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.

German Chancellor Merz calls state election a 'disaster' for his party but vows to stay on
Posted on Monday September 21, 2026

Exit polls show damaging losses for Merz's centre-right CDU party in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin.

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.

Presley Gerber, Cindy Crawford's son, dies aged 27
Posted on Monday September 21, 2026

His family asked for privacy during a "very difficult and painful time" following the model's death.