Young people aren't snowflakes - mental distress is rising, says head of official review
Posted on Monday September 21, 2026

Speaking exclusively to the BBC, Prof Peter Fonagy says being young is much harder now than it was.

'I see my abusers in the supermarket' - Oxford grooming gang survivors' ongoing torment
Posted on Monday September 21, 2026

Men who sexually abused them as underage girls are still walking around the city, they say.

Inside Djibouti refugee camp for thousands fleeing Houthi advance in Yemen
Posted on Monday September 21, 2026

Fighting on Yemen's west coast has prompted thousands of people to flee by boat across the Bab al-Mandab Strait.

Russia's elections had few surprises - but how the Kremlin uses the results will be crucial
Posted on Monday September 21, 2026

Vladimir Putin will likely use the result to claim most Russians back the so-called special military operation in Ukraine, writes the BBC's Steve Rosenberg.

Southport killer accused of throwing boiling water mixed with sugar at prison officer
Posted on Monday September 21, 2026

Axel Rudakubana is accused of grievous bodily harm and two other assaults of prison officers while serving a life sentence.