EPA By Graeme Baker BBC News Ethnic violence has plunged the small Indian state of Manipur into what many have dubbed a state of civil war as the two largest groups, the majority Meitei and minority Kuki, battle over land and influence. Shocking video emerged this week of an attack in May when two Kuki…

Golf ball-sized hail smashed through the roof of a Walmart in western Wisconsin on Wednesday. The damage from the storm forced the store to close that night and the following day, a store manager told the BBC. The hail, in tandem with rainfall and tornado warnings, caused destruction throughout Wisconsin’s Barron and Pierce counties. Next…

By Peter Jegwa Lilongwe, Malawi A Malawian court has convicted a Chinese national on multiple charges including trafficking and procuring children to take part in entertainment. Lu Ke, also known as Susu, has been handed a 12-month prison sentence, which he has already served in police custody. He has been ordered to leave the country…

A pedestrian in Argentina was caught between two cars that collided before careening away in opposite directions. The crash happened as the woman crossed the street at an intersection in La Plata a city in Buenos Aires Province. Local authorities reported that the woman and drivers were not seriously injured.

Getty Images The chief executive of the banking group that owns Coutts has apologised to Nigel Farage for “deeply inappropriate” comments about him after his account was closed. Natwest boss Alison Rose said the comments did not reflect its view. Former leader of the UK Independence Party Mr Farage had said that Coutts had targeted…

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Nadine Yousif BBC News The Iraqi government has ordered the Swedish ambassador in Baghdad to leave as a diplomatic dispute over the recent burning of a Quran in Stockholm intensifies. Baghdad has also recalled its charge…

Getty Images A Florida jury has awarded an eight-year-old girl $800,000 (£622,000) in damages after she received severe burns when a McDonald’s Chicken McNugget fell on her leg. The “dangerously hot” McNugget burnt Olivia Caraballo in 2019, then 4, as she opened her Happy Meal in the car at a McDonald’s drive-thru. Her family had…

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Getty Images By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington The wife of a man accused of murdering three women in Long Island has filed for divorce less than a week after his arrest. Court documents show that Asa Ellerup, 59, filed to divorce Rex Heuermann on Wednesday after 27 years of marriage. Mr Heuermann, an…

Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie is receiving rave reviews – not least for Gosling’s hilarious performance as famous male sidekick Ken. Could he go all the way to the awards podium, asks Laura Martin. “She’s everything. He’s just Ken” So runs the humorous tagline for Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie about the Mattel doll – and her hunky…