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Watch: Typhoon Saola ripping up trees in Hong Kong
The highest storm alert is in force in Hong Kong as Typhoon Saola is approaching. It could be the strongest storm to hit the region in decades, with the Hong Kong Observatory is warning of winds with mean speeds of 118 km/h. Tens of millions of people in Hong Kong and adjacent areas of mainland…
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The extreme summer weather that scorched and soaked the world
Heat. Wildfires. Torrential rain. Typhoons and hurricanes. Much of the northern hemisphere has been battered by extreme weather this summer. Not all these events can be immediately linked to climate change. It can take a while for scientists to untangle what exactly is going on – plus, the planet’s natural weather and climate systems are…
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TikToker Mahek Bukhari and mum jailed for life for crash murders
A social media influencer and her mother have been jailed for life for the murder of two men who died when their car was rammed off the road. Saqib Hussain and Hashim Ijazuddin, both 21, died when their car crashed in Leicestershire in February 2022. It happened after Mr Hussain threatened to reveal an affair…
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YouTube parenting advice mum arrested on child abuse suspicion
By Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York A Utah woman, who ran a once popular parenting advice YouTube channel, was arrested on suspicion of child abuse after her malnourished son escaped from home, officials said. Ruby Franke and her business partner Jodi Nan Hildebrandt were arrested in Ivins, Utah on Wednesday. Officials also found Ms…
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Poor Things review: Emma Stone is ‘perfectly cast’ in this truly bizarre female Frankenstein story
Director Yorgos Lanthimos is back with his weirdest film yet – a Victorian mad-scientist story with endless sex scenes and garish design. It’s outrageous and hilarious, writes Nicholas Barber. Yorgos Lanthimos is the director of Dogtooth, The Lobster, The Killing of a Sacred Deer and The Favourite, so it’s fair to say that he has…
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Germany prosecutes ex-Nazi camp guard aged 98
By Laurence Peter BBC News German prosecutors have charged a 98-year-old man with complicity in the murder of some 3,300 people at a Nazi concentration camp in World War Two. The man, not yet named, was an adolescent when he served as a guard at Sachsenhausen between July 1943 and February 1945, the indictment says.…
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New Zealand: Lord of the Rings creators stop divisive land development
By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News A controversial NZ$500m ($298m) housing development plan in New Zealand has been scuppered by Lord of the Rings director Sir Peter Jackson. He and his wife Dame Fran Walsh, who co-wrote the film trilogy, have bought the former Air Force Base at Shelly Bay in the country’s capital, Wellington. It…
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Snow Patrol: Jonny Quinn and Paul Wilson leave band
By Rebekah Wilson & Amy Murray BBC News NI Two members of Snow Patrol are leaving the band, but the other three will continue as a trio. On Facebook, frontman Gary Lightbody paid tribute to Jonny Quinn and Paul Wilson and said the band wishes them nothing but happiness and success. The remaining members are…
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Shock after popular bear shot dead in Italian town
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Paul Kirby BBC News A popular female bear has been shot dead on the outskirts of a town in central Italy and a man has claimed he opened fire out of fear. The bear, named Amarena,…
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Danelo Cavalcante: Convicted murderer escapes from Pennsylvania prison
By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington A massive manhunt is under way in Pennsylvania for a prison inmate who escaped just a week after being sentenced to life in prison for murder. Brazilian national Danelo Cavalcante, 34, escaped from Chester County Prison in West Chester on Thursday morning. A week ago, he was sentenced…