Fatima Al-Kassab

They say they will do this by funding new methods, such as AI analysis of human molecules and what's known as organ-on-a-chip systems, which are tiny devices that mimic how human organs work.

Britain's science minister said he could imagine a day with no animal testing, but acknowledged this would take time.

Fatima al-Kassab, NPR News, London.

The BBC's leadership had been under mounting pressure.

after a newspaper report suggested that a BBC documentary, which aired a week before last year's presidential election, had edited two parts of a speech by President Trump, so he appeared to explicitly encourage the January 6th Capitol Hill riots.

The memo, from an external advisor to the BBC, accused the corporation of serious and systemic bias in its coverage of issues including President Trump,

Gaza and trans rights.

The president's press secretary, Caroline Levitt, described the corporation as a propaganda machine following the allegations.

In his resignation note to staff, BBC boss Tim Davey said the decision was entirely his own.

Fatima al-Kassab, NPR News, London.

The BBC's leadership had been under mounting pressure.

after a newspaper report suggested that a BBC documentary, which aired a week before last year's presidential election, had edited two parts of a speech by President Trump, so he appeared to explicitly encourage the January 6th Capitol Hill riots.

The memo, from an external adviser to the BBC, accused the corporation of serious and systemic bias

in its coverage of issues including President Trump, Gaza and trans rights.

The president's press secretary, Caroline Levitt, described the corporation as a propaganda machine, following the allegations.

In his resignation note to staff, BBC boss Tim Davey said the decision was entirely his own.

Fatima al-Kassab, NPR News, London.

The Chagos Islands were separated from Mauritius in 1965, when Mauritius was still a British colony. Britain then bought the islands for $4 million. A thousand miles away from any mainland, they include the island of Diego Garcia, home to a joint US-UK military base.

The Chagos Islands were separated from Mauritius in 1965, when Mauritius was still a British colony. Britain then bought the islands for $4 million. A thousand miles away from any mainland, they include the island of Diego Garcia, home to a joint US-UK military base.

Under this deal, all of the other islands are being handed over to Mauritius, but Diego Garcia will stay in British-American hands for 99 years. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said much of what the military base was used for is secret, but... The strategic location of this base... is of the utmost significance to Britain.