A US-based rights group says it confirmed the death toll from a crackdown by authorities, as the US president urges Iranians to keep demonstrating.

The regime's opponents will hope for more pressure to accelerate the process, writes the BBC's international editor.

Oscar Murphy has an aggressive form of the blood cancer and is the first to get CAR-T therapy in the UK.

There will still be digital checks on those starting a new job, but people will not need to hold a digital ID.

The government dropping the digital ID scheme's mandatory element is another climbdown for Downing Street, writes the BBC's political editor.

Jon Venables, 10 when he killed James Bulger in 1993, failed in a previous bid for parole in 2023.

The scheme will be delivered in phases, starting with upgrades to lines between Leeds, York, Bradford and Sheffield.

The UK government said the Marinera was being supplied with food and water before continuing its journey.

The new body is part of the White House's 20-point plan to end the war between Israel and Hamas.

The BBC's Europe editor Katya Adler hears from Greenlanders, whose island is embroiled in a geopolitical storm.