Swedish MP intervenes in ‘damaging’ Brexit row over elderly Britons ordered to leave

The deportation and removal of British citizens from Sweden over Brexit residency rights is damaging relations with the UK amid efforts to improve links with London, a Swedish MP has said.

Landmark trial on Meta’s impact on children’s mental health begins in US

Case follows whistleblower’s 2021 claims about Meta’s profit-driven disregard for youth mental health and user safety.

Opening statements in a landmark US case brought by a bipartisan coalition of 29 states against Meta – the parent company of Facebook and Instagram – began on Tuesday, with Colorado, California, New Jersey and Kentucky arguing that the company’s popular social media apps were designed in ways that harmed the mental health of young users.

Phyllida Law: Actress who starred with daughters Emma and Sophie Thompson dies

Stage and screen star Phyllida Law, the mother of fellow actresses Dame Emma and Sophie Thompson, has died at the age of 94.

"It is with great sadness we have to announce that Phyllida Law died supremely peacefully at home, surrounded by all of her family, on Monday 27th July," her manager Jacky Leggo said in a statement to BBC News.

Giant's Causeway: 10,000 rock damaging coins removed from landmark

The 'fiddly and frustrating' work removing 10,000 coins from Giant's Causeway columns

UK weather: Thunderstorms could bring risk of flash flooding

Heavy showers and thunderstorms bring risk of flash flooding to UK

Burnham scraps restrictions on disabled people’s bus passes in England

Disabled people across England will be able to use their free bus passes at any time of day from next April, as Andy Burnham expands a policy he introduced as mayor of Greater Manchester.

Netanyahu party campaign billboard likens Mamdani to leaders of Iran and Hezbollah

Benjamin Netanyahu’s party has compared the New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, to the leaders of Iran and Hezbollah on a campaign billboard.

The billboard in central Tel Aviv depicts Mamdani alongside the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, and the chief of the militant group Hezbollah, Naim Qassem.

Zambia elections: Top opposition figures arrested days after presidential vote

Security forces in Zambia have seized weapons and arrested 11 people, including senior opposition figures, allegedly involved in an insurrection plot, the government has said.

The leading opposition candidate in last Thursday's presidential election, Brian Mundubile, was also found at the scene of the raid in the capital, Lusaka, according to the country's top civil servant Patrick Kangwa.

French PM booed on visit to wildfire-affected region as EU sends assistance to Belgium and Spain – Europe live

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EU sends assistance to Belgium and Spain as they battle wildfires

The European Commission has deployed assistance to Belgium and Spain as part of the bloc’s civil protection mechanism.

Virgin takes another step towards Channel Tunnel rail services

Virgin's plans to run rail services between London and Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam have moved closer after it was granted track access by the UK regulator.

The company has been given approval to run up to 20 daily return services through the Channel Tunnel by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), with the agreement running from 1 October 2030 to 31 December 2040.