What is PHP and why did it spark an international cyber-security alert?
Posted on Thursday October 22, 2026

AI uncovered long-hidden programming flaws, triggering a rare global cyber-security response.

Rosenberg: Russia agrees to Ukraine talks but sees little to talk about in new peace push
Posted on Wednesday October 21, 2026

President Vladimir Putin does not feel under pressure right now to end the war, the BBC's Russia Editor writes.

Criminals who skip sentencing will face solitary confinement or lose social visits
Posted on Thursday October 22, 2026

Judges will be given new powers to impose tougher prison punishments on offenders who refuse to face their victims' families during sentencing.

Diabetes and ADHD drugs to be tested on Alzheimer's patients in new study
Posted on Wednesday October 21, 2026

Drugs will be tested simultaneously, which it's hoped will speed up the process of finding new treatments for this common type of dementia.

Is the UK set to green-light a huge untapped oil field in the North Atlantic?
Posted on Thursday October 22, 2026

Scotland editor James Cook visits Rosebank - the UK's largest known untapped oilfield - in the North Atlantic.