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- A Russian spy ship has appeared near Britain's shores - how worried are defence chiefs?
[15 hours old]: The movements of the Yantar is a worry for Britain's defence chiefs and provocative.

. Hotel adverts banned over misleadingly cheap rooms
[22 hours old]: Ads for Hilton, Travelodge, Booking.com and Accor are banned by the Advertising Standards Authority.

. 'This is the big one' - tech firms bet on electrifying rail
[493 hours old]: Railway operators have new options for electric trains including getting rid of locomotives altogether.

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- US military officials in Kyiv as Europe warns against reported Russia peace plan
[1 hours old]: It comes after reports the US and Russia have prepared a 28-point peace plan, allegedly with major concessions from Ukraine.

- The private notes and secret documents that tell the inside story of the UK's Covid response
[13 hours old]: The Covid inquiry is set to publish its second set of findings looking in detail at the huge political decisions that had to be made in 2020.

- Rapist ex-Met officer given another life sentence for further sex offences
[1 hours old]: David Carrick is sentenced for sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl and raping a former partner.

* Trump signs bill ordering US justice department to release Epstein files
[1 hours old]: The bill gives the US Justice Department 30 days to release all the files in a searchable format.

- Burnham refuses to rule out challenging Starmer for leadership
[2 hours old]: Burnham says he is focused on his current role as Manchester mayor but could not say what the future holds.

* Children in Need chair resigns after crash conviction
[0 hours old]: Terence Duddy has been replaced as chair of BBC Children in Need after he drove into a cyclist.

- Failed asylum seekers could be given 'big increase' in payments to leave UK, home secretary says
[7 hours old]: Home secretary says she will consider "a big increase" in payments to persuade people to leave the UK voluntarily.

* Teachers in Scotland could work flexible four-day week in class under new plans
[0 hours old]: Two teaching unions are holding strike ballots over how long teachers should spend in the classroom.

- How bravery of two women led to 'monster' Met officer's conviction for more sex crimes
[2 hours old]: David Carrick is already serving life in prison, but he now faces a further sentence.

- The real fallout after the ousting of Labour from a super safe seat in Wales
[12 hours old]: Now Labour faces its toughest task yet in Wales - convincing voters to keep believing, ahead of the 2026 Senedd election

- Princely handshake with Paddington - and other best pictures from Royal Variety Performance
[1 hours old]: The royals shake hands with Paddington and discuss marmalade sandwiches backstage.

- Why trying too hard may be holding you back at work
[12 hours old]: Perfectionism looks good on paper, but its consequences might be the very thing keeping you stuck.

- Why an AI 'godfather' is quitting Meta after 12 years
[2 hours old]: One of the pioneers in the current AI boom, he has had disagreements with fellow engineers over the future of the technology.

- Lando Norris or Oscar Piastri - who will win F1 title?
[6 hours old]: Damon Hill, 1996 F1 World Champion, looks at who is best placed going into the final three races of the season, with a battle between McLaren team-mates.

- Settlement reached after baby choked on pasta at nursery
[2 hours old]: Oliver's parents are glad to have reached a settlement with Jelly Beans Day Nursery in Ashford.

* We'll take time to get trans guidance right, says minister
[0 hours old]: The new code of practice on access to single-sex services cannot gain legal force until it gets sign-off from ministers.

- Finally... last episodes of Friends spin-off Joey available in US
[1 hours old]: The last eight episodes of Joey were never broadcast in the US after the show was cancelled in 2006.

- Paris court blocks auction of earliest-known calculator
[11 hours old]: The court blocked La Pascaline, a 400-year-old calculating machine, from being exported from France.

- Woman jailed for 20 years over murder of Australian surfer brothers in Mexico
[3 hours old]: Ari Gisell told her boyfriend she liked the tyres on their car, instigating the carjacking that killed three surfers in Mexico last year.

- Ashes predictions - TMS pundits have their say
[2 hours old]: Test Match Special pundits including Michael Vaughan and Jonathan Agnew give their predictions for the 2025-26 Ashes series.

- Panel split over disallowed Liverpool goal at Man City
[2 hours old]: The Premier League's KMI Panel votes 3-2 both that Liverpool's goal should have stood on-field, but didn't reach the VAR threshold.

- Smith aims bizarre Mastermind jibe at former spinner Panesar
[3 hours old]: Stand-in Australia captain Steve Smith takes a bizarre swipe at former England spinner Monty Panesar on the eve of the first Ashes Test.

- How does Arsenal defence compare to Premier League's best?
[2 hours old]: Where do Arsenal's back four rank in terms of the best ever in the Premier League?

- How Norris and Piastri's strengths stack up in F1 title fight
[6 hours old]: Damon Hill, 1996 F1 World Champion, looks at who is best placed going into the final three races of the season, with a battle between McLaren team-mates.

- Are you not being entertained? The decline of the open-play goal
[4 hours old]: Open-play goals have been on the decline this season and BBC Sport takes a closer look at the trend.

- Ford boss: 'Now is not the time to tax electric vehicles'
[13 hours old]: Ford's UK boss says it is "not the right time" to tax electric vehicles when demand has already stalled.

- Nvidia shares rise after strong results ease 'AI bubble' concerns
[5 hours old]: The chip maker says revenue for the three months to October jumped 62% to bn.

- Major League Baseball signs deals with Netflix, ESPN and NBCUniversal
[11 hours old]: The media deals will allow the platforms to show select baseball games over upcoming seasons.

- Ex-Harvard president Larry Summers stops teaching as university investigates Epstein emails
[10 hours old]: The former US treasury secretary has faced a backlash over frequent messages to Epstein.

- White House has apologised over Georgia raid, says Hyundai boss
[13 hours old]: The carmaker's CEO said the raid was "a bad surprise" but the firm will continue to invest in the US.

* Everything you need to know about the Budget
[0 hours old]: Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering both tax rises and spending cuts in the 26 November Budget.

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. The Google Boss And The Massive AI Gamble
[43 hours old]: Google boss gives BBC a warning about the economic risks of the AI bubble.

. Will Trump delay releasing the Epstein Files?
[66 hours old]: Donald Trump has urged House Republicans to vote to release the Epstein Files.

. Good for mortgages, bad for the food shop - how inflation dip affects you
[25 hours old]: The rate of inflation has fallen prompting hopes of lower mortgage rates, but food prices are still rising.

. The contradiction at the heart of the trillion-dollar AI race
[23 hours old]: The confusing question lingering over the AI hype is whether it could be a bubble at risk of bursting

. UK inflation rate hits lowest level in four months
[28 hours old]: Prices have been rising more slowly in the twelve months to October but food prices bucked the trend.

. Dutch government suspends intervention into chipmaker Nexperia
[21 hours old]: The move comes after Beijing blocked exports of the firm's chips in response to the Hague intervening into Chinese-owned chipmaker.

. On the front line of Europe's standoff with Russia's sanction-busting shadow fleet
[37 hours old]: With Europe imposing sanctions on Moscow, there has been a growing network of vessels sailing without a valid flag from Russia through European waters.

. Time taken to bring shoplifters to justice is 'unacceptable', retailers tell BBC
[24 hours old]: The BBC followed a series of shoplifting cases which highlight how shops have waited months for thieves to be brought to justice.

. Judge rules Meta doesn't have monopoly after Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions
[40 hours old]: The decision allows Instagram's parent company to avoid the prospect of the company breaking up

. Baby Shark: How a 90-second clip created a 0m business
[38 hours old]: Shares in the firm behind the highly-addictive children's song rose by more than 9% in their stock market debut.

. Google boss says trillion-dollar AI investment boom has 'elements of irrationality'
[49 hours old]: In an exclusive BBC interview, Sundar Pichai hailed artificial intelligence as an "extraordinary moment" but said no company would be immune if bubble burst.

. Millionaires say 'we want to pay more tax'
[31 hours old]: Two wealthy businessmen say the chancellor should make them pay more ahead of the Budget.

. Don't blindly trust what AI tells you, says Google's Sundar Pichai
[43 hours old]: Sundar Pichai candidly acknowledged concerns about inaccurate answers generated by Google's models.

. Eight firms under investigation over online pricing
[46 hours old]: The Competition and Markets Authority is taking the action following a review of online pricing and sales practices.

. Tech giant seeking .7bn from Mike Lynch's estate after yacht death
[39 hours old]: Hewlett-Packard is seeking payment from the estate of Mike Lynch, who died when his yacht sank last year.

. Cloudflare apologises for outage which took down X and ChatGPT
[45 hours old]: "We apologise to our customers and the Internet in general" the web infrastructure company said.

. UK bank customer protection rises to £120,000
[46 hours old]: Customers will see a significant increase in the amount of money protected if their bank collapses.

. Thames Water rescue plan attacked by excluded bidders
[45 hours old]: Potential bidders say they are frustrated to have been frozen out of talks on the future of the UK's biggest water utility.

. The Egyptian green tech firm looking to cut energy bills
[61 hours old]: Saving System has developed a device that it says can help firms save electricity.

. Annual energy bills predicted to fall by £22 in January
[51 hours old]: The widely respected Cornwall Insight forecasts the typical household energy bill from will fall to £1,733 in the new year.

. HMRC's suspension of child benefit payments 'cavalier' - MPs
[61 hours old]: HM Revenue & Customs Tax office apologised after an error in its checks led to payments being stopped.

. Freddie Mercury celebrated on Royal Mint collectable
[51 hours old]: The coin's release coincides with the 40th anniversary of Queen's legendary 1985 Live Aid performance.

. From florist to drone maker: How the weapon became so mainstream
[135 hours old]: With drones centre stage in Ukraine, military firms around the globe are ramping up their production.

. Will AI mean better adverts or 'creepy slop'?
[46 hours old]: Advertisers are using AI to personalise adverts but not everyone agrees that's a good idea.

. The Kenyan start-up aiming to electrify African transport
[229 hours old]: From fleets of e-bikes to individual riders, eWaka aims to sell across Africa's delivery market.

. Fire-blocking chemicals promise safer buildings
[325 hours old]: New treatments promise to make buildings fire-resistant without using older, toxic chemicals.

. Will quantum be bigger than AI?
[349 hours old]: The highly complex technology is increasingly being tipped to transform computing.

. The start-up creating science kits for young Africans
[397 hours old]: Stemaide's goal is to bring tech skills to young Africans and prepare them for future jobs.

. Businesses are running out of pennies in the US
[471 hours old]: Find a penny, pick it up, then what? Now the US has stopped making pennies, a shortage has emerged and created confusion.

. The US bet big with Argentina bailout - is it paying off?
[493 hours old]: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has called the Argentine peso "undervalued". But not many people agree.

. Should K-beauty products have to come from South Korea?
[517 hours old]: Sales of Korean skincare treatments continue to soar, but some are now made by overseas companies.

. The South African start-up bringing tech to townships
[565 hours old]: Entrepreneur Talifhani Banks has bought a modern delivery system to smaller firms in South Africa.

. These robots can clean, exercise - and care for you in old age. Would you trust them to?
[565 hours old]: It sounds like something from a sci-fi film - but some scientists believe this clever new tech could help alleviate strains on the UK care system

. Why the 5G symbol on your phone doesn't mean you have 5G
[563 hours old]: New research shows that 40% of the time a phone displays the 5G symbol, it is actually using a 4G connection.

. The striking Swedish workers taking on carmaker Tesla
[589 hours old]: The industrial action against the company's operation in Sweden has reached its second anniversary.

. Can the plastic recycling industry be saved?
[662 hours old]: Plastic recycling plants in Europe are being shut as they struggle to find a business model

. How the outsourcing sector became South Africa's newest goldmine
[686 hours old]: South African firms that do remote work for North American and European businesses growing strongly.

. When will UK interest rates fall again?
[25 hours old]: The interest rate set by the Bank of England affects mortgage, loan and savings rates for millions.

. Why is UK inflation still high?
[25 hours old]: UK Inflation has fallen from record highs but remains above the Bank of England's 2% target.

. Heating tips to keep your home warm when budgets are squeezed
[26 hours old]: As temperatures fall across much of the UK, how should you heat your home and keep yourself safe?


. The £5.30 orange juice that tells the story of why supermarket prices are sky high
[702 hours old]: Butter, chocolate, coffee and milk have all seen prices rocket. Tracing back through the story of one particular supermarket staple begins to explain why

. How Milei's 'Thatcherite' economics divided his nation - but won over Trump
[889 hours old]: Ahead of Milei's visit to the White House - amid protests and anger on the streets back at home - Ione Wells unravels the paradox that Argentina's president has created

. Trump's state visit is mired with potential pitfalls despite careful planning
[1574 hours old]: Months of preparations have gone into this state visit - but the Lord Mandelson question is not the only concern troubling insiders.

. The UK car industry is at a tipping point - can it be saved?
[2390 hours old]: Tariffs, Brexit, pandemic havoc... All of this caused short-term disruption - but the impact concealed a deeper problem for the UK automotive industry

. Trump's global tariffs 'victory' may well come at a high price
[2678 hours old]: The US president considers it a win - but if this all triggers a foundational realignment, the results may not break in his favour

. Three bits of good news about inflation drop
[26 hours old]: The UK inflation rate fell to 3.6% in the year to October, but food prices rose again following a dip in September. The BBC's deputy economics editor Dharshini David explains.

. Why debit cards can cost more than credit cards
[144 hours old]: Are credit cards 'bad' and debit cards 'good'? Martin Lewis explains why it's not that simple.

. The Briefing Room
[167 hours old]: What are the consequences of the UK's low productivity growth?