Sabalenka beats Anisimova in ‘incredible match’ to reach Riyadh final
Aryna Sabalenka says winning an “incredible” semi-final against Amanda Anisimova will be “great preparation” for facing Elena Rybakina in Saturday’s WTA Finals decider.
Fire-blocking chemicals promise safer buildings
New treatments promise to make buildings fire-resistant without using older, toxic chemicals.
Failing care homes not reinspected within a year
BBC finds a fifth of care homes rated “inadequate” were not reinspected within a year or more.
Betting firms ‘scaremongering’ over tax rises, say MPs
Rachel Reeves has suggested that she could increase taxes on online bets in the budget.
After weeks of tension, plots and sabotage, Celebrity Traitors has come to a nail-biting end
On Thursday night, we finally found out who has emerged victorious in The Celebrity Traitors.
PM ‘angry and frustrated’ at mistaken prisoner releases
Algerian sex offender Brahim Kaddour-Cherif is still at large but fraudster Billy Smith hands himself back in.
Elon Musk’s $1tn pay deal approved by Tesla shareholders
The richest man in the world will get hundreds of millions of new shares if he hits his targets.
UN lifts sanctions on Syrian president ahead of White House visit
US ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz said the move sent a “strong political signal” that Syria was in a “new era”.
COP30: World leaders take aim at Trump for climate inaction
World leaders address COP30 climate summit in Belém and take aim at Trump record on climate change.
Russian soldier sentenced to life in jail in unprecedented Ukrainian trial
In the first ruling of its kind, Dmitry Kurashov was found guilty of killing an unarmed Ukrainian soldier who had surrendered.