Liam Dutton
Stormy weather to approach UK later this week
Stormy weather will approach the UK later this week. Here’s the latest on where the strongest winds are likely to be.
Top stories
-
Donald Trump Presidential Inauguration Day 2025 | LIVE
Join us to watch Donald Trump be sworn in as the President of the United States… again.
-
Trump’s remarkable comeback: what to expect this time
An ascension that many believed impossible not long ago. Yet today, two impeachments and four indictments later, he’s remarkably pulled it off, taking back the keys to the highest office in the land.
-
26m
Trump inauguration: is this the end for progressives in America?
Donald Trump is set to be sworn in as President of the United States of America for the second time – but, from TikTok and the southern border, to Ukraine and the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza – he faces even bigger challenges than he did eight years ago.
-
7m
Gaza ceasefire: first hostages and prisoners released
In the Middle East, three Israeli hostages were released by Hamas hours after the ceasefire came into effect.
-
3m
US prepares for Trump round two – could everything change?
In Washington the preparations are well underway for the return of Donald Trump to the Oval Office.
-
4m
‘Trump’s second term could be unrecognisable new era’, says Biden’s former Chief of Staff
In the final hours of his Presidency, we speak to the author and political consultant Susan Platt who was chief of staff to Joe Biden when he was a senator.
Latest news
-
Liam Dutton
-
3m
‘Hand over report on Rotherham child abuse scandal’ – Mayor to IOPC
The Mayor of South Yorkshire, Oliver Coppard, has written to the IOPC asking to see its unpublished report into the activities of senior officers.
-
3m
Biden is leaving US TikTok ban for Trump to decide
Tick tock goes the clock for American users of the video-based social media platform as the company says it will go dark in the US tomorrow when a ban there comes into force.
-
3m
Israel bombs Gaza hours before ceasefire begins
The strikes in Gaza continue, with lives continuing to be lost despite the ceasefire being only hours away. And today missiles from Yemen were intercepted over Israel.
-
2m
Netanyahu demands names of first three hostages to be released
In less than 13 hours, the ceasefire is supposed to come into force.
-
5m
Claressa Shields on poverty, Olympic gold and fighting for equal pay
“The Fire Inside” is not your typical biopic. It tells the incredible story of American boxer Claressa Shields, who grew up in extreme poverty and went on to win two Olympic gold medals.
-
4m
Supreme Court upholds US TikTok ban
170 million TikTok users in the United States may have to suddenly find a new platform for their videos – after the Supreme Court unanimously upheld a law effectively banning the app.
-
3m
Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan jailed for 14 years in corruption case
The former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 14 years in jail, after he and his wife were accused of receiving plots of land as a bribe.
-
4m
Systemic failures led to young prisoners’ deaths in Scotland
Two people who took their own lives in a Scottish young offenders institution were handed a “death sentence”, according to a lawyer for their families – as a fatal accident inquiry blamed systemic failures for their deaths.
-
6m
‘De-radicalisation of society’ in Gaza needed, says Israeli general
We spoke to Brigadier General Amir Avivi, who previously served in the Israel Defense Forces and founded the Israel Defense and Security Forum.
-
10m
Psychological trauma to families in Gaza ‘will be huge’ – charity
We spoke to Dr Louisa Baxter, a doctor working for Save the Children in Gaza. She’s currently stationed in Deir al Balah in central Gaza.
-
12m
What’s left of Gaza after 15 months of war?
So if next week is indeed the next chapter in the sorry story of the Gaza strip, what will that look like?
-
5m
Israel security cabinet approves Gaza ceasefire deal – what now?
After 48 hours of tense final negotiations since the ceasefire deal was announced, Israel’s security cabinet has now voted to approve it.
-
5m
Scrapping BBC licence fee ‘on the table’, says culture secretary
Our hard power has been dwindling over the last century. But what about Britain’s soft power? The culture secretary Lisa Nandy says she’ll “turbocharge” the UK’s creative industries – describing culture as “an essential part of who we are as a country”.
-
Undocumented migrants fear Trump’s ‘largest deportation programme’
For undocumented migrants across the US, fears are becoming very real – of a knock on the door from the authorities, of potential separation from their children, of the loss of the lives they’ve built up here.
