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Today, Sir Keir Starmer and Danish leader Mette Frederiksen published a joint article arguing for urgent modernisation of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which has an impact on how a country can tackle illegal migration.

David Lammy is in Strasbourg with European counterparts, beginning negotiations to change how the continent’s main human rights treaty is interpreted by judges, following political pressure from right wing parties who are calling for a complete withdrawal from the treaty.

This comes just after the Trump administration’s security strategy hammered Europe, calling it weak, and warning of European decline and “civilisational erasure.”

Adam is joined by Henry Zeffman, chief political correspondent to discuss the domestic politics of revamping the treaty. Then, Tom Bateman, BBC state department correspondent joins for analysis of what Trump’s latest strategy means for European politics.

María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader who has been in hiding, sent a voice message saying she was "safe" and on her way to the Norwegian capital.

She did not make it to the ceremony at the City Hall in time, but her daughter, Ana Corina Sosa, accepted the award on her mother's behalf and delivered a speech written by Machado.

We speak to Norberto Paredes from BBC Mundo.

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A stunning discovery at an archaeological dig in the UK is rewriting the timeline of when humans first made fire.

Researchers have discovered the earliest known instance of human-created fire, which took place in the east of England 400,000 years ago.

The new discovery, in the village of Barnham, pushes the origin of human fire-making back by more than 350,000 years, far earlier than previously thought.

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Passengers, transport staff and bus drivers in the West Midlands, UK, say there is a growing national trend of antisocial behaviour on public transport.

One driver describes a "lawlessness" among some of the travelling public - mostly younger people - which he believes has got worse in 38 years of driving Birmingham's bus routes.

The British Transport Police recorded 40,034 incidents of antisocial behaviour in 2024-25, an increase of 24% on the previous year.

Buses are the most commonly used form of public transport but they're also where passengers feel least safe, according to a recent Transport for the North survey.

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US President Donald Trump has repeated calls for Kyiv to hold elections and claimed it was "using war" as a reason not to do so.

He said: "You know, they talk about a democracy, but it gets to a point where it's not a democracy anymore."

Ukrainian President Zelensky's five-year term as president was due to end in May 2024, but elections have been suspended in Ukraine since martial law was declared after Russia's invasion.

Speaking to reporters after Trump's comments, Zelensky said he was "ready for the elections" and he would ask for proposals to be drawn up which could change the law.

It comes as Trump criticised European leaders as "weak" and suggested the US could scale back support for Ukraine.

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A sperm donor who unknowingly harboured a genetic mutation that dramatically raises the risk of cancer has fathered at least 197 children across Europe, a major investigation has revealed.

Some children have already died and only a minority who inherit the mutation will escape cancer in their lifetimes.

Denmark's European Sperm Bank, which sold the sperm, said families affected had their "deepest sympathy" and admitted the sperm was used to make too many babies in some countries.

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The daughter of María Corina Machado, the winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, has said her mother is determined to live in a free Venezuela and would "never give up on that purpose" as she accepted her mother's award.

Machado went into hiding shortly after Venezuela's disputed presidential election in July 2024.

The Venezuelan opposition leader was "safe" and will travel to Oslo, the Nobel Institute said, but was unable to make the awards ceremony scheduled for 12:00 GMT on Wednesday.

Her daughter, Ana Corina Sosa, accepted the award on her mother's behalf and delivered a lecture written by her at the ceremony in Oslo's City Hall.

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Border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia have extended for a third day, killing at least 10 people and displacing hundreds of thousands.

Both countries have blamed each other for re-igniting the fighting, which has seen air strikes and exchanges of artillery fire.

Thai officials said they evacuated more than 400,000 people, while Phnom Penh said 100,000 on the Cambodian side have been moved to shelters.

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Ukraine is "ready for elections", President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, after US President Donald Trump repeated claims Kyiv was "using war" to avoid holding them.

Zelensky's five-year term as president was due to end in May 2024, but elections have been suspended in Ukraine since martial law was declared after Russia's invasion.

Speaking to reporters following Trump's comments in a wide-raging Politico interview, Zelensky said he would ask for proposals to be drawn up which could change the law.

Elections could be held in the next 60 to 90 days if security for the vote was guaranteed with the help of the US and other allies, he said.

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President Trump has said Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky has to start accepting that his country is losing its war with Russia.

Speaking in an interview he said Russia was much bigger and stronger than Ukraine and “at some point size will win”. He also criticised European leaders, calling them weak and saying they were not handling the war well.

Trump called on Ukraine to hold presidential elections, suggesting that without them its government was not democratic. Ukraine’s President Zelensky suggested he was considering changing the constitution to allow an election to take place while the country is under martial law.

In Moscow, the Russian President Vladimir Putin has been awarding medals to soldiers who’ve been fighting in Ukraine.

Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith in Washington, Jonathan Beale in Kyiv and Steve Rosenberg in Moscow.

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