Sussex police have released video of the moment a man stole a taxi from Gatwick airport, after another taxi refused to take him. Mohammed Ahmed led police on a high-speed chase, after taking the unattended vehicle from outside the South Terminal in September 2022. The 24-year-old was pursued along the M25 and M40, reaching speeds…

Getty Images By Emily McGarvey BBC News At least 23 Syrian soldiers have been killed in an attack blamed on Islamic State (IS) militants in eastern Syria, reports say. The jihadists surrounded a military bus in eastern Deir al-Zour province before opening fire, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. More than 10 other…

Reuters By Nomsa Maseko BBC News, Johannesburg South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has been spared from returning to prison, with officials saying this to ease overcrowding. Zuma, who was sentenced to 15 months for contempt of court, surrendered himself to the authorities on Friday. He had previously been freed on medical parole – in…

Getty Images By Riyah Collins BBC Newsbeat Rapper Tory Lanez has insisted he was wrongfully convicted for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the feet during a row. Lanez was jailed for 10 years this week after being found guilty of the attack in the Hollywood Hills. He had denied ordering the Savage singer, real name…

Getty Images By Jonathan Head South East Asia correspondent The bodies of 23 Rohingyas who were fleeing Myanmar’s Rakhine state have been recovered after their boat sank. Thirty others are still missing, while eight people are reported to have survived the mishap. The survivors said they were trying to reach Malaysia when their boat carrying…

Getty Images By Christy Cooney BBC News Argentina has announced it will punish foreign football fans who burn or tear up bank notes while attending matches in the country. The practice has become a common way for fans of clubs from elsewhere in South America to taunt home teams about the value of the Argentinian…

Russia launched its first mission to the surface of the Moon in nearly half a century, in a bid to be the first country to land on the lunar south pole. Moscow’s Luna 25 mission lifted off on schedule from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East. The Moon’s south pole is believed to…

Reuters By Peter Hoskins Business reporter Country Garden, which is one of China’s biggest property developers, has warned that it could see a loss for the first six months of the year of up to $7.6bn (£6bn). The announcement is the latest signal of the major issues faced by the world’s second largest economy. This…

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News For deaf children, teachers and scientists, talking about things like “greenhouse gases” or “carbon footprint” used to mean spelling out long, complex scientific terms, letter by letter. Now they are…

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Nadine Yousif BBC News Hawaii is no stranger to wildfires, but those of the past few days are being called some of the worst in the archipelago’s history. Their toll has been devastating, though what sparked…