1 hour ago BBC Breakfast hosts announce sad news on air after 'difficult situation'

BBC Breakfast presenters Sally Nugent and Roger Johnson were back on our screens on Wednesday morning

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2 h. ago BBC Breakfast stars announce devastating news just minutes into show

BBC Breakfast presenters Sally Nugent and Roger Johnson announced "difficult" news during Wednesday's show

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2 h. ago Rachel Reeves gives tax rises and cuts update and blames Brexit

Chancellor said 'of course, we’re looking at tax and spending' in new interview before November 26 Budget

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2 h. ago Is ANY of it your fault, Rachel? Reeves blames Brexit, austerity, Farage and the Tories as she admits tax rises and spending cuts ARE coming in the Budget

Rachel Reeves tried to slough off responsibility as she gave the clearest indication yet that more pain is coming in the Budget.

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2 h. ago BBC Breakfast interrupted as hosts open up on 'difficult situation'

BBC Breakfast presenters Sally Nugent and Roger Johnson were back on our screens on Wednesday morning

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2 h. ago Reeves admits she’s looking at tax rises and spending cuts in Budget

The chancellor blamed Brexit for the move, saying it has had a ‘severe’ impact on the public finances

Economics

9 h. ago Revealed: Migrants make up one in every SIX universal credit recipients

It comes after the Tories last week unveiled bold plans to bar foreign nationals from claiming universal credit and other benefits, in a bid to slash billions of Government spending.

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9 h. ago Illegal migrants facing deportation 'are given art classes and IT lessons... at a cost to the taxpayer'

Prisoners and those having their immigration status decided at Brook House and Tinsley House, near Gatwick Airport, will apparently have access to a range of luxuries including 'welfare buddies'.

Economics

10 h. ago US Senate again rejects Republican plan to end government shutdown

Eighth Senate vote fails on 49-45 tally as Congress remains deadlocked on legislation amid now two-week shutdownUS politics live – latest updatesCongress remained deadlocked on legislation to reopen the federal government, as the US Senate on Tuesday again rejected a Republican plan to end the government shutdown that began two weeks ago.The eighth Senate vote to advance a Republican bill that would fund government operations through 21 November failed on a 49-45 tally – far short of the 60 needed for advancement in the chamber. In a sign that that there has been little if any progress toward ending the stalemate, no senators changed their votes from the last time the measure was brought to the floor, though there were a handful of absences. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Home secretary issues warning amid failure to tackle migrant crisis

Shabana Mahmood will insist that Britain can only stem the flow of migrants through international co-operation

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12 h. ago Failure to tackle migrant crisis is eroding trust in politicians, Mahmood warns

Shabana Mahmood is to issue the warning as she hosts her counterparts from across the Western Balkans, as well as other European allies, in London.

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12 h. ago The common misdiagnosis that might be to blame for surging cases of autism

While autism diagnoses are increasing in the US, experts caution that what appears to be autism could sometimes be obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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12 h. ago Trump threatens removal of World Cup games from Boston, Olympics from LA

US President says games could be moved due to safetyBoston street takeovers, LA wildfires are blamedDonald Trump has again said he’d pressure Fifa to remove 2026 World Cup games from a host city on the basis of that city’s politics, with Boston becoming the third such city to come in for threats from the US president. Trump also said he would consider similar action against Los Angeles for the 2028 Olympics on account of potential safety issues.Trump has no legal authority to directly take either action, but he can apply pressure to each competition’s governing body to move host cities. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago CCTV of asylum seeker 'following migrant hotel worker to deserted railway platform where he stabbed her to death with a screwdriver' is shown in court

Sudanese national Deng Chol Majek, who claims he is 19, went on trial on Tuesday accused of launching a 'frenzied attack' on Rhiannon Whyte as she commuted home from the Park Inn Hotel.

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15 h. ago PM's groundsman jailed for attack on murder victim's dad outside Old Bailey

Jeffrey Johnson, 24, admitted to the ‘disgraceful’ attack outside the Old Bailey courthouse

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15 h. ago ‘Prolific’ London people smuggler caught after yacht of migrants ran aground

‘Prolific’ London people smuggler caught after yacht of migrants ran aground  Enfield Independent

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15 h. ago London people smuggler caught after yacht of migrants ran aground

Mohammed Ali Nareman, 37, was deemed unfit to stand trial because he suffered from depression, panic attacks and post-traumatic stress disorder

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16 h. ago House speaker defends White House using research funding to pay military during government shutdown – live

Mike Johnson says Trump administration has ‘every right’ to move around ‘duly appropriated dollars from Congress to Department of Defense’China has hit back at accusations from the US that it is trying to hurt the world economy, as the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies appeared to re-escalate, amped up by aggressive rhetoric on both sides.China’s commerce ministry said on Tuesday that the US was “threatening to intimidate” with the prospect of new tariffs on Chinese exports, “which is not the right way to get along with China”. Its spokesperson said that China would “fight to the end” in trade talks. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Some airports refuse to play Noem video on shutdown impact, saying it's political

Some airports around the country are saying they won’t play a video with a message from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in which she blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown and its impacts on operations to screen travelers

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16 h. ago Prolific people smuggler caught after yacht of migrants ran aground

Mohammed Ali Nareman was found to have committed multiple people-smuggling offences relating to small boats, HGVs and a yacht.

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