Macron calls for 'calm and order' after riots across France
Posted on Monday October 19, 2026

French President Emmanuel Macron gives a national address after widespread disorder and as some looting continued in Paris.

Companies exploiting welfare system by using residents as 'cash cows,' BBC finds
Posted on Monday October 19, 2026

Agents try to attract people on housing benefit by using social media videos that offer free rooms and holidays.

Inside the shadowy world of anti-Putin sabotage from within Russia
Posted on Monday October 19, 2026

Two men tell of the work they say they have been doing to support Ukrainian intelligence during the war.

Watch: Russian saboteur working for Ukraine shares reconnaissance videos
Posted on Monday October 19, 2026

In a BBC World Service documentary, the man claims to have played a role in drone attacks on his home soil.

'Postcode lottery' driving children's inequality in England, commissioner warns
Posted on Monday October 19, 2026

Dame Rachel De Souza's landmark report says children are being failed by a "postcode lottery".