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Chandrayaan-3: Nasa’s lunar orbiter photographs India’s Moon lander Vikram
By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi US space agency Nasa has released a photograph of India’s lunar lander on the Moon’s surface. It shows Vikram lander as a tiny speck in the centre of the image with “its dark shadow visible against the bright halo surrounding the vehicle”. Chandrayaan-3’s lander touched down near the Moon’s…
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Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi denied ‘urgent care’, says son
By BBC Burmese & Kelly Ng in Yangon and Singapore The youngest son of Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi said she has been denied urgent medical care. Kim Aris said the military junta ruling the country blocked prison authorities’ request for “urgent care”. Prison sources told BBC Burmese Ms Suu Kyi, 78,…
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Ukraine war: Deadly new Russian attack reported on Izmail port area
A new Russian drone strike has hit Ukrainian port facilities in the Izmail area on the River Danube, killing one person, the local governor says. Port and agricultural infrastructure was damaged in the overnight attack, according to Oleh Kiper, governor of the surrounding Odesa region. There was no immediate comment from Moscow on the reported…
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Chevron and unions in talks to avert Australia LNG strike
By Mariko Oi Business reporter Chevron and unions representing workers at two major liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in Australia are holding last-ditch talks ahead of planned industrial action. Workers are set to start a series of work stoppages from Thursday in the dispute over pay and conditions. If their terms are not met, they…
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Claude the koala unmasked as prolific plant thief in Australia
By Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney For weeks on end, Australian nursery owner Humphrey Herington has been racking his brain to identify the elusive thief eating his seedlings. At first he thought it was escaped goats. Then perhaps a pesky possum. The last thing he expected was to walk into work one day and find…
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Canada truck attack: Man pleads not guilty to murdering Muslim family in Ontario
By George Wright BBC News A Canadian man accused of murdering four members of a Muslim family with his vehicle in London, Ontario, has pleaded not guilty. Nathaniel Veltman, 22, is accused of intentionally targeting the family because of their faith, running them over in 2021. He has been charged with four counts of first-degree…
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Rolling Stones set to launch new album, Hackney Diamonds
By Mark Savage BBC Music Correspondent Wild Horses couldn’t hold them back: The Rolling Stones will return with Hackney Diamonds, their first album of original songs since 2005. The band will launch the record on Wednesday at a special event in Hackney, a place that is “at the heart of the new album”, per a…
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Vietnam pilot who disregarded direct order gets Medal of Honor
By Nadine Yousif BBC News US President Joe Biden has awarded the nation’s highest military medal to a Vietnam War helicopter pilot who disregarded a direct order and saved his comrades. Retired Army Captain Larry Taylor, 81, received the Medal of Honor at the White House. In 1968, he flew his Cobra attack chopper into…
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Kenya’s Lake Baringo: Surviving hippo and crocodile attacks
By Mercy Juma BBC News, Lake Baringo Joseph Atuma had fished in Lake Baringo since he was 12 and, despite one or two encounters with hippos and crocodiles, none had ever attacked him until one evening in September 2018, when a hippo tore through his canoe, grabbed his left leg, and ripped part of it…
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Alex Murdaugh appeals his conviction alleging jury tampering
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Brandon Drenon BBC News, Washington Alex Murdaugh, the South Carolina lawyer convicted of murdering his wife and son, has filed an appeal against his conviction, alleging jury tampering during his trial. His attorneys say a county…