Mid-life workers want menopause support, eldercare assistance, health screenings and more. Increasingly, they’re getting it – and their employers are benefitting, too. Gen X are at a crossroads in their personal lives. Wedged between Baby Boomers and millennials, this generation is in the ‘sandwich’ phase of life. They’re largely responsible for caring for their aging…

Including Ridley Scott’s Napoleon, Sophia Coppola’s Priscilla Presley biopic and the Hunger Games prequel – Nicholas Barber lists this month’s unmissable movies to watch and stream. (Credit: Lionsgate) 1. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes It’s prequel time again. In December, we’ll get to see the founding of Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory…

Louisiana Representative Mike Johnson is the new Speaker of the House. But for the divided GOP, it was not easy to get here. From Kevin McCarthy’s ouster to Johnson finally bringing the House ‘back in business,’ here is a recap of the past three weeks of chaos.

By Roxy Gagdekar Chhara BBC News Gujarati In a dimly lit hut in the western Indian state of Gujarat, Anjana cradles her baby boy, her eyes welling up as she says he is named after his father. Anjana’s husband Umesh Bamaniya died in April, 10 days before his son was born, while cleaning a choked…

By Derek Brockway BBC Wales weatherman As a weather person I love telling people about the changing seasons – from heatwaves to blizzards and everything in between. But as the days get shorter I – like many others – feel low. I think I might have Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). The cold, wet weather means…

By Phil McCausland BBC News, Washington President Joe Biden discussed national security, climate change and technology with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during a meeting on Wednesday. “Australia and America stand ready to do the hard work, the historic work, to tackle the challenges we face,” Mr Biden said after the meeting. The leaders also…

By Jean Mackenzie Seoul correspondent One year on from the horrific crowd crush that killed nearly 160 young people, Lee Ju-hyun returned to the alleyway where she almost died. She visits regularly, determined to keep her memories of that awful night alive until justice has been served. It was Halloween weekend, and more than 100,000…

By Jude Sheerin BBC News A prestigious US college has disavowed a campus protest over the Israel-Gaza war after it provoked accusations of antisemitism. Police were called on Tuesday night to stop demonstrators projecting slogans on to the side of a library at George Washington University. The college said the protest had violated its policy…

By Marianna Spring BBC disinformation and social media correspondent In the opening days of the Israel-Gaza war two small boys, both aged four, were killed. One was Israeli, one Palestinian. But many posts I saw on social media weren’t mourning their deaths – instead, they were trying to deny the killings had taken place. Omar…

Avichai Brodutch thought his whole family had been killed when Kibbutz Kfar Aza was attacked by Hamas but a message from a neighbour raised hope that they were still alive. When Avichai began a solo vigil outside the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv others began to join him. Video produced by Anastassia Zlatpolskai and…