Pilot warned Amazon cargo plane going too fast before deadly crash, data shows

UK

BBC News • Aug 5, 2026

Afghan boxer appears in court in connection with death of Scottish woman

Sharif Ahmadzai, 26, is being held in connection with the death of Elisabeth Jane Ross from Edinburgh.

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US

BBC News • Aug 5, 2026

Antisemitic incident reports rise by a fifth in first half of 2026

The Community Security Trust said it is the second highest total of antisemitic incidents on record for the first half of any year.

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World

BBC News • Aug 5, 2026

Body found in search for boy, 13, missing at sea

A teenager went missing while swimming off the East Yorkshire coast on Tuesday.

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World

BBC News • Aug 5, 2026

EA FC and The Sims maker Electronic Arts sells for $55bn to Saudi-led group

The deal takes the maker of titles including The Sims and EA FC into private ownership - and loads it with debt.

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US

BBC News • Aug 5, 2026

SpaceX shares sink after first earnings report reveals huge AI spending plans

Elon Musk told investors that people were "underestimating" his company.

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Tech

BBC News • Aug 5, 2026

Riders' clothing checked at women's Tour over bra padding concerns

Officials at the Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift will check the clothing worn by riders to prevent attempts to make "aerodynamic gains".

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US

BBC News • Aug 5, 2026

Heavyweight Parker cleared to fight after drugs ban

Former world heavyweight champion Joseph Parker has been cleared to fight again after his provisional suspension for testing positive for cocaine was lifted.

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US

BBC News • Aug 5, 2026

Burnham 'looking into' conducting Epstein inquiry, says victims minister

Alex Davies-Jones tells BBC Newsnight she discussed an inquiry with the PM when she was re-appointed as minister.

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Tech

BBC News • Aug 5, 2026

Tories offer Jewish groups meeting with ex neo-Nazi activist candidate

Joshua Bonehill-Paine was jailed over neo-Nazi activism, but has been selected to stand in a new Somerset Council seat in 2027.

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US

BBC News • Aug 5, 2026

Russian ballistic missile strike on Kyiv kills 14 and injures 22, officials say

The head of Kyiv's military administration says Russia is "once again massively attacking" the region around the city.

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UK

BBC News • Aug 5, 2026

UK papers: 'Profits of war' and 'Super-rain'

Among Wednesday's headlines are oil companies' profits from the Iran war and "super-rain" in Britain.

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World

BBC News • Aug 4, 2026

Major search under way for boy, 13, missing at sea

Emergency services were called to Hornsea, East Yorkshire, at about 18:00 BST.

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Tech

BBC News • Aug 4, 2026

Care company fined for running illegal children's homes in legal first

The company pleaded guilty to failing to register three homes after being prosecuted by Ofsted.

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Tech

BBC News • Aug 4, 2026

How a generation of record-setting guides died in a disaster that killed a climbing legend

Their fellow guides say their deaths in Pakistan dealt a devastating blow to Nepal's mountaineering community.

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US

BBC News • Aug 4, 2026

'I feel like I dug my own grave': The workers caught in the AI transition

AI is reshaping the Philippines' outsourcing industry, raising questions over the future of the industry.

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US

BBC News • Aug 4, 2026

'I was slut-shamed' - Indian women 'cockroach' protesters doxxed and abused

Women tell the BBC how they were harassed for participating in the CJP protest and posting about it online.

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World

BBC News • Aug 4, 2026

Paramount chief executive David Ellison breaks silence on Warner Bros mega merger

The chief executive of Paramount-Skydance says criticism of $110bn (£82m) merger with Warner Bros. relies on outdated Hollywood model.

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World

BBC News • Aug 4, 2026

Turkish club Trabzonspor begin talks to sign Salah

Turkish club Trabzonspor say they have begun negotiations to sign Mohamed Salah.

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UK

BBC News • Aug 4, 2026

Brilliant Brook leads Sunrisers to record Hundred score

Harry Brook hits a 15-ball fifty and Ryan Rickelton makes 94 not out as Sunrisers Leeds set a new Hundred record, making 241-2 against London Spirit.

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Sports

BBC News • Aug 4, 2026

Le Clos' home destroyed by fire after he sets Commonwealths record

Chad le Clos reveals his apartment in South Africa was destroyed by a fatal fire in a "heartbreaking tragedy" - the night after he became the most decorated athlete in Commonwealth Games history.

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Tech

BBC News • Aug 4, 2026

'We are cool' - Szoboszlai plays down Liverpool row

Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai says he has "cleared" the situation with team-mates Curtis Jones and Kostas Tsimikas after they seemingly argued over the captain's armband.

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UK

BBC News • Aug 4, 2026

GB Snowsport loses UK Sport funding but athletes unaffected

UK Sport will no longer channel investment in skiing and snowboarding through the sports' UK governing body, GB Snowsport.

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UK

BBC News • Aug 4, 2026

Video shows Russian drone chasing Ukrainian street vendor in 'human safari' attack

Ukraine said the video - showing a terrified civilian being hounded by a remotely-controlled drone - amounted to a war crime.

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US

BBC News • Aug 4, 2026

Oil prices fall on hopes Strait of Hormuz could reopen

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent both announced talks had progressed to allow shipments to resume.

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