By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent Scientists have grown an entity that closely resembles an early human embryo, without using sperm, eggs or a womb. The Weizmann Institute team say their “embryo model”, made using stem cells, looks like a textbook example of a real 14-day-old embryo. It even released hormones that turned a…

By Sean Seddon and Daniel Sandford BBC News A manhunt has been launched for a former soldier suspected of terror offences who escaped from prison on Wednesday morning. Daniel Abed Khalife, 21, was awaiting trial after being accused of leaving fake bombs at a military base. He escaped from HMP Wandsworth, London, and is thought…

By Sarah Rainsford Eastern Europe correspondent Romania’s defence minister has said that remains of a drone used in a Russian attack on a Ukrainian port have been found on Romanian territory. His comments follow two days of him and other senior officials “categorically” denying any cross-border incident. Ukraine had insisted it had evidence of the…

Runrig lead vocalist Bruce Guthro has died, MP and former bandmate Pete Wishart has said. Singer-songwriter Guthro joined the Scottish rock band in 1998 and remained with the group until its final performances in 2018. Mr Wishart said the 62-year-old Canadian had been an exceptional singer, musician and songwriter. He added: “He was just the…

Videos circulating on social media appears to show the moment of the explosion – and its graphic aftermath. “The Russian troops are terrorists who will not be forgiven and will not rest,” Ukraine Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal says. “There will be a fair retribution for everything.” President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russian artillery was responsible and…

By Joel Gunter & Anna Payton BBC Africa Eye A Kenyan hospital employee who was caught by the BBC selling a baby on the black market has been convicted of child trafficking. Fred Leparan, who worked at Nairobi’s Mama Lucy Kibaki hospital, was filmed accepting $2,050 (£1,600) to sell a baby boy under the hospital’s…

At least 16 people have been killed in a missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Kostyantynivka. President Volodymyr Zelensky said those killed were “people who did nothing wrong” – and warned the death toll could increase. Kostyantynivka, in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, is near the front line. “This Russian evil must be defeated as…

By Michael Ertl BBC News A high-ranking German intelligence officer has been charged with treason for allegedly passing state secrets to Russia. Prosecutors believe Carsten L shared intelligence about the war in Ukraine and the Wagner mercenary group and received roughly €400,000 (£340,000), according to German reports. Another German man, who is suspected of having…

By Graeme Baker BBC News They’re pink, they’re gangly, and they’re strutting their stuff in some of the unlikeliest places thanks to Hurricane Idalia. Flamingos have been spotted in the Midwest and eastern parts of the US after being blown in by the storm. Birds thought to be from Mexico first started appearing in Florida…

By David Gritten BBC News A cache of four excellently-preserved Roman swords and a javelin have been discovered by Israeli researchers in a cave overlooking the Dead Sea. Three of the 1,900-year-old weapons, whose iron blades are 60-65cm long (24-26in), were still in wooden scabbards. They were found in a near-inaccessible crevice by a team…