The bill seeks to change how transgender people are legally recognised and their right to self-identify.

It comes as a ship carrying barrels of Russian crude oil arrived in the Philippines earlier this week.

It comes as a ship carrying barrels of Russian crude oil arrived in the Philippines earlier this week.

Will the decision of a Los Angeles jury have an impact on the UK government as it considers potential future regulations on social media, writes the BBC's political editor.

Trump's delayed meeting with Xi Jinping will be the first visit to China by a US president since 2017.

Trump's delayed meeting with Xi Jinping will be the first visit to China by a US president since 2017.

A survivor of Epstein's abuses spoke publicly for the first time to BBC Newsnight about her experience of being raped and drugged by the sex offender.

A survivor of Epstein's abuses spoke publicly for the first time to BBC Newsnight about her experience of being raped and drugged by the sex offender.

The medicines regulator is proposing stricter rules after more than a dozen products were recalled.

BBC News Asia Business Correspondent Suranajana Tewari spoke to people taking to the streets of Manila.