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Group of escaped monkeys on the loose in western Germany

Israeli strike hits Beirut outskirts as fighting escalates

Zoo relocates bats to 'fantastic' new homes

Ethiopian leader’s 2020 Tigray war speech falsely shared as announcement of attack by Eritrea

Roku’s new home screen is a big change. Here’s how to use it
Roku is shaking up its home screen with its most substantial changes in over a decade. A new design debuting this week adds recommendation rows, quick action tiles, and genre subsections to what was once a simple grid of apps. In some ways it’s an overdue change that helps users make...

Marlon Williams makes history at Aotearoa Music Awards before hiatus
Te Whare Tiwekaweka is the first fully te reo Maori album to win Album of the Year at the Aotearoa Music Awards.

Valve hikes Steam Deck prices by more than 40%, blaming rising costs
The gaming giant said the handheld had not changed but the rise reflected "the current state of component costs"

Soccer-'Least known' World Cup player goes viral with help from Argentine influencer

Israeli attack on Gaza City kills at least 10, including four children

AI-generated election poster reignites anti-China claims in South Korea

Exclusive-ByteDance developing custom CPU chips to support AI rollout, sources say

Musk says SpaceX did not commit to long-term Colossus lease with Anthropic

Exclusive-China works on AI token futures market, sources say, in race with US

Leave that tree alone - arborist
We are far too quick to chop down and cut trees that are perfectly fine, Scott Geddes says.

King's College team wins access to cutting-edge Google quantum chip
King's College London researchers hope the chip will help answer previously unanswerable questions about the most important natural processes.

As it happened: Budget Day 2026 - Govt reveals its 'grown-up' Budget
The finance minister used her election-year Budget to preach prudence and discipline, with the books now forecast to be back in black a year earlier than picked.

Arsenal 2006 v 2026 - select your team
How does the current Arsenal side measure up against the 2006 team who were last in a Champions League final? Take your pick.

Ecclestone targets World Cup glory after mental health struggle
England spinner Sophie Ecclestone on overcoming mental health struggles, her response to fitness criticism and how a T20 World Cup win would "put things right".

Sixteen pupils killed in Kenya school fire

Dame Lynda Topp blasts government in emotional speech
The surviving Topp Twin spoke through tears about the recent death of her sister, while also taking the chance to blast the government's "lousy" arts funding.

RevEng.AI raises USD $15 million to secure software
The funding will help firms spot hidden flaws and backdoors in compiled code as AI-generated software and supplier risk raise security concerns.

Bad ChatGPT answer? Maybe you’re asking the wrong question
The hardest part about working with ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini is getting the prompt just right. If you’re too specific, the AI may give you a narrow answer that misses the big picture. If you’re too vague, you’ll end up with a wishy-washy reply. Or maybe you’re asking the model...

BBC News wins Emmy Award for coverage of Myanmar earthquake
Its reports and live updates on the devastating tremor were marked at an event in New York on Wednesday.

Toyota global sales down again in April

Several die in fire at Kenyan girls' boarding school

At least 16 students killed in fire at Kenya girls school dorm

Inside the world-first simulator training NZ’s rescue helicopter crews
Christchurch’s Westpac Rescue Helicopter base is now home to a world-first piece of technology designed to prepare crews for some of the most dangerous rescues imaginable.

Meta repeatedly snubs EU body over Facebook and Instagram user bans
The BBC has been contacted by hundreds of users who claimed they had been wrongly banned from the sites.

The most iconic Champions League final performances ranked
Steven Gerrard in Istanbul? Gareth Bale's double? Teddy Sheringham or Ole Gunnar Solskjaer? Ranking the best Champions League final performances.