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Cate Blanchett among BBC Radio 4 festive guest editors
Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett and former prime minister Baroness Theresa May are among the six public figures who will guest edit BBC Radio 4's Today programme over the Christmas...
Princess of Wales calls for end to ‘stigma’ around addiction
Noor NanjiCulture reporterPA MediaThe Princess of Wales has called for an end to the "stigma" surrounding addiction, and urged people to offer "empathy and support" to those dependent on...
Key figures in BBC crisis to be questioned by MPs
Annabel Rackham,Culture reporter and Ian Youngs,Culture reporterGetty ImagesSenior figures involved in the BBC's recent troubles will be questioned by MPs on Monday.Michael Prescott - a former editorial adviser who...
David Cameron: Former prime minister reveals he had prostate cancer
Former Prime Minister David Cameron has revealed he has been treated for prostate cancer.Lord Cameron, 59, told the Times newspaper his wife Samantha insisted that he go for a...
What we know about leaked US draft plan to end Russia’s Ukraine war
Paul KirbyEurope digital editorMarharyta Fal/Frontliner/Getty ImagesThe draft US peace plan already received by both Ukraine and Russia proposes to hand over those areas of Ukraine's industrial eastern Donbas region...
Jair Bolsonaro says ankle monitor damage caused by paranoia
Jair Bolsonaro, the former Brazilian president convicted of plotting a coup, has blamed medicine-induced "paranoia" for damage he caused to his ankle monitor - a day after he was...
Arsenal 4-1 Tottenham: Eberechi Eze’s ‘special day’ – but can anyone challenge Gunners for title?
What a day it turned out to be for boyhood Arsenal fan Eze.Before the match Tottenham manager Thomas Frank joked "who?" when questioned about how close Eze was to...
Lava spews out from Hawaii’s Kilauea as volcano erupts again
One of the world's most active volcanoes has erupted again in Hawaii.Timelapse footage from Mount Kilauea shows lava flowing down the volcano, as ash and smoke spew into the...
Fifty children escape after mass school abduction in Nigeria
Fifty of the 315 children kidnapped by gunmen from a Catholic school in Nigeria's Niger State on Friday have escaped. The Christian Association of Nigeria says they have been...
Women in politics get much more abuse than men, PM says
The prime minister has said he is "acutely aware" that women in public life are subjected to greater levels of criticism and abuse than men and "it's about time...
Israel targets key Hezbollah official in first attack on Beirut in months
Israel has carried out an air strike on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for the first time in months, targeting a senior member of the militant...
The Ashes: England fans should be better than “abuse” directed at Steve Smith, says Darren Lehmann
During a Test against South Africa, Smith admitted Australia's "leadership group" devised a plan to tamper with the ball.Former opener David Warner taught batter Cameron Bancroft how to use...