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25 October 2025

A waterspout seen over water with huge clouds forming above.

Moment huge waterspout twirls over lake in Germany

The phenomenon formed over a Lake Constance near the southern German city of Friedrichshafen.

Nawal wears a scarf, shirt and trousers as she sits in a boat on the Strait with a shipping container seen in the background

BBC reports from the Strait of Hormuz during fragile ceasefire

Dozens of boats are still anchored in the Strait, while ordinary Iranians try to continue to their lives.

Split screen. Left, Donald Trump. Right, Mount Rushmore.

Watch: What Trump's Mount Rushmore aspirations reveal

The BBC's Sarah Smith is at the monument in South Dakota, and looks at the political debate and practical challenges the proposition poses.

Kate Middleton wearing a blue blazer takes a card payment from a woman at Wimbledon

Watch: Catherine gives out tickets and meets public in surprise Wimbledon visit

After greeting queuing fans and handing out tickets to attendees, the princess took a seat on court 18.

a red test tube with an Mpox label on it

Over 20 mpox cases last month in NI

Only nine cases of mpox had been reported in Northern Ireland since 2023

Northern Ireland

Group of rescuers holding man on stretcher

Watch: Man rescued from rubble eight days after Venezuela earthquake

Hernan Gil, a 43-year-old security guard, was rescued on Thursday after being trapped for eight days in the rubble of a building that collapsed after twin earthquakes in Venezuela.

A woman smiling at the camera, hands aloft holding a union jack flag behind her back. wearing a red athletic vest and standing on an athletics track. She's also wearing a rainbow coloured sweat band on her head.

Two golds for athlete at World Down Syndrome games

An athlete who went to the Down Syndrome World Championships came home with two gold medals.

Hereford & Worcester

Sarah Rainsford in a brown shirt with short sleeves in front of rubble in Kyiv

Watch: BBC at site of deadly Russian attack on Kyiv flats

Sarah Rainsford reports from the completely destroyed nine-storey block of flats in Ukraine's capital.

Morgan McSweeney

Watch: PM's former top aide on Starmer's first call with Trump

Trump was more 'funny' than he had been expecting, Morgan McSweeney told the BBC.

An elderly man has his hands on grass with bent knees facing the ground in a yoga position

98-year-old press-up buff tries his hand at yoga

The 98-year-old from Suffolk recently defeated BBC Radio Suffolk's much younger reporter in a press-up contest.

Woman with long brown hair swept to one side wearing a grey v neck sweater with a white round neck blouse underneath sat against a purple background with a BBC CWR branded microphone in front of her

Sky Blues promise ticket prices hike 'solutions'

Coventry City FC's chief business officer says club will find a 'solution' to concerns over pricing.

Coventry & Warwickshire

Sue Mitchell (L) holds microphone to Twana Jamal (R)

Watch: People smuggler tracked down and confronted by BBC

A convicted people smuggler is living in Leicestershire and seeking asylum while working illegally, the BBC can reveal.

A splitscreen shows a man wearing glasses with a short beard on the left and woman with sunglasses on her head with long brown hair. Both are looking into the camera lens.

'Beautiful and terrible' - the world's thoughts on the US at 250

From Brazil to India to Egypt, the BBC asked people across the world what they think of America today.

A man and a woman are seen during a proposal on top of the top of the Empire State Building.

Watch: Couple scale Empire State Building, get engaged and are arrested

The two were atop the 1,454 ft (443m) building for at least ten minutes and displayed a large banner before climbing down.

An AI generated image of a K-pop girl group singing on stage

Did this AI anti-drug video make drugs look appealing?

Hong Kong’s Correctional Services Department removed an AI-generated K-pop video, after facing backlash that it made substances look too appealing.

A male DRC fan is seen cheering in a composite image with a cheering female England fan

Watch: England and DR Congo fans react to tense World Cup game

England Captain Harry Kane rescued England from a major upset, with two late goals, after DR Congo took an early lead.

Split screen. Left, Taylor Swift. Right, Madison Square Garden from the outside.

Is Taylor Swift really getting married at Madison Square Garden?

Rumours continue to swirl about whether Taylor Swift will marry Travis Kelce at New York City's Madison Square Garden over the 4 July weekend.

A man leaning out of a balcony, with a red circle around him, while black smoke can be seen, and another gesturing out a window to the left, both are overlain with red circles to make them out

Watch: Man seen climbing from balcony during Antwerp fire

In footage taken at the scene in Belgium, a man is seemingly helped into a neighbouring window.

Cars with break lights on, driving on a road at night time whilst a truck is driving on the wrong side of the road

Watch: Truck driver flees from police and loses shoe

The driver is sentenced after crashing into a parked car as police chased him across a city.

A black bear and a man are staring at each other.

Watch: Man comes face-to-face with bear inside truck

Security camera footage from the Colorado property shows a man using several methods to coax a black bear out of a vehicle.