Why Serbian elections are so important – as students challenge 12 years of Vučić rule
Vučić has spent two terms as president and cannot seek a third term, so he is now leading his party with the aim of returning to the post of prime minister, which he left in 2017. The right-wing populist leader has doubled down on unfounded allegations…
FCA Proposes Sweeping SM&CR Overhaul, Ending Certification for 139,000 Staff
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have proposed a sweeping rollback of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR), a deregulation move projected to save financial firms £2 billion over the…
Venezuelans demand elections in first national protest in nearly two years | US-Venezuela Tensions News
Published On 23 Oct 202623 Oct 2026 Thousands of Venezuelans have taken to the streets in several cities to demand free elections and other political changes, in the first nationwide opposition protest in nearly two years. US President Donald Trump and…
Powerful earthquake in Tibet’s Nagqu area leaves 16 dead
The electricity supply has been cut off and 339 homes have collapsed in the affected region, though by Friday morning there were reports of power restored in some areas. Local media said more than 12,400 people have been relocated after the earthquake.…
L’Oreal says weight loss drugs are impacting beauty and skin care sales
Beauty giant L’Oreal says the rise of weight loss drugs has affected beauty and skin care sales, as it designs products to specifically target some side effects of rapid weight loss. The company’s head Nicolas Hieronimus said the beauty…
Surveillance and ‘constant paranoia’: Western diplomats tell BBC of life in war-time Moscow
“Being the ambassador to Russia was probably the hardest assignment of my career,” Lynne Tracy, who represented the US in Moscow from 2023 and 2025, tells the BBC. US, UK and European diplomats once played a crucial role in Russia, defusing…
First Nigeria and Kenya Ebola patients may have crossed paths at Uganda airport, officials say
The Kenyan man had travelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo through Uganda before arriving in Nairobi on 3 October. He later died, becoming Kenya’s first recorded Ebola death in the current outbreak. Although both patients passed through…
Israel arrests 36 Palestinians in the West Bank, attacks on farmers ramp up | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Israeli pogroms on Palestinian farmers and their lands during the olive harvest season intensify. Published On 23 Oct 202623 Oct 2026 Israeli forces have arrested 36 Palestinians during raids across the occupied West Bank, as attacks on Palestinian…