Tag: bbc.com
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US backs Elon Musk’s bid to overturn €120m EU fine against X
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/fed0/live/93ad40c0-b8c1-11f1-ad1f-538855f30ba1.jpg”] Getty Images The US government is seeking to join Elon Musk’s legal challenge to overturn a €120m (£105m) EU fine against X over its blue tick badges. In December 2025, the European Commission said the platform “deceives users” by allowing people to pay for a blue verified check mark, because it is…
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Derry-Dublin flight route: Operator yet to be appointed
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/87e7/live/c322a050-b8af-11f1-bc1f-3f186ca4140c.jpg”] BBC The Irish government invested €2m (£1.76m) to get flights from Dublin to Londonderry up and running No operator has yet been appointed for the new Londonderry-Dublin flight service, raising doubts over a proposed October start date. In May, the Irish Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien told the Dáil (the lower house…
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Trump and Xi exchange warm words at state dinner but little progress on key issues
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/602f/live/4a515750-b8a7-11f1-a430-4d16ee157c41.jpg”] Watch: The world’s two most powerful men just met. How did it go? US President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping exchanged warm words at a lavish White House state dinner but gave little indication of progress on pressing issues. Xi stressed that they should ensure AI remain “under human control”…
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Other Voices: Festival’s return to Londonderry ‘a dream come true’
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/7f83/live/3a678040-b734-11f1-9f81-a10976817ca3.jpg”] Getty Images BRIT Award-winning singer, songwriter Kate Nash will bring her distinctive blend of indie-pop and storytelling to St Columb’s Hall as part of the festival The founder and director of an internationally-acclaimed music festival has said its return to Londonderry is “a dream come true” and will help make the city…
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Bath mum says AI helped diagnose her daughter’s rare condition
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/6cdc/live/67ec5ab0-b683-11f1-97fb-8d66d3951490.jpg”] Family handout Lily’s mum Rosie says she put her daughter’s symptoms into ChatGPT The family of a 19-month-old girl with a rare genetic condition affecting only six people in the UK say AI helped them to gain a diagnosis. Lily, from Bath, had surgery for an unknown heart condition at four months…
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V&A museum workers in London to strike over pay and conditions
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/f40c/live/6f491a90-b837-11f1-b4bc-39c67eb36497.jpg”] Getty Images Museum workers at the V&A in London are to stage a two-day strike in a dispute over pay and conditions. Members of Prospect and the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) will walk out on Friday and Saturday, meaning only a limited number of galleries will be open. Prospect is…
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V&A museum workers in London to strike over pay and conditions
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/f40c/live/6f491a90-b837-11f1-b4bc-39c67eb36497.jpg”] Getty Images Museum workers at the V&A in London are to stage a two-day strike in a dispute over pay and conditions. Members of Prospect and the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) will walk out on Friday and Saturday, meaning only a limited number of galleries will be open. Prospect is…
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Why women’s urinal firm PEEQUAL turned down Dragons’ Den deal
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/b5a5/live/2e7227d0-b825-11f1-9173-8b6ede38f022.jpg”] Amber Probyn Amber Probyn (left) and Hazel McShane (right) appeared on Dragons’ Den on Thursday night Walking out of the Dragons’ Den with an investment from Deborah Meaden might sound like the perfect ending for a fledgling business. But Amber Probyn, from Ross-on-Wye, and Hazel McShane, from Norfolk, ultimately decided to flush…
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Lean Into the Wind on Bournemouth’s West Cliff set to be finished
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/09c9/live/05b12b60-b844-11f1-a2ec-c153af45023f.png”] LDRS It is expected the artwork will be completed next week A new art sculpture is being installed on Bournemouth’s West Cliff. Lean Into the Wind is part of BCP Council’s government-funded Coastal Public Art and Heritage Trail and reflects the town’s coastline and identity. It was developed with input from schoolchildren…
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Canada prosecutors drop charges against two in Toronto gold heist
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/768f/live/c7ff5680-b86a-11f1-a8da-fd9a2823684e.jpg”] Toronto Star via Getty Images In 2024, Peel Regional Police announced a series of charges and arrests linked to the heist. Two of the men named have had their charges dropped. Canadian prosecutors have dropped charges against two men accused of being involved in a massive gold heist in Toronto in 2023.…