By Lucy Williamson in Nir Oz, Israel BBC News They are still finding bodies in the neighbourhoods near Gaza. Recovery teams on Wednesday pulled a woman’s body from the rubble in Kibbutz Be’eri. She was naked, her feet bound with metal wire. One of the team said the bodies of more than 20 children had…

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By Muhammad Irham and Astudestra Ajengrastri BBC World Service, Rempang Amlah, or Grandma Cuh as the 105-year-old is fondly known, has been living on the Indonesian island of Rempang all her life. The oldest resident of this fishing village, she has married twice, given birth to eight children, and buried four of them. When her…

Despite legal protections, some workers have found disclosing their struggles isn’t a black and white decision. As part of her graduate school studies to become a clinical social worker, Jillian had to complete a year-long intern placement. Halfway through the year, and mid-pandemic, her medication to regulate her lifelong premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), anxiety and…

The WAGs (wives and girlfriends) of footballers hold a strange fascination for Brits, with tabloids blaming them for the England team’s loss in the 2006 World Cup. As two new documentaries tell the stories of Victoria Beckham and Coleen Rooney, Clare Thorp explores why the WAGs exert such a pull. There’s a moment in the…

By Matt Murphy BBC News, Washington China has significantly expanded its nuclear stockpile over the past year and is now holding some 500 operational warheads, the US has said. An annual report released by the Pentagon also said Beijing hopes to double its arsenal to over 1,000 warheads by 2030. But it said China remained…

By Phil Mercer BBC News, Sydney At this zoo visitors dodge stampeding elephants, peer into the gaping jaws of a hippopotamus and pat friendly giraffes. Such thrills are possible at Australia’s Hologram Zoo, which opened earlier this year, and features 50 lifelike displays from dinosaurs to gorillas crafted from lasers. Its creator says it’s the…

By Max Matza BBC News A driver has been arrested after a car crash that killed four university students in Malibu, California. The group – who were all members of a sorority – were seniors at Pepperdine University about 25 miles (40km) west of downtown Los Angeles. Officials say they were standing next to the…

President Joe Biden will ask Congress for billions of dollars of funding for Israel and Ukraine in a primetime address at the White House on Thursday. The bulk of the $100bn (£82bn) request is expected to cover military aid for Israel and Ukraine, with some money for Taiwan and US border security. But spending measures…

By Jeremy Bowen in Jerusalem and Toby Luckhurst in London BBC News The Middle East is on the “edge of an abyss” as a result of the war between Israel and Hamas, UN agency chief Philippe Lazzarini has told the BBC. The commissioner-general of UN relief agency UNRWA said violence could spill over across the…