What was in Alexis Jay’s 2022 report?published at 13:41 Greenwich Mean Time 13:41 GMT As we reported earlier, the government has pointed to previous inquiries, when explaining why it would not set up a new inquiry. In October 2022, child protection expert Prof Alexis Jay finished a seven-year inquiry into sexual abuse of children across […]
The rocket’s first attempt to launch on Monday was scrubbed around because ice had accumulated on a propellant line. Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket has blasted off from Florida on its first mission to space, an inaugural step into Earth’s orbit for Jeff Bezos’s space company. Thirty storeys tall, standing at 98 metres (321.5 feet),
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The ban by US regulators on Wednesday in food items comes more than three decades after it was barred from cosmetics. The United States has banned the use of a synthetic food dye that gives some candies, cakes and certain oral medications a cherry-red colour, following evidence that the dye causes cancer in laboratory rats.
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Today on The Stream, AI’s role in news raises concerns about journalistic integrity, deepfakes, misinformation, and accountability in content creation. As artificial intelligence transforms news production, it offers both innovation and ethical challenges. While AI can streamline content and analyse data, it also raises concerns about misinformation, deepfakes, and accountability. How can the news industry
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Are higher borrowing costs a ‘global’ problem?published at 12:42 Greenwich Mean Time 12:42 GMT By Ben Chu, BBC Verify policy and analysis correspondent Challenged on the rise in UK borrowing costs since the Budget, Keir Starmer said: “The global economy is experiencing higher borrowing costs.” It’s correct that borrowing costs are up across most developed
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Asian country welcomed record 36.8 million visitors in 2024, tourism agency says. Japan welcomed the most visitors in history in 2024, as the country’s weak currency fuelled a tourism boom, according to official figures. More than 36.8 million people visited the Asian country for business or leisure last year, estimates from the Japan National Tourism
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Deaths from bombs and other traumatic injuries during the first nine months of the war in Gaza may have been underestimated by more than 40 percent, according to a new analysis published in The Lancet. The peer-reviewed statistical analysis, led by epidemiologists at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, used modeling in an
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Hopes are running high that a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza might finally be reached. Negotiators in Doha, Qatar appear to be on the brink of breaking a deadlock in ceasefire talks to end 15 months of Israel’s war on Gaza. In his final foreign policy speech, the outgoing US President Joe
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The move escalates the case against Kizza Besigye as a treachery conviction is punishable by the death penalty. A Ugandan military court has ruled that prominent opposition figure Kizza Besigye can be tried on the charge of treachery, for which he could face the death penalty if convicted. The ruling on Tuesday escalates the legal
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Chancellor says she’ll go ‘further and faster’ on growth planpublished at 13:35 Greenwich Mean Time 13:35 GMT Faisal IslamEconomics editor Media caption, Rachel Reeves: Need to go further and faster to kickstart growth The key line was the chancellor said the government will go “further and faster” on its growth plan. She said market volatility
