Nick Miles

Paul McCartney warns that up-and-coming musicians are being ripped off.

Now, what really happened to an undersea fibre optic cable between Sweden and Latvia, which appears to have snapped sometime on Sunday morning? The incident caused alarm because it's the latest in a series of severed undersea lines in the Baltic region, and often the finger is pointed at Russia.

Now, what really happened to an undersea fibre optic cable between Sweden and Latvia, which appears to have snapped sometime on Sunday morning? The incident caused alarm because it's the latest in a series of severed undersea lines in the Baltic region, and often the finger is pointed at Russia.

Now the owners of a Bulgarian ship have said their vessel may have been responsible, but that it was an accident. Here's our Europe regional editor, Paul Moss.

Now the owners of a Bulgarian ship have said their vessel may have been responsible, but that it was an accident. Here's our Europe regional editor, Paul Moss.

In recent days and weeks, President Trump has threatened tariffs on nations that don't control the flow of undocumented migrants into the United States. Now, one such trade dispute has been averted. Colombia had been refusing to allow in two military planes carrying people being repatriated from the United States.

In recent days and weeks, President Trump has threatened tariffs on nations that don't control the flow of undocumented migrants into the United States. Now, one such trade dispute has been averted. Colombia had been refusing to allow in two military planes carrying people being repatriated from the United States.

Washington said if it didn't let them land, it would impose 25% tariffs on all Colombian goods. Well, it now looks as though Bogota has blinked first. Luis Fajardo, Latin American specialist from BBC Monitoring in Miami.

Washington said if it didn't let them land, it would impose 25% tariffs on all Colombian goods. Well, it now looks as though Bogota has blinked first. Luis Fajardo, Latin American specialist from BBC Monitoring in Miami.

Luis Fajardo. Artificial intelligence has been held up as the technology that can transform the way we live. American companies like OpenAI took an early lead with its ChatGPT chatbot, but China is catching up. In fact, now, just a few weeks after it was launched, a Chinese company called DeepSeek has overtaken ChatGPT to become Apple's most popular free app in the US.

Luis Fajardo. Artificial intelligence has been held up as the technology that can transform the way we live. American companies like OpenAI took an early lead with its ChatGPT chatbot, but China is catching up. In fact, now, just a few weeks after it was launched, a Chinese company called DeepSeek has overtaken ChatGPT to become Apple's most popular free app in the US.

Our senior technology reporter Chris Vallance told me more about it.

Our senior technology reporter Chris Vallance told me more about it.

Yeah, so if it's as good as OpenAI's chatbot GPT, what can the big US tech firms do in the short term?

Yeah, so if it's as good as OpenAI's chatbot GPT, what can the big US tech firms do in the short term?

Now, let's stay with artificial intelligence, because ministers here in the UK are suggesting that tech companies can hoover up music from the internet to develop their own AI models without having to pay for copyright, in other words, for free. But for thousands of people, making art is not just a passion, it is a job, of course. Not least for Beatles legend Paul McCartney.

Now, let's stay with artificial intelligence, because ministers here in the UK are suggesting that tech companies can hoover up music from the internet to develop their own AI models without having to pay for copyright, in other words, for free. But for thousands of people, making art is not just a passion, it is a job, of course. Not least for Beatles legend Paul McCartney.

He reckons it's a threat they shouldn't have to bear. He's been speaking to the BBC's Laura Koonsberg.

He reckons it's a threat they shouldn't have to bear. He's been speaking to the BBC's Laura Koonsberg.

More than 30 years since the end of apartheid, South Africa is still a nation coming to terms with its past and struggling with racial integration. Now a play called A Good House, which uses satire, humour and a touch of fantasy to investigate how attitudes to race in the Rainbow Nation have changed. It's just opened at a theatre in London, after which it will be performed across South Africa.