The smog in Lahore, Pakistan, is at its worst level ever, seriously affecting the health of its 13 million residents. People have been told to stay indoors, schools are closed and vehicles have ...

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Many more were injured. Only security guards appeared to be moving around behind the fence when the BBC arrived, and they had been ordered to keep an eye out for reporters. One approached us ...

Leadbeater told the BBC "the status quo is not fit for purpose" and leads to "people having very harrowing, very distressing deaths - both for themselves and for their family". Her bill could help ...

Donald Trump has won the US presidential election against current Vice-President Kamala Harris. Many experts expected this election to be one of the closest in recent history. Trump has become the ...

The system of renewing the BBC's royal charter every 10 years is "really odd" and should be scrapped, the broadcaster's chair has said. The charter, drawn up by the government, sets out the terms ...

An expression that means including all your imperfections. Learn it here. Hello and welcome to The English We Speak, where we explain phrases used by fluent English speakers so that you can use ...

Then, after answering 20 minutes of questions in his native Portuguese, Amorim was asked another five or six by the English media. Again, the answers were in Portuguese. Asked by an English TV ...

The most senior civil servant at the Foreign Office, Sir Philip Barton, is to stand down in January, the BBC has learned. Sir Philip became permanent secretary in the department in 2020 but will ...

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