Ricky Gervais is going to play a “fat, lazy, rude, opinionated creature with fangs, who’s not as smart or brave as he thinks he is” in upcoming Netflix adult animated comedy series Alley Cats. “Quite a stretch,” the comedian called his newest role. Good one — so Alley Cats will be that kind of humour….
Global family offices will remain consistent in their strategic allocations over the next 12 months amid growing concerns over geopolitical risks, though some are willing to increase their exposure to public and private equity, Goldman Sachs said in a survey published on Wednesday. Meena Flynn, co-head of global private wealth management at the US investment…
Poland closest to open conflict since World War Two, warns PM Several Nato members are sending troops, artillery, and air defence systems to secure its eastern flank after what Poland called an unprecedented Russian drone incursion into its airspace. In the early hours of Wednesday, three Russian drones were shot down after crossing into Polish…
Justin RowlattClimate Editor BBC/Pol Reygaerts US Energy Secretary Chris Wright spoke to BBC Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt dureing an interview in Brussels Don’t worry too much about planet-warming emissions, the US Energy Secretary has told the BBC, because within five years AI will have enabled the harnessing of nuclear fusion – the energy that powers…
Hugh PymHealth editor BBC “It was really bad – we had patients dying on the waiting lists – politicians were getting desperate.” Jesper Fisker, chief executive of the Danish Cancer Society, is looking back 25 years – to the moment Denmark decided to transform its approach to treating cancer. At that point, he says, the…
Matt BowenSep 11, 2025, 08:46 AM ET Close Matt Bowen is a fantasy football and NFL writer for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2015, writes regularly for ESPN+ and spent multiple years on “NFL Matchup.” After graduating from the University of Iowa, Matt played safety in the NFL for St. Louis, Green Bay, Washington and…
The Westwood offices of filmmaker and manager Steven Paul are crowded with mementos of an idiosyncratic journey in the business. On one wall, there is a framed 1971 New Yorker “Talk of the Town” piece that profiles Paul as a 12-year-old actor in a Kurt Vonnegut play and an adolescent playwright himself. On another is…
In a sudden burst of high-level engagement, China and the US saw their defence chiefs and top diplomats hold back-to-back talks this week, as anticipation builds over a possible meeting between President Xi Jinping and US counterpart Donald Trump. In a sharply worded statement on Wednesday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced a phone call between…
Watch: How the Charlie Kirk shooting unfolded Charlie Kirk, an influential right-wing activist and a close ally of US President Donald Trump, was shot dead while speaking at an event at a university in Utah. Here is what we know. What happened? Kirk, 31, was speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem on 10 September,…
Jennifer Clarke & Tom EspinerBBC News Reuters The Chancellor Rachel Reeves will set out plans for the economy when she delivers the Budget on 26 November. There have been warnings that she will have to put up taxes or cut spending if she wants to stick to her own rules on government borrowing. Before the…
