By Kayla Epstein BBC News The race to replace Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the US House of Representatives is underway, and Republicans are currently being confronted with two very different choices that could represent two different paths for the party – and Congress itself. House Republican Whip Steve Scalise and House Judiciary Committee chairman…

By Azeezat Olaoluwa & Yūsuf Akínpẹ̀lú BBC News, Monrovia Former football star George Weah is running for a second six-year term as Liberia’s president, but he appears to have scored an own goal by failing to engage with the topic that is dominating the air waves and mood on the streets – demands to set…

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Created by a resourceful nun in 17th-Century Goa, this sticky, seven-layer cake is made primarily from eggs, coconut, sugar, ghee and flour. “An excess of egg yolks led to the creation of bebinca,” said Gracian de Souza, a chef and restaurant consultant from India’s western state of Goa. “And in today’s parlance, we can call…

By Damien McGuinness BBC News, Berlin Voters in Germany’s largest state, Bavaria, choose a new parliament on Sunday, after a very nasty election campaign in which populist upstarts have rattled the status quo. The far-right AfD, tied in second place, is hoping for a big result. Its leaders say they are being physically attacked or…

By Matt McGrath, Mark Poynting, Becky Dale & Jana Tauschinski BBC News climate & science and data journalism team The world is breaching a key warming threshold at a rate that has scientists concerned, a BBC analysis has found. On about a third of days in 2023, the average global temperature was at least 1.5C…

By Chloe Kim BBC News More than 115 bodies have been found “improperly” stored at a Colorado funeral home that specialises in “green burials”, officials say. Authorities were initially alerted to the scene after being called about a foul odour coming from The Return to Nature Funeral Home. The FBI has said it is “not…

By Nadine Yousif BBC News After numerous complaints of mischief in the city of Aurora, a 400lb (181kg) culprit has finally been caught loitering outside a shopping centre. Officials say Fred, who dodged them for several days, is “always hungry” and “loves his belly scratches”. Aurora Animal Services knew they were looking for a pig,…

By Thomas Mackintosh BBC News The top US and Turkish diplomats have spoken by phone after US forces in Syria shot down an armed Turkish drone. Washington said the drone came too close to its ground forces in Syria, but Ankara merely said it was lost during operations. During the call between the Nato allies,…

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Suresh Menon Sports writer Can India win the 2023 World Cup? The answer is, yes, of course, they can. They have the best team in the world, they are playing at home and they have an…