Sweden is moving forward with plans to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 13 in serious cases as it grapples with a growing number of children recruited into gangs to carry out violent crimes without facing serious legal repercussions. Justice Minister Gunnar Strommer said the country was in an “emergency situation” and […]
Continue ReadingSteven McIntoshEntertainment reporter Getty Images Chase Infiniti, Leonardo DiCaprio and Teyana Taylor are all nominated for One Battle After Another Leonardo DiCaprio’s politically charged thriller One Battle After Another leads the field at this year’s Bafta Film Awards, with 14 nominations. It is closely followed by vampire-horror Sinners, which has 13, Shakespeare drama Hamnet and […]
Continue ReadingTechnology giant Meta is set to trial premium subscriptions for Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp users in the coming months in its latest experiment with paid services. The new offerings would give access to features including expanded artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. Under the plan, access to the platforms’ core services would remain free to use. The […]
Continue ReadingVerified videos emerging from Iran show bodies piled up in a hospital, snipers stationed on buildings and CCTV cameras being destroyed, following the unprecedented crackdown on protests earlier this month. BBC Verify has been tracking the spread of protests across Iran since they first erupted in late December, but the near total internet blackout imposed […]
Continue ReadingThe European Commission has launched an investigation into Elon Musk’s X over concerns its AI tool Grok was used to create sexualised images of real people. It follows a similar announcement in January from the UK watchdog Ofcom. If the site is found to have breached the rules of EU’s under the Digital Services Act, […]
Continue ReadingFrance is on course to follow Australia in banning social media to younger teenagers, as debate on a new law opens in the National Assembly. The law would block access for under 15-year-olds to networks such as Snapchat, Instagram and Tiktok. President Emmanuel Macron has said he wants the ban in place by the start […]
Continue ReadingAt least 11 people were killed and another dozen injured when gunmen opened fire on locals who had gathered at a football pitch in the city of Salamanca in central Mexico on Sunday. Witnesses said armed men arrived at the grounds in several vehicles and shot at those gathered there seemingly indiscriminately. Many families had […]
Continue ReadingKelly Ngand Shaimaa Khalil,Tokyo correspondent EPA Twin cubs Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei will return to China on Tuesday Thousands of people flocked to a zoo in Japan on Sunday to say farewell to the country’s last two giant pandas, who are set to return to China on Tuesday. Emotions ran high at the Ueno […]
Continue ReadingPeter Hoskinsand Adam Hancock,Business reporters Hiba Kola/Reuters The price of gold has risen above $5,000 (£3,659) an ounce for the first time ever, extending a historic rally that saw the precious metal jump by more than 60% in 2025. It comes as tensions between the US and NATO over Greenland have added to growing concerns […]
Continue ReadingCate Brown, Max Hudson and Julia LuftBBC Eye Investigations BBC Businessman Igor Pestrikov found Moscow had put him on a wanted list after he fled Russia in 2022 Thousands of files provided by a whistleblower at Interpol expose for the first time the extent of Russia’s apparent abuse of the international policing agency to target […]
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