Dyson settles forced labour suit in landmark UK case

President Donald Trump has launched a scheme offering fast-tracked US visas to wealthy foreigners who can pay at least $1m (£750,000). The card will give buyers a “direct path to Citizenship for all qualified and vetted people. SO EXCITING! Our Great American Companies can finally keep their invaluable Talent,” Trump said on social media on…

The countdown is on to the 2026 Scottish elections – voters will be heading to the polls in just six weeks. With a third of MSPs not seeking re-election, it will be a very different parliament to the last. The BBC’s Scotland correspondent Lorna Gordon went to the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse constituency to find…

A social action charity has welcomed the decision to increase the living wage in Jersey to £15.10 per hour in 2026. The new rate was approved this week and will come into effect at the beginning of January. The living wage is £1.51 higher than Jersey’s minimum wage which is set to increase to £13.59…

Donald Trump’s latest threat to impose an additional 100% tariff on Chinese goods is “a typical example of US double standards”, China’s government has said. A Commerce Ministry spokesperson also said China could introduce its own unspecified “countermeasures” if the US President carries out his threat, adding it was “not afraid” of a possible trade…

Former UK Chancellor George Osborne, who is now a senior executive at OpenAI, told the BBC that Bailey had not contacted him directly. He said his firm did not want to “hide [5.5 Cyber] away or keep it to ourselves” but confirmed that, like Mythos, it would not become available to all.