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The video appeal comes as a deadline looms to pay the people believed to be holding the TV hosts’s mum.

The call for Sir Keir Starmer to resign is a defining moment in Sarwar’s leadership of Scottish Labour.

The health secretary says he is publishing the messages “after a weekend of smear and innuendo that I have something to hide”.

Bongani Ntanzi says investigators were not specific on the date the soccer captain was killed

The state witness known as Mr X concedes errors in evidence on Brian Wainstein murder.

The inquest into the Enyobeni Tavern tragedy has been postponed to 23 February 2026.

Ramaphosa visited the bereaved Bolana family in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape to pay his respects.

Vizsla Silver Corp says that family members of some of the kidnapped workers have informed the company that their relatives were found dead.

Mona Juul and her husband Terje Rød-Larsen – who played a vital role in the Oslo Accords – are being investigated for “aggravated corruption”.

BBC News Persian Forensic has been able to confirm the security forces’ deployment of a wide array of lethal and non-lethal weaponry.

Police say the “transnational” criminal group has been in operation since 2017.

Africa is pursuing a single electricity market to overcome the limitations of fragmented national power grids that constrain economic growth and energy access

Insurgents have carried out a wave of drone strikes on military positions in the region.

Eritrea has previously denied accusations that its soldiers are in Ethiopia supporting rebels.

The tech giants are under scrutiny over social media addiction in a landmark jury trial in Los Angeles

The DA is the third largest party in the North West. 

O’Sullivan initially insisted on appearing virtually citing a fear of his life.

The Enquiry, which is probing Chauke’s fitness to hold office, sat briefly today.

Pretorius says the city needs a good turnaround strategy and the DA is poised to improve lives.

Paul Green leaves his role as Chelsea’s head of women’s football after 13 years – and 19 trophies – with the Women’s Super League club.

Team GB’s Mia Brookes remains positive as she reflects on her narrow medal miss in the snowboarding big air final and looks ahead to the slopestyle event at the Winter Olympics.

Head coach Andy Farrell has largely been a loyal selector throughout his Ireland tenure but will last week’s heavy loss in Paris lead to changes for Italy in Dublin on Saturday?

Formula 1 design legend Adrian Newey says Aston Martin’s new car is “one of the more extreme interpretations” of this year’s new rules.

Cap-busting tax hike will be embarrassing for the party, which has made low council tax a priority

Reform-led Worcestershire county council is likely to issue England’s largest council tax rise this April after it was given special permission by the government to increase it by up to 9%.

Worcestershire is one of a handful of authorities whose requests to be allowed to increase local rates above...

A viral voice note between Roedean and King David Linksfield claimed parents had ‘pressurised’ the school to shun its Jewish rivals.

New couple alert? Kim Kardashian and Lewis Hamilton have a very public date at a high profile sports event.

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Top-order batter Aiden Markram contributed 59 runs and seam bowler Lungi Ngidi took 4/31, leading the SA team to victory.

Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.

BMW’s factory in South Africa has been producing cars for over 50 years.

Concerns are mounting that VW could close its Kariega plant soon.

The number waiting for an organ is at a record high as loved ones increasingly block donations.

Rebecca Combellack says she found out she had breast cancer after losing weight and finding a lump.