Reuters US President Biden has chosen a female admiral to lead the US Navy – the first time a woman has been nominated to head one of the US military branches. Lisa Franchetti is a former head of the US 6th Fleet and US naval forces in South Korea, and has also served as an…

Getty Images By Sam Cabral BBC News Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen has settled his lawsuit against the Trump Organization over $1.9m (£1.5m) in unpaid legal fees. Cohen, 56, sued the company in 2019, alleging it stopped paying his bills after he began cooperating with investigations into its business. A civil trial over the…

Texas A&M By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News The head of Texas A&M University has suddenly left her role amid “negative press” surrounding the hiring of a journalism professor. President Katherine Banks said she took responsibility for the “flawed hiring process” involving former New York Times editor Kathleen McElroy. Dr McElroy, who is black, had…

Getty Images Greece is bracing for more intense heat this weekend, with meteorologists warning that temperatures could climb as high as 45C (113F). People have been advised to stay home, and tourist sites – including Athens’ ancient Acropolis – will be shut during the hottest parts of the next two days. It could turn into…

Columbus Zoo / Twitter By Graeme Baker BBC News Staff at an Ohio zoo received a surprise delivery when a gorilla they believed for four years to be a male gave birth. Columbus Zoo said that Sully, who has been a resident since 2019, was discovered with her baby on Thursday. Zookeepers said in a…

MSF/Reuters By Muthoni Muchiri BBC News Medics in Sudan’s capital have been beaten and whipped by armed men who attacked their convoy, medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says. A medical team was taking supplies to the Turkish Hospital in the south of Khartoum when it was attacked on Thursday and one their vehicles stolen.…

Reuters By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News A retired federal police officer in Canada has been charged with foreign interference on behalf of China following a two-year investigation. William Majcher, 60, allegedly used his contacts in Canada to help China “intimidate an individual outside the scope of Canadian law.” Canadian officials have repeatedly warned of…

Getty Images By Anthony Zurcher North America correspondent A top Senate Republican has released an FBI document detailing an allegation President Joe Biden and his son accepted bribes from a Ukrainian firm. Chuck Grassley, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said: “The American people can now read this document for themselves.” The unclassified document…

Facebook via CBS By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington A New Jersey bus monitor has been charged with manslaughter after a six-year-old girl in her care died when she was strangled by a safety harness. Prosecutors say Amanda Davila, 27, had headphones on and did not notice Faja Williams could not breathe. Faja had…