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Getty Images Chopin, who wrote mostly piano solos, died aged 39 in France in 1849. A new piece of music believed to be by the Polish composer Frederic Chopin has been discovered nearly 200 years after it was written. The unknown waltz was unearthed in the vault of the Morgan Library and Museum in New…

One person is reportedly dead and a number of others believed trapped in debris after a hotel collapsed in Argentina. The 10-storey Dubrovnik hotel, in the coastal city of Villa Gesell, collapsed early on Tuesday, said Reuters news agency, quoting the local municipality. Up to 15 people are believed to have been inside the hotel,…

Centre Henry Slade will resume his starting role in England’s midfield against New Zealand on Saturday despite playing only 54 minutes of club rugby this season. Slade had shoulder surgery in the summer and only made his comeback in Exeter’s defeat by Harlequins last weekend. Elsewhere, Ben Spencer, whose previous six caps have all come…

Hezbollah has announced the group’s deputy secretary general will become its new head. Naim Qassem replaces long-term leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli air strike in Beirut last month. He is one of the few senior Hezbollah leaders who remains alive, after Israel killed most of the group’s leadership in a series…

Hannah Clarke The Budget on Wednesday will reveal how much tax each of us will pay and how much the government will choose to spend on services like the NHS, schools and transport. BBC News has been speaking to people with a range of incomes about what they want from the Budget and, in some…

Former Donald Trump advisor Steve Bannon has been released from prison after spending four-months behind bars. Bannon, 70, was released from a Danbury, Connecticut, correctional facility on Tuesday, Benjamin O’Cone, a Bureau of Prisons spokesman, told the BBC. Bannon, a conservative podcast host who was key to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, was convicted of…

Mount Fuji is still without snow, making it the latest time in the year the mountain has remained bare since records began 130 years ago. The peaks of Japan’s highest mountain typically gets a sprinkling of snow by early October, but unusually warm weather has meant no snowfall has been reported so far this year….

PA Media Alex Salmond’s coffin has been draped in a saltire A private funeral service is being held for Alex Salmond as the former first minister is laid to rest. A coffin, draped in a saltire, arrived at Strichen Parish Church, near the former Alba and SNP leader’s Aberdeenshire home, shortly before 12:00. Salmond died…

The surging global popularity of TikTok has seen the co-founder of its parent company, ByteDance, become China’s richest person. According to a rich list produced by the Hurun Research Institute, Zhang Yiming, is now worth $49.3bn (£38bn) – 43% more than in 2023. The 41 year old stepped down from his role in charge of…