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Is this what the beginning of a war looks like?

Australia's prime minister has warned that implementing the country's new social media ban for children under 16 – which came into force on Wednesday - will be difficult.

"The system is more than broken - it crossed that limit a long time ago," says Palestinian asylum seeker Ibrahim Altaqatqa.

The Duchess of Sussex has been able to contact her estranged father in hospital via a letter, her spokesperson has confirmed.

Iran and Egypt have complained after FIFA scheduled a World Cup match between the two nations in Seattle to co-incide with the city's LGBTQ+ Pride festival.

Scottish artist Nnena Kalu has won the 2025 Turner Prize with two exhibitions, including a series of brightly coloured sculptures.

Punk-rap duo Bob Vylan are suing Irish national broadcaster RTE for defamation, claiming it misrepresented chants led by the band when they played this year's Glastonbury festival.

Rapper Ghetts has pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving in a hit-and-run crash.

Paramount has launched a $108.4bn (£81bn) hostile bid for Warner Bros, challenging Netflix, which had reached a $72bn (£54bn) takeover deal with the company.

British drama Adolescence has seen its lead stars all nominated for Golden Globe awards.

On a dark December morning two years ago, Kiki Marriott left her flat and started walking.

"The system is more than broken - it crossed that limit a long time ago," says Palestinian asylum seeker Ibrahim Altaqatqa.

The Duchess of Sussex has been able to contact her estranged father in hospital via a letter, her spokesperson has confirmed.

Sir Keir Starmer has called for a tougher approach to policing Europe's borders ahead of a meeting between leaders to discuss a potential shake-up of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

The first serving member of the British armed forces has been killed in Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale war.

Is this what the beginning of a war looks like?

Donald Trump's bruising assessment of Europe as "weak" and "decaying" is a bitter blow to nations already reeling from the release of his national security strategy.

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Iran and Egypt have complained after FIFA scheduled a World Cup match between the two nations in Seattle to co-incide with the city's LGBTQ+ Pride festival.

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Sir Keir Starmer has called for a tougher approach to policing Europe's borders ahead of a meeting between leaders to discuss a potential shake-up of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

Sir Keir Starmer has declared it his "moral mission" to "turn the tide on the lost decade of young kids left as collateral damage".

Kemi Badenoch has refused to say that the Conservatives are intending to win next May's local elections, despite being repeatedly pushed on the issue.

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COVID-19 fraud and error cost the taxpayer nearly £11bn, a government watchdog has found.

A Fabergé pendant has been recovered - after police spent six days closely monitoring the man accused of swallowing it.

An earthquake alert preparing people to "drop, cover, hold on" buzzed on phones in the US on Thursday - but turned out to be completely false.

A raccoon has gotten as drunk as a skunk.

It's a debate that's torn families apart for years - with selection boxes thrown in rage, and stony silences around the dinner table.

"Christmas is saved" after a large search operation for a runaway reindeer found the animal on a beach in Merseyside, emergency services have said.

The trouble with the scientific evidence behind the social media ban in Australia is that there is not more of it.

Australian has become the world's first country to implement a social media ban for under-16s.

Do you suffer from ringing in your ears? For millions of people in the UK who do, researchers say they may have found a solution.

Patients with a previously untreatable form of blood cancer are now living disease-free after a world-first gene therapy.

A new strain of mpox has been discovered by scientists in England.

Sir Keir Starmer has called for a tougher approach to policing Europe's borders ahead of a meeting between leaders to discuss a potential shake-up of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

On a dark December morning two years ago, Kiki Marriott left her flat and started walking.

COVID-19 fraud and error cost the taxpayer nearly £11bn, a government watchdog has found.

Kemi Badenoch has refused to say that the Conservatives are intending to win next May's local elections, despite being repeatedly pushed on the issue.

Patients with a previously untreatable form of blood cancer are now living disease-free after a world-first gene therapy.