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- Assume the 100ml airport rule remains, flyers told
[8 hours old]: Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander says passengers should check with airports about carry-on rules.

- Edinburgh and Birmingham airports increase 100ml liquid limits
[11 hours old]: It will now be possible to carry liquids in containers of up to two litres through security in hand luggage.

. Eurostar train evacuated during nine-hour delay in northern France
[49 hours old]: The rail operator has apologised after passengers were stuck on the London-bound train that broke down near Calais.


and in other news ...

- Gregg Wallace sacked from MasterChef as 50 more people make claims to BBC News
[5 hours old]: The TV presenter has been the subject of an inquiry into alleged misconduct, to be published imminently.

- Post Office scandal had 'disastrous' impact on victims, official inquiry says
[5 hours old]: The scandal may have led to 13 suicides, the report says, as it criticises the "formidable difficulties" for victims getting compensation.

- Steve Rosenberg: Russian minister's death serves as warning to political elite
[3 hours old]: President Putin sacked his transport minister. Hours later, his body was found in a park with a gunshot wound to the head.

- Why small-time criminals burned a London warehouse for Russia's mercenary group Wagner
[3 hours old]: Five men have now been convicted for their part in the arson attack, which caused £1m of damage.

- Jota's car was probably speeding before fatal crash, Spanish police say
[7 hours old]: The Liverpool player was killed with his brother when their Lamborghini car had a suspected tyre blowout.

* Wildfire threatens Marseille as a thousand firefighters defend city
[0 hours old]: The fire rapidly spread due to wind gusts, dense vegetation and steep slopes near the area it began, local officials say.

- France and UK to stop small boats together, Macron says
[3 hours old]: Improving border enforcement is a key point of discussion during Emmanuel Macron's state visit to the UK.

- Bayeux Tapestry to return to UK on loan after 900 years
[6 hours old]: Bayeux Tapestry will be shown at the British Museum, which will lend treasures to Normandy museums.

- Southport murders one of UK's most egregious crimes, inquiry chairman says
[6 hours old]: The public inquiry into the dance class murders in the Merseyside town begins at Liverpool Town Hall.

- Former PM Rishi Sunak takes job at Goldman Sachs
[4 hours old]: Sunak will take up the part-time role while remaining Conservative MP for Richmond and Northallerton.

- Exhausted, angry, heartbroken: Postmasters react as horror of scandal laid bare
[5 hours old]: As the initial findings of the Post Office inquiry are released, sub-postmasters tell the BBC how they feel.

- Watch: Victims demand accountability
[7 hours old]: Seema Misra and Janet Skinner share their feelings of pain and call for accountability in the Post Office scandal.

- Five things we now know about the scandal
[9 hours old]: A key report into the Horizon IT scandal details the huge impact on sub-postmasters and their families.

* Best pictures from French President Macron's UK state visit
[0 hours old]: Photos from the first day of the French president's state visit, when he has been greeted by the royals.

- Norman Tebbit, outspoken hero of the Conservative political right, dies aged 94
[13 hours old]: Norman Tebbit's radical views on self-help kept him at the cutting edge of Conservative politics.

- Lorde: Obsessing about my weight stopped my creativity
[11 hours old]: The singer says she almost quit music when an eating disorder left her feeling disconnected.

- The teenage wildcard fuelling England's Euro 2025 hopes
[13 hours old]: England teenager Michelle Agyemang has only played 14 minutes of senior international football - but has already made an impression.

- Pension triple lock to cost three times initial estimate
[1 hours old]: The official forecaster warns public finances are in a "relatively vulnerable position" due U-turns.

- Ministers ditch pet insurance rules for renters
[5 hours old]: Landlords will no longer be allowed to require tenants with pets to take out special insurance.

- Alcaraz masterclass ends Norrie's Wimbledon hopes
[3 hours old]: Two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz ends British hope Cameron Norrie's Wimbledon run to set up a semi-final against fifth seed Taylor Fritz.

- Monzo fined £21m after customers faked PM and King's addresses
[8 hours old]: The digital bank has been fined £21m by the City regulator for anti-fraud failures.

- Hackers tried to 'destroy' M&S, chair tells MPs
[6 hours old]: Archie Norman says the hackers were "seeking to stop customers shopping at M&S" but their motive was "partly, undoubtedly, ransom or extortion".

- Stats boss quits as minister says new leadership needed
[5 hours old]: Sir Robert Chote quits as head of UK Statistics Authority, the body responsible for overseeing the Office for National Statistics.

* US will hike tariffs on copper to 50%, Trump says
[0 hours old]: Similar threats are looming over pharmaceuticals, lumber and semiconductors.

- National Emergency Alert Test: Newscast In COBR
[15 hours old]: Newscast is in COBR as it's announced there will be a new national emergency alert test.

- Jota's car probably speeding before fatal crash, say Spanish police
[7 hours old]: All the evidence so far suggests Portuguese footballer Diogo Jota was driving when his car crashed on a Spanish motorway, and he probably speeding, say police.

- Sabalenka claws past Siegemund to reach semi-finals
[3 hours old]: World number one Aryna Sabalenka fights back to beat Laura Siegemund and claw her way into the Wimbledon semi-finals.

- MPs vote to establish independent regulator for men's football in England
[2 hours old]: MPs vote to back the Football Governance Bill and establish an independent regulator to oversee the men's game in England's top five divisions.

- Germany take lead after bizarre incident in build-up
[3 hours old]: Germany's Lea Schuller takes advantage and puts Germany ahead after Denmark's Emma Farge smashes the ball into the face of her own team-mate Emma Snerle in the Group C match.

- Post Office scandal had 'disastrous' impact on victims
[5 hours old]: The scandal may have led to 13 suicides, the report says, as it criticises the "formidable difficulties" for victims getting compensation.

- Five things we now know about the Post Office scandal
[9 hours old]: A key report into the Horizon IT scandal details the huge impact on sub-postmasters and their families.

- Monzo gave accounts to customers faking PM and King's addresses
[8 hours old]: The digital bank has been fined £21m by the City regulator for anti-fraud failures.

- UK's pension triple lock to cost three times more
[1 hours old]: The official forecaster warns public finances are in a "relatively vulnerable position" due U-turns.

- Non-disclosure agreements gagging workers to be banned
[14 hours old]: The government plans to change the law to void confidentiality agreements that silence staff.

- Maternity brand worn by Princess of Wales enters administration
[14 hours old]: Consultancy firm Interpath confirmed that it had been appointed as administrators by maternity brand Seraphine.

- Post Office report set to lay bare human impact of IT scandal
[12 hours old]: Inquiry chair Sir Wyn Williams to release the first part of a report which will also examine compensation.

- What is the triple lock and how much is the state pension worth?
[5 hours old]: The triple lock guarantees that the state pension is not overtaken by inflation or wage increases.

- Monzo gave account to fake 10 Downing St address
[8 hours old]: The digital bank has been fined £21m by the City regulator for anti-fraud failures.

- Campaigners to get refund after energy bill row
[10 hours old]: Residents are celebrating after Newcastle City Council announced a U-turn on refunded energy bills.


and in other older news ...

. BBC News app
[1663 hours old]: Top stories, breaking news, live reporting, and follow news topics that match your interests

. Is Trump deporting record numbers of migrants?
[104 hours old]: The US president has made Los Angeles his deportations battleground

. Why little Lithuania has big plans for space tech
[22 hours old]: Lithuania has a promising space tech sector, but it wants more government support.

. US delays higher tariffs but announces new taxes for some countries
[17 hours old]: Trump says the US will impose a raft of levies after pausing his Liberation Day tariffs.

. Post Office scandal victim: 'I need someone to be punished'
[46 hours old]: Sub-postmasters look forward to the first part of a report into the Horizon IT scandal being published.

. Trump threatens extra 10% tariff on nations siding with 'anti-American policies'
[31 hours old]: The president said the levy will apply to "any country aligning themselves with the Anti-American policies of Brics".

. Apple hits back against 'unprecedented' €500m EU fine
[33 hours old]: The company has appealed against the fine handed down earlier this year over alleged anti-competitive behaviour.

. How Trump's tariff chaos could reshape Asia's businesses
[46 hours old]: The US president's tough stance on global trade is shaking up the region's crucial supply chains.

. Bereavement leave to be extended to miscarriages before 24 weeks
[28 hours old]: Parents who experience pregnancy loss at any stage will be entitled to leave from work under planned changes.

. Post Office Horizon scandal: Why hundreds were wrongly prosecuted
[46 hours old]: Many were wrongly prosecuted after faulty software said money was missing from their Post Office branch accounts.

. Carbon capture project 'to boost hundreds of jobs'
[40 hours old]: Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the Peak Cluster project would modernise the cement and lime industry.

. Trump calls Musk's new political party 'ridiculous'
[42 hours old]: The US president and Tesla boss were close allies before a dramatic falling out in recent weeks.

. Excellent or awful - why Lifetime ISAs divide opinion
[70 hours old]: A report by MPs says the product needs to be reformed and many savers who have been in touch tend to agree.

. Welfare U-turn makes spending decisions harder, minister says
[58 hours old]: Bridget Phillipson does not commit to scrapping the two-child benefit cap, saying it will "come at a cost".


. Crying at work: A sign of strength, weakness or just being human?
[84 hours old]: After Chancellor Rachel Reeves cried in parliament this week, how acceptable is it to show emotion at work?

. Tariffs are shifting global supply chains
[46 hours old]: Trump's 90-day pause on his sweeping tariffs plan is about to expire. But already some firms are radically changing how they work.

. What have tariffs really done to the US economy?
[110 hours old]: As President Trump weighs tariff plans, he will have one eye on the US economy.

. Why the world's superyachts are getting bigger and bigger
[142 hours old]: Billionaires and multimillionaires around the globe are trading up for more space and luxury.

. The bridge changing lives and boosting business
[190 hours old]: The Öresund bridge, which connects Denmark and Sweden, is celebrating 25 years since its opening.

. Boeing's 787 Dreamliner was deemed the 'safest' of planes. The whistleblowers were always less sure
[214 hours old]: Long before the Air India tragedy, the cause of which is still to be determined, people who had worked on the 787 had raised concerns about the production standards

. The global environmental award hit by accusations of greenwashing
[214 hours old]: US business Dr Bronner's has criticised the B Corp scheme for allowing in too many multinationals.

. Why your old mobile phone may be polluting Thailand
[302 hours old]: The Asian nation is importing thousands of tonnes of electronic waste per year, despite a ban.

. Tonnes of leftover Grand Prix food to be given out
[32 hours old]: Towcester Community Larder is handing out the Silverstone provisions at a pop-up event.

. Labour might be down, but it's not necessarily out - voters reflect on a year in power
[77 hours old]: What’s gone wrong for Labour? 2024 voters delve into it, writes Laura Kuenssberg.

. China's electric cars are becoming slicker and cheaper - but is there a deeper cost?
[694 hours old]: The future for EVs will inevitably involve China. But where does that leave the UK and Europe markets – and what of the questions around national security?

. The secretive US factory that lays bare the contradiction in Trump's America First plan
[1223 hours old]: An exclusive look inside the closely guarded factory the president wants to become a foundation stone for a US golden age.

. Xi's real test is not Trump's trade war
[1671 hours old]: The real battleground of the current trade war might be China's domestic economy

. The curious case of why a billionaire wants to buy Royal Mail
[2062 hours old]: From the end of April, the 500-year-old Royal Mail will be controlled by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky who co-owns a football club - but why does he want it?

. Business Daily
[46 hours old]: Grab your briefcase as we head into the negotiation room - is there an art to a deal?

. Currently
[53 hours old]: Nine years since Brexit: what's it like to trade with the EU?

. Aged 18-39? Martin Lewis on the £1 investment to make now
[108 hours old]: Martin Lewis explains why it's a good idea to put £1 into a Lifetime ISA.

. What will Trump's tax and spending bill do to the US national debt?
[121 hours old]: US President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill has sparked intense debate. BBC Verify's policy and analysis correspondent Ben Chu has been looking at what the bill could do to the US national debt.

. Witness History
[159 hours old]: The story behind the catchy political slogan much loved by US President Donald Trump


 
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