Getty Images By Faarea Masud Business reporter The Barbie film has become the US and Canada’s biggest film of the year so far, said distributor Warner Bros. An estimated $155m (£120m) was made in its opening weekend, the company said. Meanwhile, new release Oppenheimer – also out on Friday – made $93.7m (£72m) in the…

The BBC has been speaking to people returning to Manchester Airport from Rhodes, where wildfires have been forcing tourists to leave their hotels. Some said the smell of smoke from the fires was still clinging to their clothes, and others described people being covered in ash.

By Jonathan Head, South East Asia correspondent Bangkok Undeterred by the pouring rain, a long convoy of motorbikes carrying cheering, flag-waving supporters of Cambodia’s ruling party revved their engines in preparation for their triumphant final rally in downtown Phnom Penh. People dutifully lined the road as far as you could see, party stickers on their…

A building has collapsed in Cameroon’s biggest city, Douala, killing at least 12 people and injuring five others. It is not known how many people were inside the four-storey building when it fell onto another residential block in the early hours of Sunday morning. The rubble is being searched for survivors. Distressed neighbours have described…

Getty Images By Tom Espiner Business reporter, BBC News Twitter owner Elon Musk has said he wants to get rid of the Twitter bird logo, and replace it with an “X”. However, Mr Musk also has a history of making statements that fail to happen or are not serious. Mr Musk, who has changed the…