Labour mayors in England vow to cap tourist tax at 5%
Thu, 10 Sep 2026 21:22:06 GMT
Reform UK and the Conservatives have criticised plans for the new levy on visitors' overnight stays.
Spies, strategies and missed opportunities: How the lessons of 9/11 are still being learnt
Thu, 10 Sep 2026 23:21:00 GMT
Twenty-five years on, the attacks have come to define a generation of foreign, security and intelligence policy, the BBC's security correspondent writes.
Oil, gas and borrowing costs surge as fears over Middle East escalate
Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:38:31 GMT
The price of oil jumps to $105 a barrel amid signs the Iran war will not be resolved quickly.
Use all powers necessary on anti-migrant protests, home secretary tells police
Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:57:06 GMT
Two anti-migrant protests took place in Dover and Portsmouth last weekend.
Ukraine's fortress cities under fire as Russia bids to seize rest of Donbas
Thu, 10 Sep 2026 23:22:11 GMT
Kramatorsk and Slovyansk are now the main focus of Russian ground assaults, and residents are being told to leave.
Can Trump pay $5,000 to every American adult if Republicans win midterm elections?
Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:48:37 GMT
Analysts question if the US president's election year offer is workable, legal or affordable.
Watch: Is the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition worth the hype?
Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:27:22 GMT
Crowds have been flocking to the British Museum to see the Bayeux Tapestry as it's on public display in the UK for the first time since it was created nearly 1,000 years ago.
Esther Rantzen says she is too fragile to travel to Switzerland to end life
Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:37:18 GMT
The broadcaster and campaigner says she missed her chance to go before living with cancer became "unbearable".
Yemen's Houthis reportedly seize strategic Red Sea port of Mokha
Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:15:47 GMT
Mokha's capture would bring the Iran-backed group closer to controlling the Bab al-Mandab Strait waterway, a key shipping route.
Bernie Sanders speaks to the BBC about proposal to ban AI superintelligence
Thu, 10 Sep 2026 22:48:37 GMT
The senator has also proposed a sort of sovereign wealth fund in which the US would take a 50% stake in AI companies.
