Gemma O’Doherty Telegram Channel By Marianna Spring BBC Disinformation and social media correspondent A grieving mother and her lawyer have been targeted by an extreme campaign of abuse after suing a conspiracy theory newspaper which falsely claimed her son died from a Covid vaccine. The Irish Light repeatedly abused Edel Campbell online and its supporters…

PA Media A five-year-old girl is aiming to reach new heights by climbing the highest point in North Africa. Seren Price became the youngest person to complete the UK’s Three Peaks challenge in under 48 hours last year. If walking up the three highest points of Scotland, England and Wales was not enough, Seren and…

Many workers who survive company cuts have the instinct to flee to other jobs – and often do. In an economic environment of widespread layoffs and company downsizing, many employees are holding tight to their positions. Yet, according to some experts, these cuts may create a surprising domino effect – driving some remaining workers to…

Reuters By Yolande Knell BBC News, Jerusalem Israeli security forces say they have killed three alleged Palestinian militants in the north of the occupied West Bank, near the Jenin refugee camp. The camp was the focus of a major military operation last month. It marks a further escalation in a wave of violence over the…

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…