Who is Natalie Harp? Trump’s ‘human printer’ aide in the spotlight - The Latest
One of Donald Trump’s closest and most devoted aides, Natalie Harp, has faced intense media scrutiny this week, after a Democratic senator,...
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How to get back into reading books
Our specialist panel on which books may help you put your phone away and get reading again. With Charlotte Northedge, David Shariatmadari an...
Why are Prince Harry and Meghan moving back to the UK? – The Latest
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are planning to return to live in Britain, six years after leaving for the US: a decision that was subject to...
Drill Andy drill? Burnham’s North Sea dilemma
Helena Horton on why the government may decide to allow more oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. Help support our independent journalism...
Will Andy Burnham get rough sleepers off streets by Christmas? – The Latest
The prime minister has announced a £442m plan to get rough sleepers off the streets by Christmas. It solidifies tackling homelessness as a c...
The people v the datacentre? The fight for Brick Lane
Annie Kelly heads to Brick Lane to hear from residents campaigning against a massive datacentre on one of London’s most famous streets. Help...
Russia threatens UK over supplying drones to Ukraine — The Latest
Russia has threatened the UK with ‘consequences’ after reports that British drones were used by Ukraine to strike targets on Russia’s mainla...
A bestselling true crime author, and the crimes he’s accused of
Investigations correspondent Sirin Kale reports on the allegations of violence and sexual assault against author Christopher Berry-Dee. Help...
Can Trump’s peace plan for Gaza be saved? – The Latest
Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is on a diplomatic mission in the Middle East to meet Hamas officials and the Israeli prime minister...
The super-producer who made an album from his hospital bed
James Ellis Ford talks about being diagnosed with leukaemia and how making music helped him through one of the hardest periods of his life....
Prisons are full - who should be released early?
Former prison governor Judith Feline on the reality of our overcrowded prisons and Peter Walker on why it’s causing a headache for Andy Burn...
The 21 million women and girls the world forgot
Five years after the Taliban retook power, women inside the country explain how they have been silenced, while the Afghan journalist Zahra J...
Could Clacton bin off Nigel Farage?
Farage has taken a high risk gamble by resigning and forcing a byelection in his constituency. Nosheen Iqbal heads to Clacton to find out ho...
Why did Saudi Arabia just spend billions on a video games company?
Last week Saudi Arabia’s wealth fund and a group of investors spent $55bn (£41bn) on Electronic Arts, the video games company behind the Sim...
The gen Z investors
Are gen Z the most financially savvy generation of them all? With senior economics correspondent Richard Partington and influencer James Bec...
Could Meta’s ‘pervert glasses’ be banned across the UK? – The Latest
With more than 7m pairs reportedly sold in 2025, Meta’s Ray-Ban smartglasses are fast becoming the world’s most popular new gadget. But whil...
Plagiarism and a pig’s head: the rise and fall of Jason Arday
Jason Arday’s appointment as Cambridge’s youngest black professor made global headlines. Then questions about his meteoric rise began to sno...
Why has Kemi Badenoch given a former neo-Nazi an advisory role? – The Latest
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, a former neo-Nazi activist, has been offered a role as an adviser to the Conservative party by Kemi Badenoch after he...
‘The guards just opened the door’: what happened in Ceuta?
How did more than 70,000 migrants manage to enter the Spanish enclave of Ceuta all at once … and what will be the fallout? With reporting fr...
Russia exploits Ukraine’s air defence shortage in deadly attack on Kyiv - The Latest
At least 17 people were killed and more than 40 injured in another round of deadly Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. Volodymyr...