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Number two US House Republican Steve Scalise has cancer
By Kayla Epstein BBC News Steve Scalise, the second most powerful Republican in the US House of Representatives, has announced he is being treated for cancer. The House Majority leader said he had been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer. “I expect to work through this period and intend to return to Washington,” the…
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Johnny Kitagawa: J-pop talent agency boss told to quit over predator’s abuse
By Kelly Ng BBC News, Singapore The late star-maker Johnny Kitagawa’s niece must resign as head of the talent agency that he allegedly used to sexually abuse aspiring pop stars in Japan, investigators have said. The agency was also told to compensate Kitagawa’s victims, whose accounts featured in a BBC documentary in March. Johnny and…
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Are hurricanes in the US getting worse?
There has not been an increase in the number of hurricanes making landfall in the US, but warming oceans have led to more powerful storms forming over the Atlantic in recent years. The BBC’s Carl Nasman looks at what that means for the US and its residents.
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Prigozhin buried in private funeral – Wagner chief’s press service
By Jaroslav Lukiv BBC News Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has been buried in a private funeral in St Petersburg, his press service has said. It said the ceremony was held in “a closed format”, and all those “wishing to say goodbye can visit the [city’s] Porokhovskoye cemetery”. Prigozhin, 62, was confirmed dead by Russian authorities…
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Biden names 10 drugs for Medicare price negotiations
By Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York President Joe Biden has announced 10 drugs that will be targeted in government price negotiations to make them more affordable for the elderly. Mr Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act gave Medicare – the government healthcare programme for the over-65s – the power to negotiate drug prices with manufacturers for…
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Chess rivals settle long-running cheating dispute
By Graeme Baker BBC News A Norwegian world champion and the US prodigy who unexpectedly beat him have resolved a year-long cheating row that rattled the world of chess. Magnus Carlsen accused Hans Niemann of foul play after he lost in the Sinquefield Cup in September. Mr Niemann sued his rival, the online platform Chess.com…
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Hundreds of tents left behind after Leeds Festival
Hundreds of tents were left behind at campsites after Leeds Festival. Drone footage shows camping equipment littered all over the fields at Bramham Park. Volunteers and charities usually visit the festival site after the three-day event and attempt to salvage the tents. A man involved in the clean-up posted on X, formerly known as Twitter,…
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Eminem and Vivek Ramaswamy revive battle between pop stars and politicians
By Ian Youngs & Mark Savage BBC News Whenever election season comes around, it’s a safe bet that a politician will try to glean credibility by using a pop song on the campaign trail – only for the star who recorded it to “ban” them from doing so. The latest example came when biotech multi-millionaire…
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New Zealand birds: Takahe facing extinction find new home in sanctuary
By Joel Guinto BBC News Two flightless takahe were released at a New Zealand sanctuary in the latest effort to stop some of the world’s rarest birds becoming extinct. The pair, Waitaa and Bendigo, sprinted out of their cages to cheers from the crowd at Zealandia in Wellington. Last week, 18 takahe were released in…
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Google tests watermark to identify AI images
By Tom Gerken & Philippa Wain BBC News Google is trialling a digital watermark to spot images made by artificial intelligence (AI) in a bid to fight disinformation. Developed by DeepMind, Google’s AI arm, SynthID will identify images generated by machines. It works by embedding changes to individual pixels in images so watermarks are invisible…