Grant Shapps is the UK’s new defence secretary. His new role is the fifth big government job he’s held in the past year – under three different prime ministers. Here’s a 60-second recap of the jobs he’s had in the last 12 months. Who is the new defence secretary?

By Yolande Knell BBC News, Jerusalem An Israeli soldier has been killed and several other people wounded in a suspected lorry ramming attack by a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank. It comes at a tense time where deadly violence there has surged to a level not seen for some two decades. Overnight, Palestinian militants…

By Lucy Fleming BBC News Many buildings in the centre of the South African city of Johannesburg, where a horrific fire has killed more than 70 people, are deemed unfit to live in. Yet these old blocks, abandoned by their owners or the city authorities, are full of families often paying rent to criminal gangs…

By Samantha Granville Johannesburg Mussi Hamissa woke up to the sound of a massive roar. His bed was shaking and he heard people shouting: “Fire! Fire! Fire!” In shock, he rubbed his eyes open to see the orange glow of flames coming into his makeshift apartment on the third floor of the building, formerly owned…

By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent It’s like a celestial pearl necklace. This is an image of a supernova – an exploded star – taken by the new super space telescope James Webb (JWST). SN1987A, as it’s known, is one of the most famous and studied objects in the southern hemisphere sky. When the star went…

By Hazel Shearing & Sam Hancock BBC News More than 100 schools in England are scrambling to make arrangements after being told to shut buildings with a type of concrete prone to collapse. The government gave the order just days before the start of the autumn term. Some pupils have already been told they will…

Police in Norfolk, Nebraska pulled over a car for having a huge bull standing in its passenger seat. The car had half of it’s roof cut off in order to fit the animal. The man driving the car was given a warning by police, and was ordered to take the bull back home. No one…

When work is life, and life is social media, it only makes sense that workplace discourse is thriving alongside make-up routines and viral dance videos. Viral challenges and dance routines; career advice and workplace venting. Just another day on TikTok.  The hashtag #worktok is soaring – 1.8 billion views as of this writing – turning…

China has told India to “stay calm” over a new Chinese map that Delhi says lays claim to its territory. India protested after Beijing released the map showing north-eastern Arunachal Pradesh state and the disputed Aksai Chin plateau as China’s territory. Beijing responded by saying its neighbours should refrain from “over-interpreting” the issue. Meanwhile, media…

By Gareth Evans BBC News Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced South Carolina lawyer serving a life sentence for murder, has lost his phone privileges in prison after speaking to the media without permission. The 55-year-old’s lawyer recorded him reading his diary entries during a call in June, prison officials said. The audio was then allegedly given…