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Harrison Floyd: Defendant in Georgia election case released from jail
By Brandon Drenon BBC News, Washington The sole defendant in the Georgia election interference case being held in Fulton County Jail is expected to be released five days after his arrest. It comes after a judge set a bond in his case. Harrison Floyd’s lawyer told the BBC that his client had not been able…
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Ukraine war: Hundreds bid farewell to fighter ace Juice
Hundreds of people in Kyiv have paid their respects to one of Ukraine’s most celebrated fighter pilots, who was killed in a mid-air crash last week. Capt Andrii Pilshchykov, who flew under the call-sign “Juice”, and two other pilots died when two L-39 training planes collided in northern Ukraine. Pilshchykov, 30, won fame for dogfights…
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Jacksonville shooting: Audio of 911 call by gunman’s dad released
By Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York Police have released audio of a 911 call by the father of a gunman who killed three people in a racially motivated attack in Florida. The dad is heard telling an emergency dispatcher the 21-year-old has stopped taking psychiatric medication. The killer used a legally purchased rifle and…
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Watch: BBC gets as close as possible to Prigozhin grave
Russia editor Steve Rosenberg reports from the perimeter of the cemetery where it is believed Wagner chief Prigozhin has been buried. The 62-year-old’s press service has said a private funeral was held at the Porokhovskoye cemetery. Prigozhin was confirmed dead by Russian authorities after a plane crash on 23 August near Moscow. The Kremlin has…
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Canadian ‘poison seller’ Kenneth Law faces more charges
By Angus Crawford BBC News Police in Canada have brought an additional 12 charges against a man accused of supplying a poisonous chemical to people who died by suicide. Kenneth Law, 57, from Toronto had already been charged in May this year with two counts of counselling or aiding suicide in Canada. Police think Mr…
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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…