Mattel The Barbie film has hit the billion-dollar mark just 17 days after it was released, according to distributor Warner Bros. The movie will finish the weekend with $1.03bn (£808m) in ticket sales at the global box office, it said in a statement on Sunday. It means Greta Gerwig has become the first woman to…

The extreme flooding in Slovenia has caused hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage and killed at least three people, according to the country’s prime minister, Robert Golob. The devastating weather has been labelled the country’s worst-ever natural disaster after the Environmental Agency issued a red warning. Rescuers are now trying to reach flooded…

Reuters By Ece Goksedef BBC News Donald Trump has said he will ask the judge in his election fraud case to step aside on what he called “very powerful grounds”. He claimed that “there is no way I can get a fair trial” unless she does. His call came after the prosecution requested a court…

The Soviet-era emblem on Kyiv’s Motherland statue has been replaced with the Ukrainian coat of arms. The tryzub emblem is said to represent a stronger self-identity for Ukraine. The works are set to be complete by the country’s independence day on 24 August.

EPA-EFE By Shaimaa Khalil In Sydney “Frankly we’re confused,” one stunned USA fan told me as I turned to her after the final whistle. She was wearing red, blue and white with stars and stripes from head to toe – at that moment she and probably thousands of others were dumbfounded by what just happened.…

Getty Images Twenty-four people have died in Morocco after the minibus they were travelling in plunged down a ravine in a mountainous area, authorities say. The bus was taking people to market in central Morocco, when it overturned on a bend, local media say. The cause of the accident on the road to the town…