EPA By Robert Greenall BBC News Russia is raising the maximum age at which men can be conscripted from 27 to 30, making more of them liable to serve in the armed forces. The change was passed by the lower house of parliament on Tuesday. It still needs to approved by the upper house and…

Authorities are racing to save a pod of pilot whales which have become stranded on a beach in Western Australia. The pod of at least 60 whales was first spotted about 100 metres off the coast at Cheynes Beach on Monday evening. Witnesses told local media that they found the sight of whales tightly clustering…

The US military declassified video footage showing the moment a Russian fighter jet flew dangerously close to US MQ-9 drone. In a press release, the Air Force said the Russian jet was “harassing the MQ-9 and deploying flares from a position directly overhead, with only a few meters of separation between aircraft.”

Sotheby’s By Shiona McCallum Technology reporter A pair of rare Apple trainers are being sold by auction house Sotheby’s for $50,000 (£38,969). The shoes were custom-made for employees only in the 1990s and were a one-time giveaway at a conference. A pair have never been sold to the public before. Featuring a predominately white leather…

Delaware County District Attorney’s Office By Sam Cabral BBC News A retired US church pastor who presided nearly half a century ago over the funeral of a kidnapped eight-year-old girl has been charged with her murder. Gretchen Harrington went missing in the Philadelphia suburb of Marple Township on the morning of 15 August 1975 while…

Amie Adamson/Facebook A Kansas woman killed by a grizzly bear on a trail near Yellowstone National Park last Saturday was a “beautiful free spirit”, her mother says. The body of Amie Adamson, 48, was found by park officials in a wooded area near the town of West Yellowstone, Montana. Bear tracks were spotted close by…

Panagiotis Dimisianos By the Visual Journalism Team BBC News Tens of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes and abandon holidays on Greek islands including Rhodes and Corfu as fires spread across the region. In Rhodes a black scar has been scorched across the middle of the island to the southern town…

Getty Images Florida governor and Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis was involved in a car accident in Tennessee on Tuesday morning but is unhurt, a spokesperson for his campaign said. The governor was in Chattanooga, Tennessee for private fundraisers for his campaign. His spokesperson, Bryan Griffin, said the accident happened when Mr DeSantis was traveling…

EPA By Laura Gozzi BBC News Extreme weather has been battering Italy from north to south. Wildfires are raging in Sicily after weeks of record-breaking temperatures, with local media warning that the city of Palermo is “encircled” by fires. Meanwhile, northern regions are reeling from violent storms and high winds that uprooted trees and lifted…

AFP By Damian Zane BBC News The US has imposed sanctions on three top officials of Mali’s junta for their alleged involvement with the Wagner Group of Russian mercenaries. Wagner fighters have been accused of committing atrocities alongside the Malian army fighting jihadists. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said civilian casualties had more than…