2026 has brought a huge range of important news stories from Venezuela and Greenland to Minneapolis and Washington DC. The BBC's Analysis Editor Ros Atkins has been looking at...

The prime minister's condemnation of Donald Trump's remarks about the war in Afghanistan are his strongest public criticisms of the president yet.They come in a week where circumstances have...

Watch: Labour and Conservative MPs criticise Trump Afghanistan remarksDonald Trump has sparked fresh outrage in the UK after saying Nato troops stayed "a little off the front lines" during...

Becky MortonPolitical reporterGetty ImagesA former minister has warned the prime minister could face a "mass rebellion" if the government waters down promised reforms of the leasehold system in England...

David Deans, Wales political reporter, and Mark Palmer, Wales politics assistant editorWales political reporterTory MS James Evans was sacked after rumours he was considering defecting was sparked by a...

Simon Jack,Business editorandJonah Fisher,Climate correspondentGetty ImagesInspections without notice, regular MOT-style checks and compulsory water efficiency labels on appliances are among the key measures in the government's overhaul of the...

The prime minister will take to the Downing Street lectern this morning, after another extraordinary weekend of diplomatic turmoil prompted by US President Donald Trump.Sir Keir Starmer knows that...

Hafsa KhalilandNick EardleyGetty ImagesPrime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said Donald Trump's plan to impose tariffs on the UK and European allies until a deal is struck for the...

Alex McIntyreWest MidlandsWest Midlands PoliceCraig Guildford blamed the "political and media frenzy" for his decision to resignThe chief constable of West Midlands Police has retired after damning criticism of...

Joe PikePolitics correspondentEPAOn Wednesday afternoon in a large wood-panelled room in parliament, Robert Jenrick was sitting alongside Kemi Badenoch and the rest of the Conservative shadow cabinet talking about...

Harry FarleyPolitical correspondentGetty ImagesWest Sussex is among the councils requesting an elections delay About a third of eligible councils in England have asked to postpone their elections due in...

Ditching his plans to make digital ID mandatory for workers in the UK is an almighty backtracking and dilution of one of the prime minister's flagship policy ideas of...