Getty Images By Anthony Zurcher North America correspondent @awzurcher North Korea hasn’t been much of a foreign policy priority for Joe Biden’s administration since he took office in January 2021, but recent escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula are moving it up the list. Now, with the detention of a US soldier who crossed the…

Reuters By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington Since the guns of the Korean War fell silent on 27 July 1953, tens of thousands of US troops have remained in South Korea to cast a wary eye across the 38th parallel to North Korea. Together with their South Korean allies, US forces regularly conduct large-scale…

Reuters By Sophie Long in Las Vegas & Chelsea Bailey BBC News An unrelenting heatwave continues to scorch much of the southern US, leaving more than 90 million Americans under a heat advisory. In Phoenix, temperatures hit 110F (43C) for the 19th straight day, shattering the city’s previous record. Officials said hospitals were using body…

Getty Images By Natasha Booty & Will Ross BBC News Any attempt to arrest Vladimir Putin if he visits South Africa would be a declaration of war against Russia, the country’s president says. Cyril Ramaphosa made the warning with weeks to go before an international meeting happens in Johannesburg, to which the Russian president is…

Two sweltering heatwaves in Europe have been named Cerberus and Charon, but there is no internationally-agreed naming system for these events – and some experts fear it could be counterproductive. The creature was the stuff of nightmares. Three-headed, with gnashing teeth that dripped gore and slobbering jaws that foamed poison, his mane and tail sprouted…

EPA By Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Large swathes of southern Europe continue to swelter in record heat as wildfires rage across the continent. Temperatures hit a high of 46.3C in Sicily on Tuesday, and crews battled fires in Greece and the Swiss Alps. Most of Italy’s major cities are on red alert, meaning the extreme…

Gen Z workers started their careers at a tough time. Will their native AI fluency help them get ahead? Gen Z has had a hard landing into the workforce. Starting jobs amid the global pandemic, many of these new workers have missed out on gaining essential hard- and soft skills usually gleaned by working alongside…

Video of the moment an e-bike battery exploded while it was on charge has been shared by West Midlands Fire Service, after its owner allowed the footage to be shared to warn others of the dangers. It added that whether it was an e-bike, scooter, mobile phone or other device, they should always be charged…

Phoenix, Arizona, a desert city known for intense temperatures, has been 110F (43.3 C) degrees or hotter for the past 18 days. Not everyone is enduring the same impact, however. Homeless people reportedly make up half of all heat-associated deaths in the United States.

Getty Images By Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York Police have removed over 200 guns among potential evidence from the home of the suspect accused of murdering three women in Long Island. Rex Heuermann, 59, has pleaded not guilty to killing Megan Waterman, Amber Costello and Melissa Barthelemy. Other objects taken from the residence include…