The father, stepmother and uncle of Sara Sharif, 10, have been arrested on suspicion of murder after returning to the UK from Pakistan. Urfan Sharif, 41, his wife Beinash Batool, 29, and his brother Faisal Malik, 28, were arrested at Gatwick Airport at around 19:45 BST after disembarking a flight from Dubai. Police said three…

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Sam Cabral BBC News A heat signature detected by a plane sparked a seven-hour scramble to capture escaped Pennsylvania inmate Danelo Cavalcante, in a dramatic climax to the two-week manhunt. A thunderstorm forced the spotter aircraft…

By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Emma Coronel, the wife of jailed Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, has been released from jail in the US. Coronel plead guilty to drug trafficking charges and was sentenced to three years in prison in November 2021, but has been freed early. The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed…

By Michael Ertl BBC News Romanians living close to the border with Ukraine received emergency alerts early on Wednesday urging them to remain calm and take shelter as Russia hit Ukrainian ports across the Danube. The defence ministry said it had found Russian drone parts on Romanian territory for the third time in a week.…

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By George Wright BBC News More than 5,300 people are believed to have died after floods in the Libyan city of Derna, a local minister said. “The sea is constantly dumping dozens of bodies,” said Hisham Chkiouat,…

By Chloe Kim BBC News Republican lawmaker Lauren Boebert was escorted out of a theatre in Denver during a performance of the musical Beetlejuice after being accused of disruptive behaviour. An incident report, which does not name her, says two patrons were asked to leave after complaints of vaping, singing, and causing disturbance. Her team…

Raging floods have swept through eastern Libya, killing more than 5,300 people and leaving 10,000 unaccounted for. The North African nation is experiencing a “calamity of epic proportions”, the UN has said, but did things have to be this way? Once one of Africa’s most prosperous countries, years of lawlessness have left it a fragile,…

New satellite photos have revealed the devastating impact of Friday’s earthquake on rural communities in Morocco. The epicentre of the tremor was in the High Atlas Mountains, 71km (44 miles) from Marrakesh, and many of the worst affected areas are remote villages and towns. Images of the village of Tafeghaghte taken after the quake hit…

By Chloe Kim BBC News Five police officers have been charged with federal civil rights violations for their role in beating a 29-year-old black man at a traffic stop in Memphis. The officers were already facing state charges for the 7 January beating of Tyre Nichols, who died three days later in hospital. Video footage…

Earlier this year, award-winning producer Ian Brennan visited the notorious Mississippi State Penitentiary, aka Parchman Farm, to record inmates singing. Graeme Thomson reports on the remarkable results. “Oh listen you men, I don’t mean no harm / Oh listen you men, I don’t mean no harm / If you wanna do good, you better stay…