By Laurence Peter BBC News Ukraine’s forces have made “notable progress” in their push against heavily fortified Russian positions in the south, the US government says. White House security spokesman John Kirby said those gains were made in the past 72 hours south of Zaporizhzhia. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told CNN that Kyiv’s forces…

A Proud Boy who led the US Capitol riot by smashing his way into the complex with a police shield before he filmed himself puffing a celebratory cigar has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Dominic Pezzola, a 46-year-old former US Marine, fought with officers during the raid on Congress on 6 January 2021.…

The highest storm alert is in force in Hong Kong as Typhoon Saola is approaching. It could be the strongest storm to hit the region in decades, with the Hong Kong Observatory is warning of winds with mean speeds of 118 km/h. Tens of millions of people in Hong Kong and adjacent areas of mainland…

Heat. Wildfires. Torrential rain. Typhoons and hurricanes. Much of the northern hemisphere has been battered by extreme weather this summer. Not all these events can be immediately linked to climate change. It can take a while for scientists to untangle what exactly is going on – plus, the planet’s natural weather and climate systems are…

A social media influencer and her mother have been jailed for life for the murder of two men who died when their car was rammed off the road. Saqib Hussain and Hashim Ijazuddin, both 21, died when their car crashed in Leicestershire in February 2022. It happened after Mr Hussain threatened to reveal an affair…

By Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York A Utah woman, who ran a once popular parenting advice YouTube channel, was arrested on suspicion of child abuse after her malnourished son escaped from home, officials said. Ruby Franke and her business partner Jodi Nan Hildebrandt were arrested in Ivins, Utah on Wednesday. Officials also found Ms…

Director Yorgos Lanthimos is back with his weirdest film yet – a Victorian mad-scientist story with endless sex scenes and garish design. It’s outrageous and hilarious, writes Nicholas Barber. Yorgos Lanthimos is the director of Dogtooth, The Lobster, The Killing of a Sacred Deer and The Favourite, so it’s fair to say that he has…

By Laurence Peter BBC News German prosecutors have charged a 98-year-old man with complicity in the murder of some 3,300 people at a Nazi concentration camp in World War Two. The man, not yet named, was an adolescent when he served as a guard at Sachsenhausen between July 1943 and February 1945, the indictment says.…

By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News A controversial NZ$500m ($298m) housing development plan in New Zealand has been scuppered by Lord of the Rings director Sir Peter Jackson. He and his wife Dame Fran Walsh, who co-wrote the film trilogy, have bought the former Air Force Base at Shelly Bay in the country’s capital, Wellington. It…

By Rebekah Wilson & Amy Murray BBC News NI Two members of Snow Patrol are leaving the band, but the other three will continue as a trio. On Facebook, frontman Gary Lightbody paid tribute to Jonny Quinn and Paul Wilson and said the band wishes them nothing but happiness and success. The remaining members are…