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Reuters By Chris Mason Political editor, BBC News Chaos, uncorked. Again. In his seven months as prime minister, the most notable characteristic Rishi Sunak has brought to government is – relatively speaking at least – stability. But 2022 – or much of it – was defined, politically, by a soap opera of Conservative squabbling. It

Getty Images By Joshua Nevett BBC Politics Some of Boris Johnson’s closest allies – including Priti Patel and Jacob Rees-Mogg – have been rewarded with peerages and other awards in the former PM’s honours list. Former secretaries of state Simon Clarke and Mr Rees-Mogg were knighted, while Ms Patel was made a dame. Tees Valley

Reuters By George Bowden BBC News, Washington DC Former US President Donald Trump has been charged over his handling of classified documents after he left the White House. Mr Trump, 76, faces seven charges including unauthorised retention of classified files, US media reported, but the indictment is not yet public. It is the second indictment

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Hugh Schofield & George Wright BBC News in Paris and London Four very young children have been stabbed in a park near Lake Annecy, in France’s south-east. Police overpowered and arrested the attacker, Interior Minister Gérald

PA By Jim Reed Health reporter The NHS is struggling to provide safe and effective care for all cancer patients, say senior doctors. The Royal College of Radiologists is warning that all four UK nations are facing “chronic staff shortages”, with patients waiting too long for vital tests and treatments. Half of all cancer units

Reuters By Tom Symonds, Dominic Casciani & James Gregory At the High Court The Duke of Sussex has told a court he was suspicious about how a newspaper got a story on his girlfriend Chelsy Davy being angry over his visit to a lap dance club. Prince Harry gave evidence for a second day against

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The destruction of a major dam in Ukraine will have “grave and far-reaching consequences for thousands of people”, the United Nations has warned. UN aid chief Martin Griffiths said the scale of the catastrophe at the Kakhovka

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Jemma Crew, Dominic Casciani, Tom Symonds & Sean Coughlan at the High Court BBC News Prince Harry has accused tabloid newspapers of hacking his voicemails when he was a teenager, saying it made him feel he

By Naomi Grimley & Camilla Horrox BBC News, Accra The recruitment of nurses by high-income countries from poorer nations is “out of control”, according to the head of one of the world’s biggest nursing groups. The comments come as the BBC finds evidence of how Ghana’s health system is struggling due to the “brain-drain”. Many

Getty Images By Emily McGarvey in London & James Waterhouse in Kyiv BBC News Ukrainian forces are “shifting to offensive actions” in some areas, the country’s Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Malyar has said. Ukrainian military sources told the BBC that a series of small scale armoured offensive operations are under way. They did not say

Getty Images By George Wright BBC News Russia’s defence ministry says it has thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive and killed 250 Ukrainian troops. There has been no comment from Kyiv and the Russian claim has not been independently verified. The ministry said Ukraine had launched the offensive in the Donetsk region on Sunday using six

Family Photo The family of a 17-year-old boy who died after being pulled from the sea in Bournemouth say they are “heartbroken and devastated” at his death. Joe Abbess and a 12-year-old girl, named locally as Sunnah Khan, from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, died in the incident involving 10 swimmers on Wednesday. Joe and Sunnah both

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Archana Shukla in Odisha and James FitzGerald in London BBC News People found guilty over a deadly rail accident in eastern India will be “punished stringently”, the country’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said. At least

Reuters The train collision in India’s eastern Odisha (previously known as Orissa) state on Friday evening – the country’s worst this century – involved two passenger trains and a freight train. Officials said several carriages from the Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express derailed in Balasore district, hit a stationary goods train and several of its coaches ended

Reuters At least 30 people have been killed and scores of others injured after trains collided in India’s eastern Odisha state, local officials say. Nearly 50 ambulances were sent to the scene in the Balasore district, the state’s chief secretary said. Pradeep Jena added that two passenger trains and a goods train were involved. Indian

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Phillip Schofield has said he has “lost everything” and does not see a future for his career, in an emotional and frank interview with BBC News. After fleeing waiting paparazzi outside his