By Michael Ertl BBC News Rescuers in central Greece are trying to reach hundreds of people trapped by floods that have left villages submerged and seven people dead. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said Greeks face “a very unequal battle” with nature. Rivers have burst their banks and homes and bridges have been swept away…

By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent Tackling climate change needs a rapid transformation of the way our world works, travels, eats and uses energy, according to an important UN review. This is the first “global stocktake” to examine the efforts of countries to reduce planet-warming emissions since the Paris agreement was signed in 2015. While progress…

A Turkish cryptocurrency boss and his two siblings have been jailed for 11,196 years each for defrauding investors of millions of dollars. Faruk Fatih Ozer, 29, fled to Albania in 2021 with investor assets after his Thodex exchange suddenly collapsed. He was extradited back to Turkey in June and found guilty of money-laundering, fraud and…

Hayao Miyazaki’s first film in a decade has played at the Toronto International Film Festival, and is his “most expansive and magisterial”, writes Caryn James. Hayao Miyazaki is one of the great masters of cinema, whose work happens to be animated, in hand-drawn films of exquisite delicacy and beauty. They are grounded by  thoroughly believable…

By Shaimaa Khalil Tokyo correspondent For the first time, Julie Fujishima, the niece of the late Johnny Kitagawa, has acknowledged the sexual abuse committed by her uncle and stepped down as president of Japan’s most powerful talent agency, the firm he founded. Is there a sense of shock here in Japan? No, there isn’t. It’s…

Trapped US caver Mark Dickey has recorded a video message thanking Turkish authorities and rescuers. About 150 workers have been working to rescue the 40-year-old since he became trapped in the Morca Cave on Saturday. He was co-leading a team to map a new passage in the cave when he began to suffer from gastrointestinal…

By Paul Adams BBC News Kyiv, Ukraine Nightly Russian drone attacks on Ukraine’s River Danube ports are threatening to choke off one of Kyiv’s vital economic lifelines. Attacks which began over a month ago have intensified in recent days. Each morning brings news of fresh explosions at grain storage facilities and port infrastructure in and…

People living in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine are being asked to vote in what the authorities are describing as local elections. Ukraine’s foreign minister called the polls a “sham”, saying the votes will not have any legal standing. Candidates are all either Russian or pro-Russian, and include governors hand-picked by Moscow. Many taking part in…

Streets and buildings in Hong Kong and southern Chinese cities have been hit with intense flooding after some of the heaviest rainfall on record. Vehicles have been abandoned and submerged in floodwaters and landslides have swept across roads. The latest flooding comes less than a week after two typhoons hit southern China.

Metropolitan PoliceCopyright: Metropolitan Police Name: Daniel Abed Khalife Age: 21 Height: 6ft 2ins (1.88m) Where was he last seen? Khalife is accused of escaping from HMP Wandsworth at 07:50 BST on Wednesday morning. Last seen wearing: Prison-issue chef’s uniform of a white T-shirt, red and white chequered trousers and brown steel toe cap boots, according…