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BBC Correspondents' Look Ahead to 2026

BBC correspondents discuss the events and trends set to shape 2026.

01/01/2026 01:06 GMT

The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen

The hostage negotiator’s guide to making deals with Putin’s Russia

Roger Carstens on how he freed Americans wrongfully detained by Russia

01/01/2026 02:06 GMT

The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen

Kibera ballerinas

Aspiring dancers in Kibera, Kenya, prepare for their biggest show yet

Danger, High Voltage

Workmen re-connecting derelict buildings to the UK power grid spark suspicion.

01/01/2026 04:06 GMT

The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen

What's the point of cookbooks?

We ask why people are still willing to pay for recipes

New Year arrives in New York City

Around a million revellers braved the cold weather to gather in Times Square

Trump orders withdrawal of the National Guard from Democrat-run cities

The Guard was controversially deployed to tackle illegal immigration and crime

01/01/2026

The launch of our Today's Babies series looking at parenthood of early years children.

01/01/2026 09:06 GMT

The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen

Kibera ballerinas

Aspiring dancers in Kibera, Kenya, prepare for their biggest show yet

Positive news stories

01/01/2026 11:06 GMT

The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen

The death of reading

What do we lose when screens replace books?

Several dozen presumed dead in Swiss fire

Around 100 are injured, with "several nationalities" involved.

Mason: Why 2026 is Keir Starmer's make or break year

The BBC's political editor reflects on why the next 12 months may prove decisive.

Dozens of people die after fire at Swiss ski resort

More than a hundred people were also injured in the fire in a bar in Crans-Montana

Switzerland ski resort fire

Several dozen people are thought to have died

Swiss authorities: 'around 40' killed in ski resort bar fire

One hundred and fifteen others have been injured in Crans-Montana. We have the latest.

A fire at a Swiss ski resort kills around 40 people

The fire broke out in a bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana.

What will be the biggest US stories of 2026?

Our predictions go into a new 2026 time capsule!

The science of a trustworthy face: Spotting a liar (or Traitor)

Is it possible to spot a liar? Pallab Ghosh investigates for BBC InDepth.

01/01/2026 19:06 GMT

The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen

2026/01/01 GMT

BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.

01/01/2026 20:06 GMT

Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.

Around 40 people killed and 115 injured in New Year fire at Swiss bar

Sixty people are receiving care at Sion hospital with more being treated elsewhere.

At least 40 killed in fire at Swiss ski resort

115 injured, many with severe burns, as bar goes up in flames during New Year's party

Who Killed the Shakoors?

4. Forensic evidence

With claims of evidence compromised and mistakes made, we focus on crime scene forensics.