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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/3e8d/live/e2c0bd70-8448-11f1-b976-0b9c15b0ccfc.jpg”] Getty Images Tens of thousands of people attended Monday’s protests Thousands of supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a youth-led protest movement seeking education and employment reforms, defied a police ban and tried to march on parliament to demand India’s education minister resign. Police wielding canes used tear gas to disperse…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/ea7b/live/acd4de30-8439-11f1-b976-0b9c15b0ccfc.jpg”] Getty Images In his first speech as prime minister, Andy Burnham has promised to give people more “breathing space” to help with the cost of living. Policies will be announced on Tuesday – his first full day in the job. Although a few hours after taking office, the new prime minister confirmed…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/0f18/live/5739fe70-8055-11f1-a10f-077d9cf2208e.jpg”] Could Infantino really push through a 64-team World Cup? Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Gianni Infantino was elected Fifa president on a manifesto that included increasing the size of the World Cup By Dale Johnson Football issues correspondent Published 20 July 2026 If we have learned one thing from 10 years of…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/b589/live/adb386d0-80f6-11f1-b983-cbe246fcd5da.jpg”] Ahmed Ambali / BBC Aisha Mohammed lost three daughters in a boat disaster which killed over 100 people in Kwara state three years ago The pattern has now become wearily familiar in Nigeria. Many die in a boat accident; officials say the regulations should be followed; their calls are ignored; campaigners say…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/0f0d/live/50497ed0-838c-11f1-a4c3-dfd0ee4be073.jpg”] Why Beckham was face of World Cup in the US Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, David Beckham visited the England squad in Miami before their World Cup quarter-final, where he was presented with his legacy cap ByShaimaa Khalil North America Correspondent in Los Angeles Published 20 July 2026 In America, nobody sells…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/73e0/live/44f8d700-841e-11f1-b3ec-1d7f0502d196.jpg”] Coventry Music Museum Ray King and the Ray King Soul Band influenced bands like The Specials and The Selecter Tributes have been paid to Ray King, one of the most influential singers in the ska and 2 Tone music genres, following the announcement of his death. Born Vibert Cornwall in St Vincent…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/56d7/live/cae2fd50-7eb5-11f1-bee8-53ce494e1abc.png”] Best goal, best player, best fans – BBC reporters’ World Cup awards Image source, Getty Images Published 20 July 2026 After delivering unforgettable drama and surprises across 104 matches over almost six weeks, the World Cup is over. History has been scripted, records broken and heroes old and new made their mark…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/b5ea/live/0f19db40-82aa-11f1-84ea-29e7008b1ad8.jpg”] BBC Organisers said they hoped to create opportunities for young people A youth-led grassroots music festival aimed at giving opportunities to young people has been held. TOR-VYBZ was created with the support of the social enterprise Sound Communities CIC which works with young people. The event was held at Princess Gardens, Torbay,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/2506/live/2e158a30-8101-11f1-b976-0b9c15b0ccfc.jpg”] BBC Broadcaster and journalist Edward Stourton, whose career spanned more than 40 years including a decade on Radio 4’s Today, has died aged 68. Stourton, who had been diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2014, died on Saturday surrounded by his family, the BBC announced in a statement. The presenter’s friend and former…