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This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Angélica Casas in Nashville & George Wright in London BBC News Three children and three adults have been killed in a shooting by an ex-student at a school in the US city of Nashville, Tennessee. The

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Stuart Nicolson BBC Scotland News Humza Yousaf is to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader and Scotland’s first minister after a vote of party members. Mr Yousaf defeated rivals Kate Forbes and Ash Regan in a

PA Media A leak from a pipeline at an onshore oil field into the water at Poole Harbour in Dorset is “unacceptable”, its council leader has said. About 200 barrels of reservoir fluid, including oil, leaked from a pipeline run by Perenco, on Sunday. Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council leader Philip Broadhead said: “Serious questions

PA Media By Sam Francis Political reporter, BBC News Possessing laughing gas is to be made a criminal offence for the first time, the government has announced. There will also be tighter controls on retailers to prevent the supply of nitrous oxide for misuse. It goes against recommendations from the Advisory Council on the Misuse

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Sophie Long in Rolling Fork, Mississippi and Antoinette Radford in London BBC News At least 26 people have died in Mississippi and Alabama after a tornado tore through the southern US states. Search and rescue efforts

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. At least 23 people have died after a tornado tore through the US state of Mississippi on Friday night. More people are thought to be trapped under the rubble of destroyed buildings. The twister caused devastation in

BBC/Press Eye By Kirstie Brewer BBC News An MI5 spy who helped bring peace to Northern Ireland by defying orders, has broken his silence to the BBC. He has revealed he met IRA leaders in March 1993, despite talks being called off by the British government after IRA bombs killed two young boys in England.

Getty Images By Andre Rhoden-Paul BBC News Eight pallbearers who carried Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin at her funeral are among those to be recognised in a special honours list. King Charles has honoured scores of royal aides and military personnel for the roles they played during the period of national mourning. Angela Kelly, the Queen’s

Charles III’s first state visit as King has been postponed, the Elysée Palace has said, as France faces continued protests against the government’s pension reforms. The trip to Paris and Bordeaux was due to begin on Sunday but both cities saw some of the worst violence on Thursday since the protests began in January. The

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Andre Rhoden-Paul BBC News Bordeaux town hall has been set on fire as French protests continued over plans to raise the pension age. More than a million people took to the streets across France on Thursday,

Oli Scarff/Getty Images By Robert Cuffe & Doug Faulkner Head of statistics About 3% of families in the UK say they used a food bank in the last year, according to Department for Work and Pensions figures. That rose to about one in nine (11%) for families receiving state income-related benefits. Those in the north

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Brian Wheeler BBC News Boris Johnson has repeatedly insisted he did not intentionally mislead Parliament over Partygate in a heated grilling by MPs. The former prime minister began the marathon three-hour session with a Bible in

Jessica Taylor/UK Parliament Boris Johnson has accepted he misled Parliament over Covid rule-breaking parties in Downing Street, but denied he did it on purpose. The former prime minister has published a 52-page defence of his actions ahead of a grilling by MPs on Wednesday. In it, he says his assurances to MPs that lockdown rules

Reuters By Iain Watson Political correspondent, BBC News Boris Johnson has set out his defence against claims he misled MPs over parties in Downing Street during lockdown. The former prime minister has accepted that he did indeed mislead Parliament when he said the guidance and rules were followed at all times – but he insists

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Thomas Mackintosh & Lucy Manning, Special Correspondent BBC News Women and children have been failed by the Metropolitan Police, with racism, misogyny, and homophobia at the heart of the force, a blistering review says. Baroness Casey

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Phelan Chatterjee BBC News Vladimir Putin has said he will discuss Xi Jinping’s 12-point plan to “settle the acute crisis in Ukraine”, during a highly anticipated visit to Moscow by the Chinese president. “We’re always open