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  • UK threatens visa bans for Eritrea over migrant return policy

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/935c/live/1c24f8c0-22eb-11f1-abe1-05da6de99c2b.png”] Getty Images Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, Eritrean diplomats will face restrictions on their movement outside London. Fast-track visas will also be…

  • Ukraine war: Why is Starlink internet so important on the battlefield?

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/109c/live/7b3da5c0-c807-11f1-9a39-31b474234113.jpg”] Getty Images Starlink satellites operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX provide high-speed internet – something modern war relies heavily on. For Ukraine, it is vital for communications on the battlefield and effective drone warfare. Using Starlink, Ukrainian drones can stay connected to operators over longer distances than conventional radio networks and are less…

  • Airport drop-off charges to be reviewed after sharp increase

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/4555/live/2b5614e0-c7f6-11f1-970c-196b57378f40.jpg”] Getty Images Airport drop-off charges are to be reviewed by the government following sharp price increases in recent years. Prices at major UK airports have risen by a third since the summer of 2025 on average, according to one analysis, with Gatwick and Stansted drop-off charges found to be the most expensive,…

  • Peak Cluster: Fourth council opposes £5bn CO2 pipeline plan

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/7cb9/live/5c090f70-c7e2-11f1-b712-6f93dfe07e87.jpg”] BBC Protesters gathered outside the meeting where councillors debated the Peak Cluster project Cheshire East Council has become the fourth local authority to formally oppose the proposed Peak Cluster carbon dioxide pipeline. Councillors unanimously backed a motion calling on the government not to approve the scheme until concerns over safety, environmental impacts…

  • Pope’s family ‘going through a lot’ as brother also receives cancer treatment, wife says

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/defc/live/1b9d16b0-c7d4-11f1-9671-5b70c6e774ea.jpg”] AFP via Getty Images Louis Prevost, Pope Leo’s eldest brother, is also undergoing cancer treatment The wife of Pope Leo XIV’s brother says her husband is also receiving treatment for cancer after the Vatican announced the Pope has the disease. Deborah Prevost, the wife of the Pope’s eldest brother, Louis Prevost, told…

  • Palantir drops legal fight over blocked Met Police software deal

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/87b8/live/b2aca760-54fb-11f1-b682-cf91850925ea.jpg”] EPA/Shutterstock MOPAC blocked a deal between the Met Police and Palantir earlier this year Palantir has dropped its High Court challenge against the mayor of London’s policing office over a blocked £50m deal with the Metropolitan Police. However, the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) has not reversed its decision to…

  • Sally Rooney says her books will be removed from sale in UK over Palestine Action support

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/5ade/live/73ec5110-c7d3-11f1-9e10-4dcbd31d4273.jpg”] Getty Images Sally Rooney has sold more than six million copies of her novels globally Normal People author Sally Rooney has said her novels will no longer be supplied to booksellers in the UK as a result of her support for Palestine Action. The Irish novelist said last year she intended to…

  • ‘It’s rough out here’: Americans struggle to survive amid rising costs

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/e691/live/4f2f6b20-adf0-11f1-ad53-0d91a06f3150.jpg”] Kathryn Vaughn Kathryn Vaughn works many odd jobs to supplement her teacher’s salary Kathryn Vaughn returned to work at a rural West Tennessee elementary school this autumn with a lot more stress on her plate than in previous years. The 46-year-old, like many Americans, is juggling how to provide for her family…

  • Toilet paper and secret recorders: What we know about the arrest of the Saudi OpenAI engineer

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/9074/live/83100400-c7bc-11f1-9a39-31b474234113.jpg”] Reuters/DOJ A recording device (R) was wrapped in toilet paper and plugged into a TV (L) A Saudi national who worked for OpenAI appeared in court this week for allegedly planting a secret recording device behind a TV in one of the tech giant’s meeting rooms. Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old engineer, was…

  • Patients ‘frustrated’ by Wantage GP surgery’s AI receptionist

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/c537/live/e0dcac50-c7c1-11f1-8e8f-d76f9678b296.jpg”] Getty Images The AI Andi tool screens calls made to Newbury Street Practice in Wantage Patients have described their “frustration” in dealing with a new AI receptionist tool at their GP surgery, which some said was a “wall” to receiving care. Newbury Street Practice, in Wantage, Oxfordshire, began using the AI Andi…