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US forces have seized another tanker in the Caribbean Sea, officials said, as Washington continues its efforts to control exports…

Chris Harper,Local Democracy Reporting ServiceandDan Martin,Leicester political reporterLeicestershire County CouncilCarl Abbott is the authority’s cabinet member for adult social careA…

Allan LittleSenior correspondentBBCFor 80 years, what bound the United States to Europe was a shared commitment to defence and a…

Bushra MohamedBBC World ServiceCorbis/Getty ImagesSiad Barre died in exile in Nigeria four years after fleeing SomaliaExactly 31 years ago to…

Michael Keohan,MaidstoneandHsin-Yi Lo,South EastKent County CouncilLinden Kamkaran, leader of Kent County Council, announced plans to increase council tax by 3.99%…

Kevin FitzpatrickNorth WestBBCJen Dinelow paid higher “non-resident” charges for her parents’ burialsBereaved families have condemned as a “tax on grief”…

Elon Musk’s platform X has limited image editing with its AI tool Grok to paying users, after it came under…

First Minister John Swinney says he would be willing to send troops from an independent Scotland to Ukraine as part…

High street shops, pharmacies and music venues have called on Rachel Reeves to axe the looming increases to business rates…

Footage verified by BBC Persian shows buildings on fire in the Iranian capital, Tehran, as anti-government protests spread across the…