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Many criminal cases should be decided by judges to reduce the backlog, a senior judge recommends.

The comments come after 50 more people make fresh claims about the TV presenter.

Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte are in the UK for a three-day trip.

Sheikh Hasina authorised lethal force against protesters, according to leaked audio verified by the BBC.

Video shows a home being swept down a flooded river in Ruidoso, where waters have risen 15 feet, according to weather officials.

Five men have now been convicted for their part in the arson attack, which caused £1m of damage.

Governor Greg Abbott said search and rescue efforts would continue in the wake of the deadly floods "until this job is finished".

A 3p rise in free school meals funding is "almost an insult", school caterers organisation LACA says.

The boss of the CBI says he would support cutting the allowance on cash ISAs to encourage more people to invest in shares.

About 800 firefighters are at the scene, France's interior minister says, and will battle the blaze through the night.

The star illegally advertised prescription-only weight loss drugs, the advertising watchdog found.

As the initial findings of the Post Office inquiry are released, sub-postmasters tell the BBC how they feel.

Seema Misra and Janet Skinner share their feelings of pain and call for accountability in the Post Office scandal.

A key report into the Horizon IT scandal details the huge impact on sub-postmasters and their families.

The Combs verdict in itself is unlikely to lead to wider changes in the industry, according to insiders

A report on the Post Office scandal dominates the front pages of Wednesday's newspapers.

England and Wales hope to avoid double elimination in their second round of matches at Euro 2025 in Switzerland.

The US president reveals his poker "tell" by showing he is open to delays to secure trade deals.

The French president met the Prince and Princess of Wales, the King and Queen and dignitaries on the first day of his state visit.

Experts are divided if the drop over really means China has reached the peak of its emissions.

President Putin sacked his transport minister. Hours later, his body was found in a park with a gunshot wound to the head.

The announcement came after the Grok AI chatbot gave controversial answers to user queries.

Sunak will take up the part-time role while remaining Conservative MP for Richmond and Northallerton.

Similar threats are looming over pharmaceuticals, lumber and semiconductors.

An employee of G8 Education, one of Australia's largest private childcare operators, was charged with child rape.

Second meeting this week comes as US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff suggests Israel and Hamas have one remaining issue in negotiations.

It was "horrible", "stressful" and "isolating" those affected tell BBC News.

Landlords will no longer be allowed to require tenants with pets to take out special insurance.

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Newscast is in COBR as it's announced there will be a new national emergency alert test.

The US president has made Los Angeles his deportations battleground

In her latest BBC Sport column, Naomi Broady analyses the displays of the leading British players and what they can take going forward.

Chelsea's search for a centre-forward has been far, wide and expensive - but has Joao Pedro already shown he could be the answer?

In her latest column for BBC Sport, Anita Asante discusses where it went wrong in England's 2-1 defeat by France and how they can bounce back.

Open champion Xander Schauffele is going through a worrying reversal of fortune for a player about to defend the sport's most historic title, writes Iain Carter.

The British and Irish Lions need to ditch the tippy-tappy style and be ruthless 'hounds of hell' when they face the Brumbies in Canberra on Wednesday.

Germany's Lea Schuller takes advantage and puts Germany ahead after Denmark's Emma Farge smashes the ball into the face of her own team-mate Emma Snerle in the Group C match.