US and China must act as responsible powers together, Xi says as Trump toasts friendship at state dinner
Posted on Friday September 25, 2026

Trump said he and Xi had "never gotten along better" as he hosted the Chinese president at the lavish White House event.

Watch: The world’s two most powerful men just met. How did it go?
Posted on Friday September 25, 2026

The BBC’s China correspondent Laura Bicker unpacks how the trip panned out for Beijing and Washington.

Brain tumour diagnosis cut from weeks to hours with rapid new test
Posted on Thursday September 24, 2026

The test means patients can start treatment sooner and are spared weeks of uncertainty.

Anti-migrant activist charged after dinghy slashed in Channel
Posted on Thursday September 24, 2026

Activist Daniel Thomas is charged in connection with an incident in the English Channel on Tuesday.

Just how hot and dry was your summer? Use our postcode lookup to find out
Posted on Thursday September 24, 2026

Most of us experienced drought and heatwaves - but temperatures and rainfall were not the same everywhere.