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Lyse DoucetChief international correspondent Reuters Iran’s rulers are confronting their most serious challenge since their own 1979 revolution. They’re now countering on an unprecedented scale – a ferocious security crackdown and near total internet shutdown has been unleashed on a scale unseen in previous crises. Some of the streets once …

Last season David Richards was trying to put bums on seats as part of Dragons’ commercial department, now he is doing it as a member of Filo Tiatia’s squad. The utility back is enjoying a second spell with the Rodney Parade club and made his eighth appearance in the Challenge …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Matt Damon remembered being put in his place by one of Hollywood’s finest as he reminisced on his decades-long career. During an appearance on the “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast, the Oscar-winner revealed that Clint Eastwood had a few choice words …

Joanna MorrisBBC Shared Data Unit Getty Images The number of children in drug and alcohol treatment has been rising since the coronavirus pandemic Three women whose teenage sons died after becoming addicted to drugs have told the BBC the system failed their children. Anita Morris, Nicola Howarth and Kate Roux …

James Cook,Scotland Editorand Cara Berkley,BBC News BBC Scots Pines once dominated the landscape of Scotland, part of the vast Caledonian Forest which began to spread some 10,000 years ago after the end of the last ice age. Now only one per cent of the original forest remains in more than …

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is making kids’ online safety a cornerstone of her administration, and she’s eyeing a platform that has often flown under the radar: Roblox. As progress in Congress has stagnated, states have become the primary drivers of internet reforms meant to protect kids, including age verification …

MaryLou CostaTechnology Reporter Board Intelligence Co-chief executives Jennifer Sundberg (left) and Pippa Begg For almost 16 years, Pippa Begg ran Board Intelligence as co-chief executive with Jennifer Sundberg. Together they grew the business, which provides analysis and services for company boards, and today it employs 200 staff and has big …

It’s a weird time in the Stranger Things community. Following a monthslong lead-up to a finale that was so big it screened in theaters, the show’s superfans have been spending their time dissecting the fifth season in order to prove that a hidden ninth episode is coming that represents the …

Getty Images First Minister John Swinney and Finance Secretary Shona Robison have been urged to bring down waiting lists and cut taxes by opposition MSPs The Scottish government is to announce its draft Budget for 2026-27. Ahead of her speech in Holyrood, Finance Secretary Shona Robison warned she had to …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Elyse Stevens had a reputation for taking on complex medical cases. People who’d been battling addiction for decades. Chronic pain patients on high doses of opioids. Sex workers and people living on the street. “Many of my patients are messy, the ones that don’t know …

David DeansWales political reporter Senedd Cymru/Welsh Parliament The Welsh Labour government say the proposed bill will help build “stronger foundations for Welsh democracy” A proposed law to make it illegal for politicians to lie during Welsh elections contains “extraordinary” powers that would limit free speech, Senedd members have warned. The …

Theo LeggettInternational Business Correspondent Amir family Fareed Amir was playing with the son of the driver when he was killed A driver has been found not guilty of causing the death of his five-year-old neighbour in south London after he claimed his electric car moved on its own. Ashenafei Demissie, …

The UK has no plan to defend the nation in the event of war, including how to mobilise the National Health Service to deal with mass casualties, the head of the military has revealed. The admission by Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton – confirming a report by Sky News …

The former Conservative minister Lord Michael Forsyth of Drumlean has been announced as the new Speaker of the House of Lords. Responsibilities of the top job include chairing debates between peers, performing ceremonial roles at events such as the State Opening of Parliament, and having the final say in summoning …

Catherine LystBBC Scotland News The Wallace Collection John Wallace was made a CBE in 2011 and was awarded a Queen’s Medal for Music in 2021 Tributes have been paid to “extraordinary musician” Prof John Wallace who has died at the age of 76. Wallace, from Fife, was a trumpet soloist …

SABC Carolina Cecilia Chirindza and Rosita were lifted to safety by a South African helicopter helping recovery operations She was seen as a “miracle baby” after being born in a tree which her mother had climbed to escape flooding, but nearly 26 years on Mozambican Rosita Salvador Mabuiango has died …

He is a former child refugee who founded the UK’s best known polling company and served as chancellor – before failing to become leader of the Conservatives. But Nadhim Zahawi is now Reform UK’s most prominent defector, and perhaps the biggest fish that Nigel Farage has managed to net yet. …

Myanmar stands accused of committing genocide against members of the Rohingya ethnic minority in a case opening at a United Nations court this week. The long-awaited International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearings in The Hague concern charges the southeast Asian nation committed genocide against the predominantly Muslim minority in Rakhine …

Caroline Gall,West Midlandsand Ed James,BBC Radio WM Dean Sullivan The friends said they enjoyed the game and enjoyed visiting the city having “a good curry” and craft beers A group of friends who travel to watch whichever FA Cup third-round match is drawn first, said they might have seen the …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Howie Mandel shared a blunt warning about the temptations of early financial success for up-and-coming entertainers.  Though Mandel’s entertainment career spans more than four decades, the 70-year-old comedian has previously revealed that much of his wealth comes from diversified investments, particularly real …