British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Top Stories

• news
• Breaking news
• World news
• Facebook
• Twitter
• headlines
• search

All the breaking news and latest world news from British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Top Stories, with Twitter and Facebook search trends.

Twitter Search News Trending

Tweets by BBCWorld

Facebook Search News Trending

1. Bowen: Strait of Hormuz standoff raises risk of sliding back into all-out war

   The US and Iran's determination to keep the pressure on each other has put the fragile Gulf ceasefire in serious jeopardy.

2. Woman and ex-partner killed in Bristol house explosion named

   Police were called to a domestic incident minutes before Jo Shaw and Ryan Kelly died in the blast.

3. Hate crime prosecutions to be fast-tracked after antisemitic attacks

   The director of public prosecutions has told prosecutors in England and Wales to bring charges more quickly.

4. Hantavirus may have spread between passengers on cruise ship, WHO says

   Two cases of the virus, which rarely spreads between humans, have been confirmed on the ship, and three people have died.

5. Palestine Action activists guilty of criminal damage

   The group of four activists were accused of breaking into the Elbit Systems factory near Bristol.

6. Dangerous baby-sleep advice given to parents by self-described experts, secret filming reveals

   The advice puts babies at risk of serious harm, even death, medical professionals have told the BBC.

7. UK long-term borrowing costs reach 28-year high

   There have been extra jitters in UK government debt markets ahead of Thursday's local and national elections.

8. Nissan to close one UK production line and cut 900 jobs in Europe

   Nissan says it is considering working with a third party to fully utilise its Sunderland plant.

9. Nottingham killer was discharged as NHS staff 'could not find him'

   Emma Robinson tells an inquiry staff "couldn't work with" or find Valdo Calocane when he was discharged.

10. Russian attacks kill at least 20 ahead of rival ceasefires proposed by Kyiv and Moscow

    Kyiv said it would begin a truce on 6 May and then "act symmetrically" after Moscow declared a pause for its Victory Day parade.