Each side claims to have fended off an incursion in the disputed waters near Taiwan. The sudden cancellation of Japanese events in Shanghai have sparked criticism and fanned nationalist sentiment.

Designer Nerida Hansen admits failing customers who ordered textiles worth thousands of dollars from her businesses. Australia is banning social media for everyone under 16 from December 10. The BBC ...

Jersey Met issues high tide warnings with flooding and disruption expected. Loganair seeks licence for inter-island route Course set up to advise election candidates Christmas tree festival returning ...

Vote counting in the presidential election is going into its fourth day with the two top candidates neck and neck. Juan Orlando Hernández, once called the key figure in a drug trafficking scheme that ...

The body of Ran Gvili, a 24-year-old Israeli police officer, is the last not yet returned by Hamas from Gaza. His Popular Forces group says Abu Shabab was shot while attempting to resolve a family ...

Unite the Union says its members have sent a "clear message" in a dispute over pay and conditions. Promenade parking suspended due to crashing waves Commissioners support sewage treatment works ...

Deals have been signed in civil nuclear energy and critical minerals during the Russian PM's stay in India. BBC editors explain what lies behind the high-optics visit of Russian President Vladimir ...

BBC editors explain what lies behind the high-optics visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Delhi. The US president had hit India with a further 25% tariff over its purchases of Russian oil, ...

The shift in its approach to its military follows a push to create Europe's strongest conventional army. The issue of forcing citizens to serve in the military is back as the war between Russia and ...

Ex-cyclist Zeragaber Gebrehiwot, who attended the 1980 Moscow Games, is among 13 released from a notorious jail. Namibia has built up large stockpiles of rhino horn after pioneering the practice of ...

Work related stress in teaching 'a real problem' Education President Paul Montague says there needs to be more support for teachers. Museum to auction exhibition portraits for charity Weekly quiz: ...