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Eight year after launch, Mercury probe and its Mercury Transfer Module consciously uncouple as orbit approaches
Some say the case shed light on the mental health struggles of mothers, while others argue it's no excuse for murder.
With Argentina's President Milei promising "winds of change" over the Falklands, will Donald Trump shift his stance on British rule?
Authorities fear the death toll in Viacha will rise and warn people to stay away from the barracks due to a risk of further explosions.
During the most recent Ice Age, researchers believe there was a "lost land bridge" between Wales and Ireland.
Victoria Fuller tells the BBC Cleveland Police needs to become part of a larger, strategic force with greater resources.
The majority of the papers on Saturday focus on Reform UK following the party's annual conference.
The party says the tax cut will be paid for by reducing public spending by £80bn.
Andrew and Tristan Tate are currently in a Miami jail fighting extradition to the UK over separate charges and deny all the allegations.
The US rapper rolled back the years for more than two hours at the first of his two shows in London.
The Netherlands has relocated 86 tonnes of the shiny stuff - what's going on?
A Massachusetts judge has declared a mistrial in the murder case against the US mother after jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict.
Middle East tensions have choked the production and transportation of oil, causing a surge in the price of car and jet fuels.
The Togo-sponsored resolution was backed by 164 nations - the US the only nation to vote against it.
A new trio has taken the wheel of the motoring TV show from Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May.
A new rule making it mandatory for drivers to learn Marathi or lose their licence had sparked protests.
Parts of central and southern Europe have seen temperatures above 40C this week. As things warm up in the UK, is there a heatwave on the way?
His comments sparked discussions around parenting, gender and culture, and just how important those three simple words are.
After more than 10 years, Amelia Dimoldenberg announced Chicken Shop Date was shutting up shop.
Counterfeit versions of a drug which is still in clinical trials are flooding the black market.
If it wins an outright majority in Saxony-Anhalt, it would be the first time a far-right party has held state-level power in Germany since World War Two.

yesterday

The mistrial now puts the murder case - and Clancy's future - in limbo as to whether she will be held criminally liable in the deaths of her three kids.
Some 400 challengers and 2,000 spectators are expected at the world stone skimming championships.
More than 10% of Nepal's energy generation capacity was knocked out by last week's floods.
Now comes the harder sell: Convincing customers and merchants to trust AI with purchases
AI workstation promises to put up to 576 GB of HBM3e and 16 TB/s of memory bandwidth on your desk
The BBC's Ed Thomas has visited Grangetown, an area which has been the focus of an investigation following the deadly A66 crash.
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick falsely suggested that data centres don't use water.
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have led President Donald Trump's efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war - but talks have stalled.
BBC News visits town where violence has escalated after the fatal crash and residents say they are living in fear.
The University of Cambridge says the review will look at its "decision-making and actions" before the former professor's death.
Mabon ap Gwynfor says he respects the decision but has questions for the health board responsible.
Phishers find a new use for invisible Unicode tag characters
The Reform UK leader promises to deliver on key priorities in the first 100 days of government, if the party wins power.
The BBC's Ione Wells explains what could happen now as the case of the US mother accused of murdering her three children ends in no verdict.
Prosecutors could seek a new trial in the case of the US mother charged with murdering her three children in 2023.
Germany has blamed Russia for an attack on Leipzig airport but there has been a series of suspicious incidents elsewhere.
Counterintuitively, the 3D version came out first, but this contains far more objects.
And the magnetic field was many times stronger than Earth’s own today.
This person buried here had a CV longer than a sphinx's tail.
An antelope, porcupine, and a lot of trash. Where do the “garbage cans of the sea” find it all?
Two senior Reform aides have stepped down from their roles following a Channel 4 News and Verbatim film about donations.
The unmanned aerial vehicle struck without warning in the heart of the Ukrainian capital.
Two cases of agents escaping to solve unsolvable problems paints an uncomfortable question: Is the entire internet in OpenAI's experimental agentic firing line?
Tim Andrews eventually got his human kidney transplant in January 2026 after his pig kidney – nicknamed Wilma – started to fail.
Reform says it would use the Navy to intercept boats and return migrants to France, if the party wins power.
“As of 2026, humanity is likely below replacement fertility. That has never happened before, not in wars or pandemics.”
Gatwick Airport said the runway was closed "due to a technical issue with a departing aircraft".
Built-in plagiarism police to hand in badge next month
The Queen was one of a number of high-profile figures who donated books a library that was burned down.
The funeral of one of five young men killed in the crash with a police car is due to take place.
OpenAI said it could not "meaningfully respond" to the report's findings because it hadn't been allowed to review it ahead of publication.
And they tried to build a museum that would inspire Germans to reject capitalism.
The Ubuntu Pastebin went in June, IRC gets demoted next
Two people have been rescued more than a week after more than 1,300 people were killed in flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border.
It's not a perfect correlation, but it's definitely more accurate than your horoscope.
A big cat that used to prowl the prairies of Ice Age America has had a makeover.
Professor Mary Lewis shares the major and microscopic clues that can tell us who the dead were.
New findings shed light on who was behind the earliest complex artworks in Europe.
Karnell Kelly, 25, died in hospital after entering the Grand Union Canal off Kensal Road, west London.
2016 and 2019 installations must meet the October 2025 baseline to reach cloud-hosted inboxes
Thames Valley Police said several sheep were stolen from a farm in Chadlington.
Baked-in SQL syntax arrives through multi-vendor collaboration, although indexing still needs to catch up
Palestinian teenagers Omar al-Naasan and Khalil Abu Alia were shot dead when Israeli settlers and soldiers entered a village in the occupied West Bank.
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Two senior Reform UK officials step down after undercover donations report.
Fully backward-compatible upgrade promises zero-friction speedup for monorepo wranglers.
Internet sleuths spotted sets of numbers in posters suggesting the map co-ordinates for Celtic's Parkhead stadium in Glasgow.
The foreign secretary's comments come as Argentinian president Javier Milei says the "winds of change" favoured his country's claim on the British Overseas Territory.
Xbox said the limits were due to the rising cost of cloud gaming, and would allow it to invest more in its performance
No restoration time for platform used by more than 30,000 UK organizations, including NHS trusts and medical practices
The comedian says his son Felix died earlier this year shortly after his wife Cerys had given birth.
Chris Mason speaks from the Reform UK conference as two of its senior officials step down following a Channel 4 investigation.
Kelcie Reed admitted being in control of a dangerous dog which killed 19-year-old Morgan Dorsett.
The man was held captive and filmed being repeatedly assaulted before escaping, police say.
Fuel prices have soared since the Iran conflict began at the end of February, mirroring the surge in wholesale oil prices.
15 Mustangs on the city streets, but the Nissan LEAF follow-up could dispense with the safety driver
Dame Angela Eagle warns the weather event could lead to extreme storms this winter.
Researchers have put forward a new hypothesis that could link together two unique aspects of human culture.
A digital twin would recreate a single brain and retain the ability to learn, adapt, and respond like the original.
The award is scant on details, but previous NASA plans that IFLScience investigated were certainly bold.
The new extreme sport: Windows Updates
His biggest roles included Robin Tripp in 70s TV sitcoms Man About the House and Robin's Nest.
This is believed to be the first evidence of a pathological response to a bacterial infection in a dinosaur.
The team hopes to launch to Alpha Centauri in 2029, in an attempt to tackle the Fermi paradox. The mission will not be a quick one.
The signal might have been amplified in a very peculiar way.
New Horizons' instruments may be shut off before it reaches the Solar System's "termination shock", despite it being fully functional likely into the 2050s.
Customer alleges AI telco system had frequent issues, did not work as promised, as vendor sues separately for non payment
Three experts give their BBC their thoughts on whether an imminent end to the conflict is likely.
Project PANOPTES puts £5M on the table for an autonomous, vehicle-mounted defense
From searching for a buried tunnel entrance to blowing up rocks the size of cars, rescuers had to surmount multiple challenges to reach survivors.
PARTNER CONTENT: Price isn't everything
A national park authority says there is "no justification" after the "worst example" of fly-tipping.
The party has launched an investigation after undercover filming by the broadcaster.
Cake, coffee, make-up and burgers are just some of the free things you can get on your birthday.
The group - which includes Audi, Porsche, Skoda as well as the VW brand - said in March that it would cut 50,000 roles.
Javier Milei reiterates his country's claim on the British overseas territory, saying the "winds of change" favour it.
Novel interpretations of the keyboard made for trouble @ work
The government is set to give the go-ahead for the gas field off the coast of Aberdeen, the BBC understands.
The former Great British Bake Off star says ageing is something to celebrate.
Dozens have contacted BBC Your Voice as complaints to ombudsman have tripled in a year.
Reform UK alleged 'foreign donations sting' and Argentine president's looming 'threat' over Falklands are the papers' top stories.
Can the Reform UK leader put his policies into action, and become prime minister?
Rescuers pull two people from a hydropower tunnel more than a week after a massive flash flood devastated the Nepal-China border.
The Australian icon was killed in 2006, after a stingray's barb pierced his chest during filming.
Why now? Well, the Linux desktop market share in the EU doubled between 2024 and 2025 (to 5.7%). That's why!
Three critical vulns demand your attention, one a make-me-root mess in Nexus 9000 Series Switches that you can mitigate, not fix
Galaxy Robot Park is a 16,500-square-meter venue in South Korea, with attractions including humanoid robots dancing to K-pop hits.
The jury now faces a seventh day of deliberations in the triple-murder trial.
The defence lawyer is upset after the judge decides not to remove a holdout in the triple murder case.
Parts of the UK will experience a short-lived surge of heat this weekend as hotter air from Europe moves in. Temperatures widely will be above 20C, with a peak of 27C in the south.
A sea eagle that confounded experts by surviving with a broken wing has been spotted back above Scotland's west coast.
Aardman turns 50 with stories of cat-like Gromit, silent Shaun and Chicken Run's Oscar legacy.
Supermarket shelves are emptying, sellers are rationing supplies and prices are rising.
Reduced but resilient, girl group Katseye received a hero's welcome in London.
Daybreak program brings subsidized models, training, and support to under-resourced teams
Job seekers, especially Gen Z, are being targeted with fake, booby-trapped recruitment apps.
The Death of Robin Hood, which stars Hugh Jackman and Jodie Comer, was filmed entirely in Northern Ireland.

2026-09-03

OpenAI slow-walks debut of delayed GPT-6, with Trusted Access Program participants getting first shot
Researchers said the tools - which record consultations - could miss vital things like a patient's facial expressions or emotional state.
A man has lived for a record nine months with a transplanted pig kidney while waiting for a human transplant.
The last event held at Guisachan House in the Highlands involved almost 500 dogs.
The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) said shrapnel from a missile hit the ceremony and killed four people on Tuesday.
$12.9 billion deal will inevitably cement Nvidia's market dominance and harm competition in the process. Regulators should take note
A film broadcast by Channel 4 shows senior Reform UK figures discussing donations with an undercover reporter.
The US Mint began selling gold-coloured $1(£0.74) coins featuring President Donald Trump's likeness to mark the country's 250th anniversary.
South Asian correspondent Azadeh Moshiri is at the site of a tunnel where rescuers still hope to find survivors following the Nepal-Tibet floods.
Units in the UK not preparing to be deployed have been told to cut back on training exercises due to cost pressures.
The detentions were reported to the US-led International Monitoring and Implementation Mechanism but Israeli military has not commented.
The vertical banknote features King Charles III, the first new monarch to appear on a Canadian banknote in more than 70 years.
Tributes are paid to John Pickles, who formed the novelty pop act in Rotherham in 1989.
Speaking at the party's conference, economy spokesman Robert Jenrick says Reform will be the "party of fiscal responsibility".
Iran has accused the US of a war crime after officials said a missile strike killed four people, including two children, at a wedding celebration.
Advocates say data centres will bring jobs but others worry they will suck up resources while providing little advantage.
All three are recovering from overlapping availability issues
The lawsuit calls the House Oversight Committee's subpoenas, which ordered him to share nondisclosure agreements, "invalid".
Prompted by CentOS 8's premature demise, it's a very visible loss for the Red Hat ecosystem
The feminist icon who became leader of the women's liberation movement in the US died on Wednesday at the age of 92, according to her foundation.
When the moon is in the seventh house...
The Hollywood actress is starring in a new thriller series using her natural Swansea accent.
More than 800 barrels of the stout have been stolen from a depot in Runcorn, Cheshire, say police.
How is the global economic picture shaping Andy Burnham’s first budget?
The deal gives Nvidia control of a leading open-source AI platform and developer community.
The Green Party leader intends to run in the Holborn and St Pancras seat following Sir Keir Starmer's resignation as MP.
The FOSS tool for audio editing has a fresh coat of paint, and new features to boot
Andy Burnham has committed to reaching the Nato target of 3.5% spending by 2035, but not 3% by 2030.
How much attention did you pay to what happened in the world over the past seven days?
The US president says the UK was not "there to help me" in his ongoing war with Iran.
Amelia Dimoldenberg announces she will end her popular YouTube series after more than a decade.
Titan-bound rotorcraft set for launch in 2028
The pair are discussing small boats, defence and Ukraine in Burnham's first bilateral talks in Downing Street.
Al-Mughayyir's council says they were trying to stop settlers stealing sheep, but the Israeli military says they threw stones at its troops.
Comparing the brains of male and female flies may transform our understanding of how genes shape behaviour, including ours.
Boards want to know if they're less exposed than last quarter. Patching metrics aren't the solution
IFLScience spoke to Dame Uta Frith, who has studied autism for 60 years and whose belief that a radical change in diagnosis is needed garnered widespread pushback recently.
But investors hear CRM giant is now in 'refinement mode,' picking models more carefully
A new wave of queens raised on the hit reality show are among the 12 contestants set to compete for the series eight crown.
Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, 46, is charged with offences including causing death by dangerous driving and reckless driving.
Her foundation said she "passed away peacefully" at her home in New York City, "surrounded by many who loved her".
A real alternative to running some kind of FOSS Unix clone
Experts warn low storage levels could push up gas prices further, leaving households with higher bills.
GPU giant pledges to keep the model hub open to the entire AI ecosystem
More than 600 companies underpaid staff, with £4m returned to workers, according to the government.
Armed with password hashes and salts, attackers could already be kraken those creds
Spain's prime minister tells parliament it is absurd to think the government knew and did nothing, after thousands join protests in Spanish cities.
No time for a fare-thee-well as app hails a ride out of two more markets
Fans laid flowers on the singer's star after her death, but vandals scratched her name off.
The four Slovakian nationals will stand trial at Sheffield Crown Court in April, a judge rules.
With military haircuts and moustaches, the US sailors stood out against the flip-flops of the usual Pattaya crowd, writes the BBC's Jonathan Head.
Vicki Williams feared she would die in the classroom attack at Milford Haven Comprehensive School.
The trailblazing feminist was an iconic leader of women's rights in the US.
Hello darkness, my old friend... I've trusted Redmond once again
Reg hack accidentally rattles Microsoft folks' cages… again
Nathan Gill was previously sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in prison last year for taking the bribes.
Rescuers found 44 survivors on board the vessel but bad weather meant they had to leave five bodies behind.
The conviction against Sir Sadiq Khan is withdrawn after he was prosecuted in a car ownership scam.
Thomas Fahmy says he saw "a bright white flash" and instantly fell to the ground.
Part of wider infrastructure replacement upgrade project with HPE
Jeffery was known for playing cheerleader Bree in 2018 Disney Channel movie Zombies and two sequels.
The tracks also represent the earliest evidence of a carnivorous mammal on the entire continent.
Children's Commissioner also furious with Ofcom over a string of failures
Cold War veterans who oversaw nuclear tests have claimed they caused lifelong health problems.
Rotor sails claimed to deliver fuel and emissions savings of 21%
The facility will be the first of its kind at the White House - though critics feel it alters the property's historic grounds.
SPONSORED POST: A free event with Nutanix on Oct 7 can win some of it back
Is the lord of the rings also auditioning for some role as keeper of the regular polygons?
BBC Verify has used satellite imagery to track the mysterious phenomenon, which has surprised people around the world.
The BBC's Zoe Kleinman takes a ride on Uber's self-driving robotaxi as the service rolls out on Thursday.
They had more access than the average Joe, and IT didn't track what needed to be cut off
Sandboxes, permissions, and VMs aren't enough to keep frontier models at bay. "Data diodes" might do the job
A BBC investigation has found smuggling gangs are running low on small boats, forcing rival gangs to work together and load more migrants on larger boats.
The WMO has warned that the natural weather phenomenon could bring disruption to global economies.
Analysis has found a "stark" gap in the spending power of households in the north and south of England on average.
Workers should weigh no more than 19.5st fully clothed so that they can be winched to safety in an emergency.
Margaret Owen said it seemed "things are getting worse" after a rise in deaths on British farms.
Once-rival criminal groups are being forced to work together because of a shortage of small boats, a BBC investigation has found. 
Russia is accused of growing increasingly reckless after Berlin blamed Russia for a failed drone attack on Leipzig airport.
Several of the papers home in on a warning to Andy Burnham from the City of London.
The party's continued prominence has brought what prominence always brings: scrutiny, says BBC political editor Chris Mason.
The museum, founded Star Wars creator George Lucas and his wife, will feature more than 1,200 works of art.
More than 80 people have been killed in the mob violence, the BBC finds after gathering data from six African nations.
The disaster comes as a warning as climate change raises shared Himalayan risks.
At a specialist childhood obesity clinic, almost all of the children are not in school. Why?
Some MPs have pressed for the government to introduce a cap on UK-based donors.
The things you're doing to make your sleep better could actually be making your sleep worse.
Wednesday's fatal shooting of a man in his 40s comes after a university student was gunned down on Tuesday.
At least 69 people were shot dead in 1960 but no-one has been prosecuted and victims want restitution.
Jurors have five options before them as they decide the fate of the former nurse charged with killing her three children.
The British actor had significant conditions, cited on his death certificate in Los Angeles County.
The ride-hailing app has launched 15 self-driving taxis, but they will have safety drivers inside.
Office whip-rounds are a staple of working life but they can raise a lot of awkward questions.
The pop star formerly known as Posh Spice has taken nearly two decades to turn a profit.

2026-09-02

While you wait, Meta says it’s taught the model to stop wasting tokens and ask for help a bit more often
Found the time to focus and ‘corrected’ incentives that saw sales drive users to full private clouds
The world premiere for series 2 of the Netflix drama took place on Wednesday night in London.
Spanish opposition parties accuse Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of abandoning the residents of Ceuta.
Cyber Weapon Index finds AI attacks 'imminent'
The civil aviation authority says it is also investigating last Saturday's aerial display.
Burnham said he had already cut taxes, including VAT on energy bills and hospitality business rates.
The unsafe keyword will do more heavy lifting, while union types unify disparate forms of data
Even the best model gets fungus identification right just 65% of the time - talk about a false friend
President Donald Trump said he was not a fan of the couple and added that they treated the Royal Family with "great disrespect".
For a second time in two days, jurors told the judge they could not agree on a verdict in the murder trial.
AI model scores well, runs fast, and doesn't cost too much (yet)
The US Defence Secretary is facing criticism for his apparent online mocking of members of Canada's cadet programme.
British and French leaders will be at the British Museum to see the exhibition of the historic Bayeux Tapestry.
The stars of Netflix's The Gentlemen season two reacted to the swirling rumours that Meghan, Duchess of Sussex may be joining the cast.
The 70m (230ft) tapestry, which tells the story of the Norman Conquest and the Battle of Hastings in 1066, will be on display the British Museum.
The US military is losing its senior leaders.
Nearly two-thirds of US national security pros surveyed believe AI risks, and government posture toward them, are unacceptable
The Reform UK leader said a "whole ecosystem" didn't want "new kids on the block succeeding".
The kingdom condemns the targeting of Sidr, which was reportedly hit by unknown projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.
The Dutch central bank removes some of its gold reserves from the US and Canada, saying it is because of "increasing geopolitical unrest".
Dawn Light is accused of taking photos of jurors outside the Plymouth courthouse, a practice prohibited by the court.
The company says cutting roles would make its operations "simpler and faster".
City Hall officials say the Nissan Micra does not belong to the mayor or Transport for London.
While getting an accurate count of live bears is a difficult task, estimates put the total number of Asian black bears globally at around 60,000.
It seems a large companion is difficult for a planet that size and distance from the Sun to hold on to, which might be bad news for life on Venus-like exoplanets.
Chinese and Gulf state airlines are among those still using Russian airspace. Meanwhile, Russia says it will intensify its own attacks on Ukraine.
It’s been leaving its unique mark on the Earth for 500 million years and still lives today in our oceans.
Miscreants use chained zero days to pwn boxen as third-party SOCs say further attacks 'almost certain'
The deep-sea plains beneath Earth's oceans represent a vast span of time and space that has made it virtually unchanged into the present day.
You can follow the livestream as spacecraft separation takes place ahead of its Mercury approach.
And, Nigel Farage speaks to Chris Mason
Police say four people are due to appear in court on Wednesday charged with murder.
US Central Command accused Iran of targeting commercial shipping and American service members deployed in the region.
Predictive text remains available, but users will have to invite it into their workflow
BBC South Asia correspondent Azadeh Moshiri spoke to a local, who is still waiting for his his wife's body to be retrieved, as rescue efforts continue.
Instruments reactivated for a final hurrah before reentry
The Massachusetts mother is facing murder charges for killing her three children at their family home in 2023.
Don't disable automatic updates if the pace is too much – that's what ESR is for
Its backers say it would provide a "vital safety net" against runaway AI systems such as those from OpenAI and Anthropic.
The golfer will be in court on Wednesday for a hearing to change his plea after being charged with driving under the influence.
Burnham's exchanges with Kemi Badenoch slipped into familiar territory of trading barbs, writes Alex Forsyth.
Cloud storage biz severs old integration and urges victims to reset credentials
Dr Mark Deakin, a consultant at Alder Hey hospital, was described as Letby's "boyfriend" during her trial.
Exeunt zVault stage right; enter FreeCORE and BSDnas
Huge AI spending plans and the ongoing war in Iran are driving up borrowing costs around the world.
More than 1, 000 people have died and thousands are missing, with communities relying on airlifted supplies.
Matt Clifford plans to keep role as ARIA chair while leading the LLM maker's dealings with governments outside North America
The new plan shows Andy Burnham's government kept the promised original schedule of how and when offenders will leave jail.
Photonics startups like iPronics are raking in hundreds of millions in funding to make optical circuit switches faster, denser, and cheaper
Photonics startups like iPronics are raking in hundreds of millions in funding to make optical circuit switches faster, denser, and cheaper
Rebecca Bullock, 31, was attacked at Rosenheim station on Sunday.
Nottinghamshire Police received a complaint and has referred the matter to the IOPC.
Installing an AI gaming package offers relief while custom cursors suffer a separate reset
The About Damn Time singer says she is "relieved" at the outcome and will "continue to fight" every claim.
The budget was minimal, FedEx was the bottleneck, and DNS was of course the source of trouble
The ministry says the total number of people killed in the Strip since 10 October is now more than 1,300, including 301 children.
The Russian president wants to keep Britain guessing - and stressing - over Moscow's real intentions.
Mobile signal below ground beats the citywide average, Ookla says
Some government borrowing costs have hit their highest level for 28 years - what does it mean for you?
The 30-year-old from Birmingham went missing on Saturday as he was descending from Musa Ka Musala.
Startups invited to tackle NHS, defense, compute, and agent security challenges while Whitehall's own adoption remains patchy
BBC Verify looks at footage showing the aftermath of a strike on a building in southern Iran.
Both oxygen and neon used in the experiments showed signs of forming a quark-gluon plasma.
In an emotional message, Rajan thanked his family, team and listeners as he said goodbye to the programme.
Japanese supplier remains in place despite scrutiny over its Horizon role
The former singer, whose real name is Paul Gadd, appeared at Southwark Crown Court via video.
The ship is docking close to Pattaya, known for its raucous nightlife, and for sex tourism.
Ministers reject proposed red lines and emergency shutdown powers, pointing instead to voluntary safeguards
Alastair Chambers says the mix-up was after he returned to Kathmandu after flying back in an aid helicopter.
Spending watchdog says fragmented data and inconsistent standards would constrain any future attempt
The BBC's Hugo Bachega joined a UN humanitarian convoy as it travelled along Israeli-occupied southern Lebanon.
NHS emergency departments are seeing more cases of self-harm, eating disorders and emotional distress in young people.
The man, surnamed Kim, was handed a 15-year prison term for abusing three residents at the facility near Seoul.
Kate Matthews, 36, has been "fighting for her life" at Hull Royal Infirmary since March.
A BBC team joined a humanitarian mission of the UN peacekeeping force, which says Israeli troops are fortifying positions and continuing demolitions.
One menopause specialists says she has seen women with up to 12 times the safe level of the hormone.
Curiously, the questions at lunchtime may well feel like a minor extension of what he faced on Tuesday, the BBC's political editor writes.
Wong, 29, is already in prison on subversion charges under the controversial National Security Law.
A drone carrying an explosive device was discovered at the airport close to Ukrainian cargo planes on 4 August.
Tyler Robinson is charged with aggravated murder, a capital offence in Utah, and six other counts.
Hundreds of families say they have had to wait months or even years for a dementia diagnosis for a loved one.
The NHS has been trialling the test and says the results so far are truly promising.
LTO program is confident this is a glitch, not terminal unspooling
The move follows an order by President Donald Trump as part of Washington's trade spat with Canada.
Booking.com said the "limited test" was "not a true reflection of the experience of millions of listings or reviews".
The yield on 30-year gilts hit its highest level since 1998
Burnham's first parliamentary day as PM and the UK records "hottest summer ever" - what is leading Wednesday's papers.
The rock band invite us into the studio to talk about the unexpected "third act" of their career.
The vehicle is being built at JLR's manufacturing plant in Solihull, in the West Midlands.
More compliance-friendly stance could boost appeal of Fable
Autonomous crop-spraying aircraft are leading the way in pilot-free flying.
The cost of dining out is getting increasingly hard to swallow - but clever planning can net you cheaper deals.
Clancy is facing murder charges for killing her three children at their family home in 2023.

2026-09-01

Highlights from Grace Road, Leicester, as England play Ireland in the first of three ODIs.
The BBC's Tokyo correspondent Kurumi Mori tries Japan's latest food trend, instant noodles made using cold water.
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said Burnham was offering "more government control, more taxes and more politicians", as he addressed MPs for the first time as PM.
The star makes an emotional farewell as she wraps up a tour she's described as her "last hurrah".
Amounting to 65 billion barrels of crude, the deal is labelled by one ex-envoy as a colonialist "fever dream".
For the sixth time in history, a team of two women completed a spacewalk outside the International Space Station.
Unauthenticated intruders can mint admin tokens, and exposed servers are already being hit
The model provider gave METR the credits for free. An actual customer would not have been so lucky
The home secretary says the money will help support the force in the aftermath of the A66 crash.
First Minister John Swinney announced the move in his programme for government, alongside plans to cut health boards from 14 to two.
Jails in England and Wales are nearing maximum capacity as the justice secretary prepares to give more details in the Commons on the early-release scheme to free inmates.
Baked-in Firefox ad blocking on iOS begins rolling out slowly today, and is off by default
A baby girl who was pronounced dead at a property in Sheffield was stabbed, police confirm.
Burnham said "there is no way that we can see its demise, and it won't happen under my Government".
The UK's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband pledged on Tuesday to introduce a "comprehensive reset" of policy on Israel.
Security ... this time it will be different
The murder of Notorious B.I.G. was thought to be linked to the killing of his rival Tupac Shakur and it came up a lot in the trial.
The prime minister's first appearance in Parliament comes more than six weeks after he entered No 10.
El-Sayed faces Trump ally Mike Rogers in what has quickly become a senate race characterised by personal attacks and insults between the two.
The PM pledges "more substantial change" during his first speech to MPs.
More than 3,900 people remain missing after floodwaters surged across the Nepal-Tibet border last week.
Officials in British Columbia say the floating island drifted towards the shoreline of a local lake. But its origins remain a mystery.
The former prime minister said he would now turn his focus to international affairs.
30 years on, it's still alpha, but 0.4.16 brings plenty of bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements - just in time for Windows XP's 25th anniversary
“Protecting Antarctic biodiversity also means protecting the biological history contained in a handful of soil."
The UK says Falkland islanders "are British with a right to determine their own future".
Saad al-Hilli was shot dead with his wife and mother-in-law while holidaying in eastern France in September 2012.
Major efforts to rescue hydropower workers continue as Nepal's death toll exceeds 1,000.
Observational data suggests an association between xylitol and major cardiac events, but it’s too early to say that consumption of the sweetener was the cause.
Big Red talks up superhuman coders after shedding 21,000 staff
Valentina Foster's parents say their lives were changed forever by her "devastating loss".
The detection is far from the gold standard threshold, but it is also in a mass region that shouldn’t have events.
With advancements in modern submersibles, you can expect to see more footage of deep-sea oddities like this in the future.
Police say the double stabbing, which injured another person, was random and the suspect had a mental health history with police.
Most migrants have returned to neighbouring Morocco, but as many as 5,000 remain in the Spanish exclave.
The skull was found in the 1800s, but taxonomy for prehistoric car-sized armadillos is not straightforward.
If you've ever eaten a Granny Smith, it came from a tree found in 1868. Other clones are rumored to go back much further than that.
Former Prime Minister Keir Starmer to stand down as an MP triggering a by-election.
Just after Jo Hooper landed her dream role at 30, she struggled with burnout and had to take time off work.
“This is a nice reminder that in biology there is still so much to discover by just looking.”
New services promise private 100 Gbps links between the rival platforms without months of networking faff
Norway's new King takes the first major step of his reign as his father, the late King Harald V, lies in state at the Royal Palace.
Many people have compared the current president to the famous kaiju, but it's usually superficial. There is, however, more that can be gleaned if we adopt a different lens.
Two-year mission bows out after 26 thanks to some heroic engineering
Unconfirmed local reports say the Israeli military carried out air and artillery strikes after a raid by an Israel-backed militia was discovered.
Ransomware crew threatens publication while healthcare biz assesses which records escaped
Kyla's 2008 track Do You Mind gained worldwide recognition in 2016 when rapper Drake sampled it on One Dance.
The Swedish retailer has seen revenue decline as the rising cost of living reduces people's ability to buy new furniture.
Met Office figures due on Tuesday are likely to show that the previous record, set in 2025, has been broken after an unprecedented summer of persistent heat.
The first minister is due to set out his plans for the year ahead which are expected to include proposals for significant public service reform.
The government says £110m has been fast-tracked from existing budgets to speed up the building of new cells.
Hosting software vendor tells customers to reset credentials and hunt for malicious packages
Big Red talks up superhuman coders after shedding 21,000 staff
BBC correspondents in Delhi and Moscow look at why the Indian PM made a very public peace plea to his Russian ally.
August 27 update reportedly scrambles cursor customizations as bogus antivirus alerts spread
One seat was taken from the Conservatives, indicating public support for the PM after a confrontation with Donald Trump.
And no sharing your allowance! What do you think we are, communists?
A girl, 7, and her aunt died in the blaze in Grangetown, near Middlesbrough, on Wednesday.
Ukrainian officials say 17 people, including two children, were injured in the capital and the wider region.
The firm's Hong Kong listing comes after a years-long quest to list in New York and London.
Dutch in-process OLAP systems set to be the 'SDK for data' as developers scale systems, cloud giant claims after DuckLab acquisition
Or possibly "AI", it's hard to tell behind the firewall warning
This year's jab has a few tweaks, including changes to better combat the Super-K strain.
Chelsea McGillivray, from Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, fell into cardiac arrest during labour after what was believed to be a textbook pregnancy.
Hacking education to thrive in the AI world is the first and best step in keeping control
Rescuers have resorted to explosives as they struggle to reach trapped workers, as the flooding death toll reaches 939.
Hakainde Hichilema swept to victory, but his main rival is now in detention charged with treason.
The verdict ends decades of mystery as to who was behind the rapper's death.
More than 100 Indians are missing at a vital Nepal-China trade crossing after devastating Himalayan floods.
This may well be the point when his honeymoon period as PM ends and the hard work begins, Damian Grammaticas writes.
The officer falsely claimed he contacted missing persons and prematurely closed their cases on the South Korean holiday island of Jeju.
In one of Britain's worst disasters, 116 children were killed on the morning of 21 October 1966.
BBC Verify examines the expanding network of Flock cameras in the US and the backlash against it.
Virtzilla finding more ways to pull data out of DRAM to enable ‘densification’ and dodge the RAMpocalypse
Letting prisoners out early to ease prison overcrowding is proving politically fraught both sides of the border.
As of August, the number forced to return this year from Pakistan and Iran had reached another million.
Tuesday 1 September marks the start of the UK storm season and a new list of storm names have been released including Austen, Chloe and Evelyn.
A Tory frontbench reshuffle and Victoria Beckham making "some dosh" lead some of Tuesday's papers.
BBC presenter Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty describes what it was like when Duane "Keffe D" Davis was found guilty of murdering the famous rapper.
Dan Driscoll, the youngest-ever army secretary, was about 18 months into his post.
GenAI now reaches 80% of occupations, but in most of those fewer than half of workers use it
Going back to work after a summer holiday can be tricky - here are a few tips to make it easier.
Fr Aidan Troy says the "hurt" of that ordeal in 2001 in north Belfast could happen again.

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Even when you think you're not buying Nvidia, you might still be buying Nvidia
President Donald Trump announced the US has struck a deal to control more than 65 billion barrels of proven oil reserves.
McKesson admits breach as ShinyHunters demands $55.2M
Wildfires in Indonesia have destroyed part of the natural habitat of hundreds of orangutans, risking the survival of the species.
The charges follow an attack on Saturday in which a man died and his wife and daughter were injured.
The man was taken to hospital by ambulance and was pronounced dead a short time later, police have said.
The Chief Rabbi and Angela Rayner are among those at the event, nearly a year on from the attack.
Forget the confusing branding and focus on your shrinking token bill
"It was a beautiful day - and then people were screaming," one hiker tells the BBC, as 15 people are missing.
Crews spend more than three hours bringing people down from the ride in Lowestoft.
Andrew Griffith will take over the role as part of Kemi Badenoch's shadow cabinet reshuffle.
'You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling'
Making installation easier and putting a new wrapper on the interface while leaving most of the security to users is a recipe for more trouble with the popular agent harness
Dolly Parton's estate says DollyFest will take the place of a traditional public memorial for the artist, just as she wanted.
Next-level ClickFix wave sets off multi-stage attack chain
The singer, 21, will be now represented by a public defender in the murder trial of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. He has pleaded not guilty.
Beckham's fashion and beauty business makes a £7.3m operating profit after years of losses.
The governor of the Bank of England warned of AI's “volatility” caused by energy shocks from the US-Iran war.
IFLScience met L. R. Fox of NEXT Life Sciences to learn about their latest promising clinical trial results.
Trump got into a fight with Canada, and now Google Maps looks stupid for almost everyone.
Promises ‘secure artifacts’ for Spring and RabbitMQ, and other projects that matter to its Tanzu suite
Notting Hill Carnival, Europe's biggest street party, has celebrated its 60th year.
Cleveland Police say the arrests are part of a wider investigation following the fatal A66 crash.
Just because it looked like a wolf and was striped like a tiger, doesn’t mean it could hunt big prey.
Commodity malware steals authenticated sessions, letting thieves freeload on victims' paid usage
160,000 lives rested on Captain J. M. Stagg's weather report, and the eventual course of the war.
The three-day event saw dancers in extravagant outfits parading the streets of west London to celebrate Caribbean arts and culture.
The exhibition faced criticism over the British fashion designer's conviction for making antisemitic remarks in 2011.
The request comes after Google made the switch for US-based users over the weekend. MapQuest, another US map provider, said it will not change the name.
Eight people have died after the ferry started taking on water shortly after setting off for Turkey.
Up to 10,000 alligators could be legally harvested by recreational hunters during the October open season.
Rabbi Daniel Walker says members of the Jewish community are feeling increasingly vulnerable.
“As with many, many math problems, who cares about the practicality? Mathematically, this is a pretty interesting question.”
Iran says the attack killed some civilians and is the first known US strike on Iran since late July.
This week on the Kettle, we reminisce about the good old days of Windows on XP's 25th anniversary, how new-old Casio watches could reshape the smartwatch market, and why passwords might be better on paper
Dangerous criminals could still be freed under the prime minister's early release scheme, shadow justice secretary Nick Timothy has told the BBC.
Can Animals Count? What’s It Like Getting Stuck In Antarctica? All this and more exclusively in the latest issue of our e-magazine.
More than 20 organisations have written a joint letter to John Swinney urging him to scrap his plan for a legal cap on some food and drink prices.
The BBC reports from Sano Barkhu, a village overlooking the town of Syfrubesi, which was destroyed by the Nepal flooding.
Airlink says the manoeuvre with two planes in close formation involved careful and precise planning.
Finn Joughin, a 22-year-old student activist, was arrested in the Palestinian village of Umm Al-Kheir.
A private family funeral is held for the singer who died on Tuesday at the age of 80.
And, why did Justin call Donald Trump from a train?
Gordon Nicholass, 85, was the victim of a burglary at his home, say Lancashire Police.
Company's three year pursuit of debt from non-existent address ended by Oxford judge
The real fight is who wins the most AI and K8s workloads
Han Hak-ja, 83, gave South Korea's former first lady two Chanel bags and a diamond necklace, a court found.
The real mistake here was probably sending someone so young to do the job
An investigation is ongoing into the cause of a crash in which a delivery driver was killed on a crossing.
Young people say gardening offers joy, serenity and a sense of community.
Why are there three different dates for the start of autumn and who follows which date?
The Scottish soap opera, based in the fictional Glasgow district of Shieldinch, is coming to an end after 24 years.
Ukraine says Russia is deliberately attacking its culture, after strikes on publishers and churches.
Exposing a British scandal.
 The women forced by the state to give up their newborns
Monday's papers are dominated by changes to the government's early release scheme for prisoners in England and Wales.
Children's commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza has backed called for more support for parents and carers.
The local mayor says 159 passengers have been reached so far, with a rescue operation under way.
Kemi Badenoch is expected to carry out a wider reshuffle of her front bench team following high-profile departures.
A survey by the party suggested almost half of teachers reported considering quitting the classroom in the next five years.
Peter Marinker is taking on one of Samuel Beckett's most famous plays alone on a London stage.
Leah Stewart, 34, was mauled by a great white shark in June during a morning swim at Coogee Beach.
For decades, swimming ability has been lower in the black community. Our writer asks why.
Sonia Gandhi’s memoir may finally answer questions about power, loss and the Gandhi family’s political legacy.
The US-Canada trade war is being felt on both sides of the border.
So-called financial favouritism can cause jealousy and resentment long into adulthood. Here is how experts say you can avoid it