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  • Pound, gold and oil prices in focus: commodity and currency check, 27 January

    Pound falls as dollar strengthens after US suspends tariffs on Columbia.

  • Storm Herminia: Fresh weather warnings for wind and rain issued after weekend of battering from Storm Eowyn

    Fresh weather warnings for heavy rain and wind have been issued for parts of England and Wales by the Met Office after a weekend of battering by Storm Eowyn. Following miserable weekend weather which saw record wind speeds of 114mph as Storm Eowyn swept through the UK, new warnings have been put in place as the low pressure that caused Spanish-named Storm Herminia arrives. A warning for periods of heavy rain that could cause some flooding of roads and properties was in place for the West Midlands and most of Wales until 11.59pm on Monday, with the Met Office predicting 20mm to 40mm to fall quite widely and 50mm to 70mm on higher ground.

  • FTSE 100 Live 27 January: Tech sector jitters, Ryanair cuts passenger forecast

    An emerging threat to Wall Street’s AI-led growth today hit valuations across the technology sector. The popularity of lower cost China startup DeepSeek heightened jitters ahead of a big few days for mega-cap results. Elsewhere, low-cost airline Ryanair has downgraded its passenger growth target due to Boeing delivery delays.

  • BBC salary list: Zoe Ball replaced by Scott Mills on Radio 2 breakfast show

    Zoe Ball was the second highest earner at BBC but what is everyone else taking home?

  • Auschwitz memorial holds observances on the 80th anniversary of the death camp's liberation

    The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being marked on Monday at the site of the former death camp, a ceremony that is widely being treated as the last major observance that any notable number of survivors will be able to attend. Nazi German forces murdered some 1.1 million people at the site in southern Poland, which was under German occupation during World War II. Most of the victims were Jews killed on an industrial scale in gas chambers, but the Germans also murdered many Poles, Roma, Soviet prisoners of war, gay people and others who were targeted for elimination in the Nazi racial ideology. Elderly camp survivors, some wearing blue-and-white striped scarves that recall their prison uniforms, walked together to the the Death Wall, where prisoners were executed, including many Poles who resisted the occupation of their country.

  • Mile-wide volcano set to erupt off US West Coast, say scientists

    Axial Seamount lies around 480km off the coast of Oregon

  • Belarus strongman extends his rule after an election rejected by opposition and the EU

    Belarus' authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko extended his more than three decades in power in Sunday’s orchestrated election that the opposition and the European Union rejected as a sham. The Central Election Commission declared Lukashenko the winner in the early hours of Monday and reaffirmed it later in the morning, saying the strongman leader garnered nearly 87% percent of the vote after a campaign in which four token challengers all have praised his rule. Lukashenko's opponents, many of whom are imprisoned or exiled abroad by his unrelenting crackdown on dissent and free speech, called the election a sham — much like the last one in 2020 that triggered months of protests that were unprecedented in the history of the country of 9 million people.

  • Thousands without power days after Storm Éowyn

    Energy suppliers are working to restore power to more than 10,000 homes while some rail lines are still closed.

  • Heineken recalls these Newcastle Brown Ale bottles after glass fragments found

    Food Standards Agency warns of small number of issues relating to bottles of legendary beer

  • Should Mathys Tel leave Bayern Munich?

    Mathys Tel still remains undecided whether to leave Bayern Munich this winter in order to seek more playing time, as reported by Florian Plettenberg. Should Mathys Tel Leave Bayern? The player himse...

  • Chinese Zodiac 2025: A guide to finding your animal sign and its meaning

    2025 is the Year of the Snake, according to the Chinese zodiac

  • Thirty-seven suspected terrorists arrested in East Africa, says Interpol

    Thirty-seven suspected terrorists, including suspected members of Islamic State, have been arrested across east Africa over the last two months, the global police body Interpol said on Monday. Interpol, which is headquartered in France, said the arrests had been made during November and December during operations conducted jointly with the pan-African police body Afripol. On New Year's Day, fifteen people were killed after a U.S. Army veteran flying an ISIS flag from his truck swerved around makeshift barriers and drove into crowds in New Orleans.

  • Israel insists it is going ahead with Unrwa ban – what it may mean for Palestinians

    UN agency ordered to vacate HQ by Thursday – just as aid is being increased to Gaza after ceasefire

  • 'I'm slowly paying off £7,000' – Tips from those tackling debt

    People who have fought their way out of debt give their best advice on coping in tough financial times.

  • Transfer news LIVE! Man Utd consider Nkunku, Arsenal still in for Sesko plus Rashford latest

    The transfer window is approaching its final week as clubs in the Premier League and across Europe seek to close out deals

  • Suspect in Wang Xing telecoms scam case arrested and returned to China

    A key suspect wanted in connection with human trafficking and telecoms fraud cases - including that of Chinese actor Wang Xing - has been arrested and sent to China, Beijing's Ministry of Public Security said in a statement posted on its website on Sunday. The man, a Chinese national identified earlier by mainland media as Yan Wenlei, arrived in China on Saturday night after joint efforts from the ministry, the Chinese embassy in Thailand and Thai law enforcement authorities, the ministry said.

  • N.L. extends Jordan's Principle funding, but Corner Brook parent says federal money still isn't enough

    Jennifer Broadbent of Corner Brook says the provincial government extending funding support for Jordan's Principle until June is a good step, but says current federal allocations still aren't enough to fully support her son, Obie. (Alex Kennedy/CBC)As Newfoundland and Labrador extends educational support funding to children with exceptionalities after delays to Jordan's Principle funding, a Corner Brook parent says she and other parents can't afford to have a repeat of the start of last school y

  • Dry January this isn't: English women's football allows drinking in seats as part of pilot

    Jez Ryan has been coming to Birmingham City for three decades but has never been able to experience a match like this before.

  • Liza Minnelli's greatest disappointment is 'not being a mother'

    The 78-year-old has had several miscarriages during her four marriages. Now, in a new documentary, Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story, one of her closest friends has opened up about how she would have loved to have been a mum. "We have been with Liza through all her emotional setbacks, like miscarriages," said Allan Lazare, who was friends with the star for more than 50 years before he died last February. "If she had to pick one thing that she's disappointed in her life, that's not being a mother....

  • N.L. is continuing financial support to parents who avail of Jordan's Principle

    The province says it’s extending funding for people who avail of Jordan's Principle. It's a federal program that ensures Indigenous children have all the supports they need, including in the classroom. But as a federal backlog grows and a court challenge arises, a Corner Brook parent says she's concerned about what happens next. The CBC's Alex Kennedy has the story.