BBC News – UK
- The Papers: 'RAF jet crash escape' and 'Tories to cut benefits' 24 September 2026The moment two RAF pilots ejected from a training jet is splashed across the front page of the Daily Mirror.
- Trump offers warm welcome as China's Xi arrives for US visit 24 September 2026The US treasury secretary said that the US and China had reached an agreement to extend a trade truce as Xi began his visit.
- They were labelled 'pervert glasses'. Will a camera-free version transform their image? 24 September 2026Meta has unveiled audio-only smart glasses, with some questioning whether it is a response to the backlash over privacy.
- Eight US sailors assigned to USS Abraham Lincoln attempted suicide, Navy says 24 September 2026In a letter to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao said the crew had adequate mental health support during the long deployment.
- In Amish country, nurses go door to door to stop deadly spread of measles 24 September 2026With four measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania, health officials are hoping to get people on board with vaccines in private.
- Residents eating garden weeds in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and water 23 September 2026The BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled".
- 'Make women feel seen': Why the Dutch have a new word for labia 23 September 2026Campaigners hope the new words will lead to less body shaming and more sex positivity.
- Indians are discovering the thrill of shopping without paying 23 September 2026Dopamine sites mimic shopping’s thrill without the spending, turning the ritual of consumption into a digital game.
- How the oil capital of the US welcomed a solar power boom 23 September 2026Texas is now the country's biggest producer of solar-farmed electricity.
- 'Proteinflation': Meet the people paying up to £100 for a bag of protein 23 September 2026Consumers are feeling the squeeze from the rising price of protein.
Technology
- OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website, PM says 24 September 2026Albanese said he expressed "concern" to OpenAI founder Sam Altman, after authorities were informed three months after the breach in June.
- Indians are discovering the thrill of shopping without paying 23 September 2026Dopamine sites mimic shopping’s thrill without the spending, turning the ritual of consumption into a digital game.
- US rejects pleas from OpenAI, Anthropic for global AI standards 23 September 2026OpenAI's Sam Altman has called for risk evaluation standards, as have Anthropic's Dario Amodei and Hugging Face's Clement Delangue.
- Pornhub investigated over its age checks 23 September 2026The regulator says it has concerns over how the site is relying on third party checks provided by Apple for some users.
- OpenAI gives cyber defence tools to Ukraine 23 September 2026Ukraine will get access to OpenAI's advanced GPT 5.6 Sol model under the deal - a rival to Anthropic's Mythos and Fable
- US criticises Australia's proposed algorithm opt-out laws as 'censorship' 23 September 2026Under the draft laws, tech firms face fines if they do not give users the option to switch off algorithms.
- Will a switch to light speed cut power use at data centres? 22 September 2026To save power and add capacity, data centres are switching from copper wires to tech using light.
- Huge data centres rise at 'China speed' to power its AI ambitions 22 September 2026The BBC visits Inner Mongolia, an unlikely frontier in Beijing's AI race with Washington.
- Rare look at the remote engine rooms fuelling China's AI boom 22 September 2026The BBC is in Inner Mongolia where dozen of Chinese data centres are being constructed, as the country aims to lead the world in artificial intelligence.
- Tech Life 22 September 2026China is competing with the United States and other nations to develop AI.