By Max Matza BBC News Police have arrested a man accused of helping to distribute drugs found in a New York nursery where a one-year-old died after being exposed to fentanyl. Renny Antonio Parra Paredes, 38, is the third person arrested following the death of Nicholas Dominici this month. Large quantities of narcotics were found…

By Guy Lambert Entertainment Reporter The actor Idris Elba is no stranger to the world of video games, but says he has a new-found appreciation for the art form following his latest role. Elba stars as Solomon Reed in the latest spy-thriller adventure expansion for Cyberpunk 2077, Phantom Liberty. Asked if he sees video games…

By Nicholas Yong BBC News, Singapore Operation Jaywick was an audacious plan that resulted in one of the most successful Allied sabotage operations of World War Two. It could be the plot of an action movie: send 14 Australian and British commandos and crew members thousands of kilometres from Australia to Japanese-occupied Singapore, via a…

By Gagandeep Singh Jassowal BBC Punjabi While India waits for the Supreme Court’s verdict on legalising same-sex marriage, an LGBTQ couple’s recent wedding in the northern state of Punjab has made headlines – and also created controversy. Dimple, 27 – who uses the pronoun he – and Manisha, 21, married in Bathinda city on 18…

By Kate Whannel Political reporter Politicians need to question if the UN’s 1951 Refugee Convention is “fit for our modern age”, Suella Braverman is expected to say in a speech. Addressing a think tank in Washington DC, the home secretary will describe the convention as an “incredible achievement of its age”. But she will also…

The UAW is demanding higher wages from executives. How do American pay packets get so big – and can strikers close the gap between CEO-worker compensation? At 23:59 on 14 Sept, roughly 13,000 workers at three of the largest automakers in the US went on strike. After eight weeks of unsuccessful negotiations among the United…

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Holly Honderich in Washington As he watched the Kansas City Chiefs play the Chicago Bears, Jarrett Payton, a journalist and former National Football League player, laid out an objective for himself. “My goal is to find…

Kelly Grovier picks six of the most powerful photos from this year – including Trump’s mugshot, a traffic jam in the desert at Burning Man, and a Russian missile attack on a Ukrainian church – and compares them with iconic artworks. (Credit: Getty Images) 1. Trump mugshot It was the mugshot heard around the world.…

By Raj Kaur Bilkhu BBC Asian Network “Even though I watched my mum battle from a young age, I never used to check my breasts. We didn’t even talk about it.” When Sonia Bhandal was 14, her mum passed away from breast cancer, six years after being diagnosed. Then, when she was 27, Sonia found…

By Zoe Kleinman Technology editor The boss of Spotify says he has no plans to completely ban content created by artificial intelligence from the music streaming platform. Earlier this year the platform pulled a track featuring AI-cloned voices of the performers Drake and The Weeknd. Daniel Ek told the BBC there were valid uses of…