2026 - 05:59
Four images seen by BBC Verify show partially clothed women with their faces and bodies unredacted.

Watch: How are Gaza hospitals coping with caring for newborn babies?

Thu, 02/05/2026 - 05:55
One hospital director says he is still seeing malnourished and traumatised mothers giving birth to underweight or premature babies, three months into a fragile ceasefire between Hamas and Israel.

Watch: Inside Gaza hospital struggling to provide care to newborn babies

Thu, 02/05/2026 - 05:55
More aid has been allowed into Gaza since the ceasefire began three months ago, but the UN says it is nowhere near enough.

Watch: Giant phantom jellyfish floating off Argentina

Thu, 02/05/2026 - 05:18
A rare phantom jellyfish has been spotted by scientists exploring the deep sea in the South Atlantic.

Email appears to confirm Andrew and Virginia Giuffre photo is real

Thu, 02/05/2026 - 03:31
The former prince has previously questioned whether the picture had been doctored and claimed he had never met Giuffre.

Chomsky advised Epstein about 'horrible' media coverage, files show

Thu, 02/05/2026 - 03:29
The exchange was among the latest release of files from the US government's investigation into Epstein.

Watch: 'Re-traumatised daily' - Epstein survivor says US shouldn't move on from scandal

Thu, 02/05/2026 - 03:19
Ashley Rubright tells the BBC she feels vindicated to see accountability for UK associates of Jeffrey Epstein.

'We are ready to talk' - US news anchor pleads for return of her abducted mother

Thu, 02/05/2026 - 02:37
"Your children will not rest until we are together again," says the NBC host in her message to 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie.

'U-turn on Mandelson files' and 'Starmer in grave peril'

Thu, 02/05/2026 - 01:31
Starmer's handling of Mandelson's appointment as ambassador to Washington leads Thursday's papers.

US must be prudent when supplying arms to Taiwan, Xi tells Trump

Thu, 02/05/2026 - 01:15
Wednesday's call comes in the wake of a flurry of visits by Western leaders to China in recent months.

I learned we could use a softer touch, says Trump as federal force is reduced in Minnesota

Thu, 02/05/2026 - 00:55
The US president adopts a conciliatory tone after a deportation drive in Minnesota that has sparked protests.

Growing calls in India to restrict children's social media use

Thu, 02/05/2026 - 00:50
Some Indian states have said they are examining Australia's law curbing social media for children.

Period blood test could offer less invasive alternative to cervical screening

Thu, 02/05/2026 - 00:48
Looking for signs of the cancer in a more convenient way could help women access the test and prevent the disease occurring, researchers say.

Period blood test could offer less invasive alternative to cervical screening

Thu, 02/05/2026 - 00:48
Looking for signs of the cancer in a more convenient way could help women access the test and prevent the disease occurring, researchers say.

Pages