Northern lights give spectacular surprise display

41 minutes ago About sharing Vivid colours of the aurora captured in Northern Ireland By Simon King BBC Weather The northern lights were spotted across the United Kingdom on Sunday night in a surprisingly strong display. While there was an ongoing weak solar storm, the aurora ended up being visible from the Scotland’s Highlands down…

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Warning cost of living fund closure ‘catastrophic’

6 hours ago About sharing Osaretin and Israel Osemota got help through the government fund By Colletta Smith and Elaine Doran Cost of living correspondent and producer The closure of a fund for people struggling with cost of living pressures will be “catastrophic”, the Barnardo’s charity has told the BBC. More than 160 councils have…

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Trump supporters target black voters with AI fakes

45 minutes ago About sharing This image, created by a radio host and his team using AI, is one of dozens of fakes portraying black Trump supporters By Marianna Spring BBC Panorama and Americast Donald Trump supporters have been creating and sharing AI-generated fake images of black voters to encourage African Americans to vote Republican….

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Mystery of giant star sand dunes solved

19 minutes ago About sharing The Lala Lallia star dune in Morocco is 100m high By Georgina Rannard Science reporter The age of one of Earth’s largest and most complex types of sand dune has been calculated for the first time. Star dunes – or pyramid dunes – are named after their distinctive shapes and…

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US urges more aid for starving people in Gaza

59 minutes ago About sharing The fighting has reduced much of Gaza to rubble and many of the victims were women and children US Vice-President Kamala Harris says people in Gaza “are starving” and has urged Israel to “significantly increase the flow of aid” there. She said “there must be an immediate ceasefire for at…

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