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Attempts to cheat on driving tests in Britain soared by 47% in a year, an investigation has found, sparking road safety concerns. Some 2,844 cases were recorded in the year to the end of September 2025, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) figures show. This has increased from 1,940 during the previous 12 months, and read more

Watch: Veronika the cow shows off her unique skills Scientists are rethinking what cattle are capable of after an Austrian cow named Veronika was found to use tools with impressive skill. The discovery, reported by researchers in Vienna, suggests cows may have far greater cognitive abilities than previously assumed. Veronika, a cow living in a read more

Former Cameroon star Samuel Eto’o has been handed a four-match ban and fined $20,000 (£14,960) after being found guilty of misconduct by a Confederation of African Football (Caf) disciplinary panel. A Caf statement said that Eto’o, now president of his nation’s football federation (Fecafoot), had violated its principles of sportsmanship during the 2026 Africa Cup read more

US has moved to assert strict control over the production and sale of Venezuelan oil since attacking the country this month. Published On 21 Jan 202621 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The United States military announced that it has seized a seventh Venezuela-linked oil tanker, as the US tightens read more

Nintendo has announced a free update for the Switch title Donkey Kong Country Returns HD and it’s available today! This update comes with multiple improvements when playing the game on Switch 2, including enhanced resolution, higher-definition graphics, and faster load times. There’s also GameShare support. As for the content in this update (available across both read more

A train driver has been killed and 37 people injured after a commuter train derailed near Barcelona. A retaining wall “collapsed on to the tracks”, causing the incident, the region’s civil protection agency said on social media. The accident occurred just two days after a train collision killed 42 people in southern Spain and injured read more

Australia’s parliament has voted for sweeping gun law reforms and a crackdown on hate speech, a month after two attackers shot 15 people dead at a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach. Both bills passed the House of Representatives and Senate at a special sitting late on Tuesday. The gun reform measures include a national gun read more

Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has thanked Elon Musk for all the additional publicity that their online spat has brought his airline, saying sales have risen two to three percent in the last five days. Musk has suggested he could buy the budget airline and called O’Leary “insufferable” and “an idiot”, after O’Leary rejected the idea read more

Usha Vance, the wife of Vice-President JD Vance, has announced she is pregnant with her fourth child. In a post on X, the second lady said she is looking forward to welcoming a boy in late July. “Usha and the baby are doing well,” a statement posted on Tuesday to the second lady’s social media read more

United States President Donald Trump has made a range of claims about the state of the US economy. In a long and meandering address to the media on Tuesday, the first year anniversary of his second term as president, Trump’s claims ranged from there being “no inflation” in the US to drug prices being slashed read more

Thomas Mackintoshand Guy Hedgecoe Catalonian fire service Fire crews inspect the wreckage of the train in Catalonia A train driver has been killed and at least 14 people injured after a commuter train derailed and crashed near Barcelona, local media report. According to local officials, the Rodalies train collided with a retaining wall which fell read more

A man killed his baby stepson while “full of rage” following an argument with his ex-girlfriend, a court has heard. Thomas Morgan is accused of inflicting fatal injuries on Jensen-Lee Dougal when he shook him at the family home in Swansea. The 29-year-old denies murder and inflicting serious injuries on the child. Swansea Crown Court read more

General Muhoozi Kainerugaba has accused candidate Bobi Wine, who has been in hiding since the weekend, of being a ‘terrorist’. Published On 20 Jan 202620 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The son of Uganda’s newly re-elected President Yoweri Museveni has threatened to kill singer-turned-opposition leader Bobi Wine, who has read more

BBC Israeli authorities have ordered the football club to take the pitch apart, or they’ll demolish it A Palestinian children’s football club in the occupied West Bank faces imminent demolition despite an international campaign to save it. Its supporters say it provides a rare sporting opportunity for young Palestinian players. But Israel insists it’s been read more

Paul GlynnCulture reporter Altitude Motaz Malhees stars in the film which places the late Hind Rajab front and centre “They’re shooting at me. Please come get me. I’m scared.” When filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania first heard the emergency phone call recording of Hind Rajab, a frightened six-year-old Palestinian girl begging for help while under siege read more

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A nest of invasive Asian hornets has been found for the first time in Wales, prompting a warning from the Welsh government. The Asian hornet, also known as the yellow-legged hornet, is an invasive species originating from east Asia that was first recorded in Europe in 2004. The insect was first spotted in the UK read more

Olivia Irelandand Paulin Kola Reuters US President Donald Trump speaking to media outside Air Force One with Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum A series of text exchanges between Donald Trump and European leaders about ownership of Greenland have sensationally been released. The US president has pledged to tell European leaders at this week’s forum read more

Malawi’s energy regulator has hiked petrol and diesel prices by more than 40%, marking the second time fuel costs gone up in four months. In a statement on Tuesday, the Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) said the fixed pricing system of the previous government was “unsustainable” and had led to “significant” losses. President Peter Mutharika, read more