
Rescuers race to free seven people trapped in flooded Laos cave
A team of experts who helped free a teen football team from a Thai cave in 2018 are among the rescuers.
WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2026, 08:22

A team of experts who helped free a teen football team from a Thai cave in 2018 are among the rescuers.

The heatwave in the UK and Peter Murrell’s admission of embezzling £400,000 of SNP funds top the papers.

US Central Command says the strikes on Iranian missile launch sites and boats were taken in “self-defence”.

Lord Wolfson tells the BBC Next now typically receives double the number of applicants for one role than it did two years ago.

The charity says more than half of attacks happened on or near land managed for game shooting.

Tech minister Liz Kendall told the BBC the government would publish a response to the consultation in the summer.

Custard apple plants are prized for their hardiness but exporting their delicate fruit is difficult.

The British-era Gymkhana Club is facing eviction, triggering a legal battle and a wave of nostalgia.

Hoping to make the roster for the U.S. Men’s National team going to the World Cup, Tim Ream knows there’s a lot riding on the tournament, from playing well to growing a new generation of fans at home.

A school assistant goes on trial accused of sexual mistreatment of children in his care, in the latest case to rock the Paris school system.

Interim manager Craig McLeish has not been fancied for the St Mirren job permanently. But after keeping the club up amid a rollercoaster season, will that change?
Highlights from the second leg of the Premiership play-off final.

Coverage from Hove as England and New Zealand clash in the third of their T20 matches.

The BBC’s Bernd Debusmann explains the routine medical check of the president of the US.

Former finalist Casper Ruud overcomes struggles with the stifling Paris heat to reach the second round of the French Open.
A declared ‘moratorium’ on prosecutions under the TRC left justice stalled as critical investigations were derailed, highlighting contentious alleged political interference.

Bridget Phillipson will ask the competition watchdog to examine costs that families are still facing in government-funded childcare.
In response to xenophobic tensions, African ambassadors clarify they are postponing their own Africa Day celebrations for security reasons, not boycotting the main event in South Africa.