Norfolk school set to reopen for new term following blaze
A primary school which had to be evacuated during a serious fire last month said it would open as planned for the new term. Emergency services were called to Ormiston…
Newly married MPs celebrate ‘beautiful’ wedding
Two MPs have announced their marriage with a wedding which they said celebrated their “two different heritages”. Jeevun Sandher and Louise Jones, both Labour MPs, married this month, after Sandher…
Teenager who shot Columbian senator Miguel Uribe Turbay sentenced to 7 years
A 15-year-old boy has been sentenced to seven years in juvenile detention for shooting Colombian presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay at a rally in Bogotá in June. The conservative senator,…
How Tokyo is using AI-generated video to prepare for a Mt Fuji eruption
Tokyo authorities have released an AI-generated video showing what could happen in a worst-case scenario if Mount Fuji erupted. The BBC’s Tessa Wong explains how this could impact Japan’s capital…
Child among three killed in overnight attack on Kyiv
Ukraine has come under heavy Russian bombardment overnight, with a child among three people killed in Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said early on Thursday. Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the attack on…
Kim Jong Un to join Putin and other leaders at China military parade
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un will attend a military parade in Beijing next week, China’s foreign ministry has said – in what is believed to be his first international…
record burning in Spain and Portugal
Erwan Rivault Data Designer, BBC Verify Copernicus Unprecedented wildfires have scarred northern Spain in recent weeks A record one million hectares – equivalent to about half the land area of…
FBI investigates Minneapolis school shooting as anti-Catholic hate crime
Watch: How the Catholic school shooting unfolded in Minneapolis A shooting at a school in Minneapolis that left two children dead and 17 others injured is being investigated as an…
Japanese city proposes two-hour daily limit on smartphones for all residents
A central Japanese town wants to limit smartphone use for all its 69,000 residents to two hours a day, in a move that has sparked intense debate on device addiction.…
White House fires CDC director as other officials resign
The White House says it has fired the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Susan Monarez, after she refused to resign on Wednesday. In a…