UK to urge full reopening of Strait of Hormuz

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will call for shipping in the Strait of Hormuz to be toll-free and unhindered.

Science teachers offered old telephone box to store chemicals, equipment and students’ work

Teachers express concern they do not have adequate training, resources or facilities for laboratory-based research

Dublin school principal says half of his students are homeless

Tenant describes ‘nightmare’ of neighbour’s sewage flowing in to her home

‘Every time someone flushes in the flats above me, the toilet overflows in my house,’ says SNA

‘The toilet overflows in my house’: Dublin tenant says neighbour’s sewage flows in to her home

‘Every time someone flushes in the flats above me, the toilet overflows in my house,’ says SNA

Watch: BBC asks Artemis II crew a question in space

The BBC’s Science Editor Rebecca Morelle has spoken to the Artemis II crew ahead of their likely splashdown on Saturday.

Is BTS losing its K-pop identity as it aims for a bigger world stage?

BTS turned millions on to K-pop. But now it’s caught between Korea and the world.

Watch: Pope Leo XIV spins basketball on his finger, with help from Harlem Globetrotters

US exhibition squad, the Harlem Globetrotters, met the pontiff in the Vatican, helping him to spin a basketball on the tip of his finger.

Chinese researcher's death after questioning in US prompts anger in Beijing

The semiconductor researcher was found dead after “hostile questioning” by US law enforcement.

Jim Whittaker, first American to Mount Everest summit, dies aged 97

The lifelong outdoors advocate and former president of retailer REI returned to Everest decades later with his son.