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A Kurdish crime network is enabling migrants to work illegally in mini-marts on High Streets the length of Britain, a BBC investigation has revealed.

The fake company directors are paid to put their names to official paperwork, and have dozens of businesses listed on Companies House, but are not involved in running them.

Two undercover reporters, themselves Kurdish, posed as asylum seekers and were told how easy it would be for them to take over and run a shop and make big profits selling illegal vapes and cigarettes.

The BBC has linked more than 100 mini-marts, barbershops and car washes, operating from Dundee to south Devon, to the crime network.

But a financial crime investigator told the BBC he believes it goes much wider.

The Home Office said it will investigate the BBC's findings.

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A year ago, Donald Trump won the US presidential election.

He was sworn into office in January and a lot has happened in his second term.

The BBC's analysis editor Ros Atkins looks back on the year that's followed Trump's defeat of Kamala Harris.

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Zohran Mamdani, 34, has won New York City's race for mayor in a contest that rallied young voters and sparked debate about the future direction of the Democratic Party.

The Ugandan-born Mamdani, a Democrat, beat former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, running as an independent, to become the youngest person in over a century to lead the largest city in the US.

"My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty," he told the crowd during a victory speech, touting voters' "mandate for change" and "mandate for a city we can afford".

A self-described democratic socialist, he made affordability the central message of his campaign, pledging to expand social programmes paid for by new taxes on high earners and corporations.

Democrats also won governor races in Virginia and New Jersey, and in California voters backed a proposition to redraw the congressional electoral map ahead of next year's midterm elections.

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Today, Rachel Reeves has refused to rule out tax rises in a speech laying the groundwork ahead of the budget.

The UK Chancellor told gathered journalists “the world has thrown even more challenges our way” in a speech which seemed to confirm tax rises on 26th November. Labour had previously pledged not to hike income tax, VAT or National Insurance in its general election manifesto. Adam and Chris are joined by deputy economic editor Dharshini David.

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Sophia Yanchevska is a nineteen year old female combat medic working on the frontline in Ukraine.

She tells Lucy Hockings about seeing the war close up, the friends she has lost, and her hopes for the future.

She’s featured in a new film ‘She’ directed by Evgen Matvienko which recently premiered in London.

Polls are open for millions of voters in the US for both state and local elections.

In New York, three candidates are vying for the chance to lead the country's largest city: Democrat Zohran Mamdani, Independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.

34-year-old Mamdani is attempting a political upset to become the city's youngest mayor in a century.

The race has captured national attention, with President Donald Trump endorsing his own former political rival Andrew Cuomo, urging voters not to elect left-wing Mamdani.

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Former England captain Sir David Beckham has been formally knighted for his services to football and British society.

The 50-year-old, who was named on King Charles' Birthday Honours list earlier this year, was knighted by the King during a ceremony at Windsor Castle.

Sir David Beckham was joined by his wife, now Lady Victoria, and his parents Sandra and Ted at Windsor Castle.

"I couldn't be prouder," said Beckham. "People know how patriotic I am - I love my country."

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UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has refused to rule out tax rises as she said she will make the "necessary choices" in her upcoming Budget.

She said "the world has thrown even more challenges our way" in the last 12 months and her Budget will be one of growth and fairness.

Reeves is expected to announce tax rises on 26 November - Labour had pledged not to hike income tax, VAT or National Insurance in its general election manifesto.

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UK police are investigating whether a man accused of stabbing 10 people on a train is linked to an attack on a 14-year-old boy and to two reports of a knifeman at a barbers' shop.

Cambridgeshire Police said it was reviewing the incidents following the knife attack on the London-bound LNER train after it passed through Peterborough on Saturday.

On Friday, the teenager was stabbed in Peterborough city centre and a man was later reported to be at a barbers' shop carrying a knife in Fletton.

Anthony Williams, 32, of no fixed abode, was charged with 10 counts of attempted murder relating to the train stabbing and a count of attempted murder in connection with an attack in London on Saturday.

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Former US Vice-President Dick Cheney has died at the age of 84.

He died from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease on Monday night, his family said.

Cheney was a key architect of President George W Bush's 'War on Terror' following the 11 September attacks in 2001, and an early advocate of the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

"Dick Cheney was a great and good man who taught his children and grandchildren to love our country, and to live lives of courage, honour, love, kindness, and fly fishing," his family said as they paid tribute.

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