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News imageAlex Pretti in cycling gear in what appears to be a wood
LIVE

Family of man shot dead by federal agent in Minneapolis ask for ‘truth’ as senator calls for investigation

Federal authorities claim Alex Pretti was a “domestic terrorist” although Minnesota’s governor has criticised their account as “nonsense”.


News imageAlex is pictured in woodland wearing shorts and walking boots while kneeling on the ground

Who was Alex Pretti, the intensive care nurse shot dead in Minneapolis?

He has been described as an avid outdoorsman who loved mountain biking.

1 hr ago
US & Canada
News imageFederal agents are standing around a man on the ground

Video shows moments around fatal shooting in Minneapolis

Bystander footage has captured the seconds before the killing of 37-year-old Alex Pretti.

10 hrs ago
US & Canada

Andy Burnham's bid to return as MP blocked by Labour's ruling body

Labour sources say concerns were raised about the cost of a mayoral election and a "divisive campaign".

41 mins ago
Politics

Climber Alex Honnold scales 101-floor skyscraper without safety gear

Alex Honnold has become the first person to climb the Taiwanese building alone without safety equipment.

4 hrs ago
Asia

As the world inches back to a pre-WW2 order, the 'middle powers' face a grave new challenge

With economic stagnation and extremes of inequality comes corrosion of trust in democratic institutions. So Trump may be a symptom, not a cause, of what Carney called a "rupture" with the post-WW2 order.

13 hrs ago
BBC InDepth

Sports betting is now everywhere. Is that dangerous?

Katty Kay speaks with author Michael Lewis about the rise of phone-based sports betting.

2 days ago
Sport

Weekend reads

News imageHands holding a piece of cheese, a green apple and a red pepper with signs that read "Exceeds expectations", "Most improved" and "Best in class" (Credit: Serenity Strull/ BBC)

Why certain foods are more important at different life stages

It's widely accepted that following a balanced diet is one of the best things we can do for our health. But some foods have different benefits as you age.

News imageA group of banded mongooses approach a camera (Credit: Alamy)

What animals can teach us about overcoming tyranny

Some animal societies are ruled by despots with an iron fist, while others seem naturally egalitarian – and they all have lessons for us.


Best Audio of the Week

News imageThe Global Story, The Global Story, Will Trump’s Board of Peace actually stop wars?

The Global Story

Will Trump’s Board of Peace actually stop wars?

News imageGlobal News Podcast, TikTok completes deal to avoid US ban

Global News Podcast

TikTok completes deal to avoid US ban

News imageThe Interview, The Interview, Chloé Zhao, director: I was an outsider

The Interview

Chloé Zhao, director: I was an outsider

News imageThe Global Story, The Global Story, Is Canada leading the global resistance against Trump?

The Global Story

Is Canada leading the global resistance against Trump?

News imageBusiness Daily, Business Daily, America's affordability question

Business Daily

America's affordability question

News imageIn Our Time, In Our Time, Melvyn Bragg meets Misha Glenny

In Our Time

Melvyn Bragg meets Misha Glenny

News imageThe Documentary Podcast, Black girlhood in photos and writing

The Documentary Podcast

Black girlhood in photos and writing

News imageLady Killers with Lucy Worsley, Series 4, 55. Cloe - Forced Resistance

Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley

55. Cloe - Forced Resistance

News imageWitness History, Witness History, The Challenger space shuttle tragedy

Witness History

The Challenger space shuttle tragedy

News imageGood Bad Billionaire, Good Bad Billionaire, David Geffen: The Hollywood power broker

Good Bad Billionaire

David Geffen: The Hollywood power broker


Documentaries

News imageThe Royals: A History of Scandals

The Royals: A History of Scandals

News imageDecoding Turner

Decoding Turner

News imageOne Week One Title: Football in Greenland

One Week One Title: Football in Greenland

News imageAntiques Roadshow

Antiques Roadshow

News imageChurchill: Britain's Secret Apartheid

Churchill: Britain's Secret Apartheid

News imageWonders of Volcanoes with Dara O'Briain

Wonders of Volcanoes with Dara O'Briain

News imageMagna Carta

Magna Carta

News imageAmanda and Alan's Italian Job

Amanda and Alan's Italian Job

News imageQueen Victoria and Her Nine Children

Queen Victoria and Her Nine Children

News imageMissing in Paradise: Searching for Sarm

Missing in Paradise: Searching for Sarm

News imageAncient Greece by Train

Ancient Greece by Train

News imageEngineering Repurposed

Engineering Repurposed

News imageBuckingham Palace with Alexander Armstrong

Buckingham Palace with Alexander Armstrong

News imageCivilizations: Rise and Fall

Civilizations: Rise and Fall

News imageRage Against the Regime: Iran

Rage Against the Regime: Iran


Premier League

News imagePalace and Chelsea scarves
LIVE

Premier League: Palace host Chelsea, Newcastle face Villa & Forest visit Brentford

Follow live text coverage as Crystal Palace host Chelsea, Newcastle face Aston Villa and Brentford welcome Nottingham Forest.


Arts in Motion

News imageEs Devlin's powerful art invites a closer look at strangers

Es Devlin's powerful art invites a closer look at strangers

Through intimate encounters with 50 Londoners, influential artist Es Devlin reimagines how we see home.
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More news

News imageIndian paramilitary soldiers take part during Republic Day parade rehearsals in New Delhi, India, 21 January 2026. India will celebrate its 77th Republic Day on 26 January 2026.

What India's Republic Day red carpet means for its foreign policy

Who sits beside India’s president on Republic Day signals Delhi’s diplomatic priorities to the world.

12 hrs ago
World
News imageSir Mark Tully in 1996

Sir Mark Tully, the BBC's 'voice of India', dies aged 90

Sir Mark covered some of the defining moments in India's history in a career that spanned decades.

1 hr ago
Asia

Analysis: How popular is US President Trump?

BBC Analysis Editor Ros Atkins explores how Americans feel about their president during a nonstop start to 2026 shaped by pivotal events at home and abroad.

12 hrs ago
US & Canada

Germany arrests suspected Hamas member over alleged attack plot

The Lebanese man helped plan attacks on Jewish and Israeli institutions in Europe, prosecutors say.

19 hrs ago
Europe
News imageWomen stand by ballot boxes at a polling station in Shan state, Myanmar

Final round of voting closes in 'sham' Myanmar election

The party backed by the ruling generals is expected to win a landslide in a country gripped by fear and civil war.

29 mins ago
Asia
News imageElina Svitolina

Australian Open recap: Svitolina joins top seeds Sabalenka & Alcaraz in last eight

Relive day eight of the Australian Open, as top seeds Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka are joined in the last eight by Elina Svitolina.

News imageUS President Donald Trump during a meeting with Mark Rutte, secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

Trump says UK soldiers in Afghanistan 'among greatest of all warriors'

The US president's praise follows his claim that allied forces avoided the front lines during the Afghanistan conflict.

17 hrs ago
Politics

Editor's picks

News imageInside the search for South America's most cryptic bird

Inside the search for South America's most cryptic bird

A small country, a rare bird: inside Uruguay’s most haunting discovery

Discover the World
News imageIce hotel 2

The luxury Swedish ice hotel that simply never melts

A small engineering wonder in the small village of Jukkasjärvi in Northern Sweden

Travel
News imageTiwanaku civilisation

Tiwanaku: The civilisation that mysteriously disappeared

The ancient Tiwanaku civilisation is known as the 'mother culture' of South America.

Culture & Experiences
News imageFace-to-face with an African savanna elephant

Face-to-face with an African savanna elephant

The Travel Show visits Mozambique's Gorongosa Park but something unexpectedly stops the team in their tracks.

The Travel Show
News imageIchigo Ichie: the Japanese idea that leads to calm and focus

The Japanese secret to being calmer and happier

In the village of Magome, a 16th-century discipline leads to a sharper focus on the present moment.

The SpeciaList
News imageThe island of 400 ancient shipwrecks

Turkey's island of 400 ancient shipwrecks

A dive into 3,500 years of underwater archeology, sunken cities and Lycian tombs with Prof Hakan Öniz.

The SpeciaList
News imageBefore and after: The lost river of Paris

The forgotten underground river that shaped Paris

Buried beneath Paris since 1912, the ghost river Bièvre shaped the French capital in unexpected ways.

The SpeciaList
News imageWhy Atlanta's culinary scene is getting food lovers excited

Why Atlanta's culinary scene is getting food lovers excited

The city's food scene is redefining southern hospitality with bold and unpretentious global flavours.

World's Table

The SpeciaList

News imageThe Northern Lights over a lighthouse (Credit: Wil Photography)

An aurora chaser's guide to the Northern Lights

Experts say 2026 will be a peak year for aurora spotting. Photographer Wil Cheung has seen the borealis more than 400 times and offers his tips on how to witness them yourself.
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Health and Wellness

News imageA collage of a woman smiling at a mirror, the reflection shows an older woman looking back at her (Credit: Serenity Strull/ BBC)

How defying ageism can help you live longer

Research shows a positive attitude towards ageing can make people feel younger and live longer.

News imageWoman walking the dog

Does it really take 10,000 steps to stay healthy?

Studies tout the benefits of walking, yet offer conflicting advice on daily step goals.

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How to build astonishing self-control

Many people believe willpower is fixed and finite. Yet powerful strategies exist that can help us increase it.


Culture

News imageColour illustration of witches and warlocks dancing in a ruined church (Credit: Getty Images)

Why this Robert Burns poem is a 'masterpiece'

On Burns Night this week – and 235 years after Tam O'Shanter was published – Scots everywhere may well be treated to a masterwork with a unique appeal.

News imageA close up of Charlie Chaplin smiling and holding a flower in City Lights (Credit: Alamy)

The story behind cinema's greatest ever final shot

News imagePaul Mescal and Chase Infiniti

Eight surprise takeaways from the Oscar nominations

News imageA black and white close up of Paul Robeson (Credit: Getty Images)

How the 1950s 'Red Scare' erased 'the most famous black person in America'


US & Canada news

News imageA federal agent confronts demonstrators in Minneapolis

Protests and anger after man shot dead by immigration agents in Minneapolis

Federal and state authorities have offered conflicting versions of what happened in the moments leading to the shooting.

US federal and state officials give conflicting accounts of Alex Pretti's death

BBC at protests near scene where Alex Pretti was shot dead

What we know about fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by US federal agents in Minneapolis


More world news

News imageZhang Youxia arrives for a group photo session before the opening ceremony of the Western Pacific Naval Symposium in Qingdao, Shandong province

China places highest-ranking general under investigation

President Xi has been accused of using investigations to purge political rivals.

Indonesia landslide kills seven, dozens missing

Four attacks in 48 hours: How east Australia's beaches became a 'perfect storm' for sharks

Boy, 12, dies from injuries after Sydney shark attack


Business

News imageDonald Trump and Mark Carney, both in dark suits, stand together outside

Trump threatens Canada with 100% tariffs if it 'makes a deal with China'

It comes as tensions appear to have escalated between Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

India and EU set for 'mother of all deals' as Trump's tariff uncertainty looms

Five ways weight-loss jabs are changing spending habits in the UK

Hundreds of Minnesota businesses close to protest ICE presence


Sport

News imageNovak Djokovic

Mensik withdrawal sends Djokovic into last eight

Novak Djokovic moves through to the Australian Open quarter-finals as fourth-round opponent Jakub Mensik pulls out with an abdominal injury.

LIVE

WSL: London City peg back Man City, Man Utd & struggling West Ham in front

Van Dijk wants 'very important' Robertson to stay

Grudge match or homecoming - what next for Pimblett?


Latest Sport audio

News imageTest Match Special, No Balls: A guide to The Hundred (kind of)

Test Match Special

No Balls: A guide to The Hundred (kind of)

News imageFootball Daily, Roberto De Zerbi on football's evolution & friendship with Guardiola

Football Daily

Roberto De Zerbi on football's evolution & friendship with Guardiola

News image606, 606, Are Liverpool and Spurs fans looking for change?

606

Are Liverpool and Spurs fans looking for change?

News imageNot by the Playbook, Sportshour, Far from an average Joe

Not by the Playbook

Far from an average Joe

News imageRugby Union Weekly, England’s Six Nations squad with Steve Borthwick

Rugby Union Weekly

England’s Six Nations squad with Steve Borthwick

News imageMore than the Score, More Than The Score, How Alex Eala became the Australian Open's hottest ticket

More than the Score

How Alex Eala became the Australian Open's hottest ticket

News imageFootball Daily, The Commentators' View: Robot Wars, Cantona & Bodø

Football Daily

The Commentators' View: Robot Wars, Cantona & Bodø

News imageBBC Women's Football Weekly, Jill Scott’s Coffee Club, Extra: Erin Cuthbert and Alyssa Thompson on big games, musicals and the WSL title race

BBC Women's Football Weekly

Extra: Erin Cuthbert and Alyssa Thompson on big games, musicals and the WSL title race


Tech

News imageDilara has long reddish hair.

Women filmed secretly for social media content - and then harassed online

So-called manfluencers wearing smart glasses approach women and then post videos to TikTok and Instagram.

TikTok US venture to collect precise user location data

Is China quietly winning the AI race?

What does a new US TikTok deal mean for users?


Science

News imageA colour‑enhanced close‑up of a cave wall showing a very faint, claw‑like hand stencil, picked out for clarity with a white dashed outline

Oldest cave painting of red claw hand could rewrite human creativity timeline

A stencilled outline of a hand found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is the world's oldest known cave painting, researchers say.

Morocco fossil finds re-write the origins of our species

Cow astonishes scientists with rare use of tools

Nasa's mega Moon rocket arrives at launch pad for Artemis II mission


Culture

News image(Left to right) David Beckham, Victoria Beckham, Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz attending the Netflix UK premiere of the Beckham documentary, in London in 2023

Brooklyn Beckham's wedding DJ speaks about 'awkward' dance

The groom has said his mother Victoria "danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone".

Anna Wintour and Liz Hurley among mourners at Valentino's funeral

Robbie Williams breaks The Beatles' chart record

Why Hollywood fell out of love with Wicked


Arts

News imageAn empty tiled piazza in Gibellina, Sicily, bordered by low stone walls and palm trees (Credit: Getty Images)

Inside Italy's forgotten art town

Sicily's forgotten town of Gibellina was envisioned as an art utopia. Four decades later, it's painting a new future as Italy's first Capital of Contemporary Art.

A rare interview with the elusive Agatha Christie

'The male nude is still a taboo'

The dark side of the US's most divisive painter


Watch

News imageThe gadgets set to change your daily health check‑ups

The gadgets set to change your daily health and wellness

Tech Now test out new gadgets disrupting the health industry at CES 2026 in Las Vegas.
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Travel

News imageScene from Bridgerton season 3

Seven new Bridgerton filming locations you can visit

Bridgerton is back, and from London palaces to Bath ballrooms, here are some of the best places to experience Regency-era England.

Colorado's wildest winter sport

The giant reptiles reclaiming Bangkok

Is it time to retire terms like 'Venice of the East'?


World's Table

News imageChefs working in the open kitchen at Les Grands Buffets in Narbonne, France (Credit: Adrien Privat)

The biggest all-you-can-eat buffet in the world

France's highest-grossing restaurant isn't a Michelin-starred bistro or a Parisian institution, but an all-you-can-eat buffet on the outskirts of Narbonne.

The secret Japanese snack bars hidden in plain sight

Turkey's caffeine-free coffee alternative

The Mexican beer you can only buy at Christmas


Earth

News imageA woman crosses the street wearng a scarf, hat and coat as she braves the freezing weather in Chicago, Illinois

US braces for 'extremely dangerous' winter storm

The National Weather Service warns the winter blast "will pose a life-threatening risk of hypothermia".

How the polar vortex fuels intense winter weather

Russian cosmonaut captures stunning aurora from space

Nature loss is a risk to UK national security, intelligence group warns


Video

News imageChris Pratt's father-in-law Arnold Schwarzenegger goes big on Christmas

Arnold Schwarzenegger goes big on Christmas

Chris Pratt talks about this year's unique present from Arnold Schwarzenegger that will be hard to re-gift.

The lab recreating melting glaciers to forecast sea levels

Dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi speaks to the BBC

The undersea mountains where sharks rule


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