Workers taking down the Twitter sign at its San Francisco headquarters paused their work after police arrived at the scene. The sign change came after Twitter owner Elon Musk rebranded the social media company to X. Police in San Francisco told the news site Insider that officers at the HQ were responding to “a possible…

Getty Images By Frances Mao Singapore British pop singer Matt Healy’s protest stunt at a concert in Malaysia has sparked fury from LGBT activists and allies in the country. Many have described the 1975 singer’s sweary rant at the Malaysian government – and kiss with a male bandmate – as an act of “performative activism”…

BBCCopyright: BBC Celia Derbyshire, from Cheshire, was on holiday in the resort village of Kiotari, in the south of Rhodes, with her two daughters, Mimi, 12, and Olivia, 15. The three of them had been heading out to stay at a five-star resort for a week, on a holiday which cost more than £3,000 and…

Getty Images By Imran Qureshi BBC Hindi An Indian man who discovered a rare new species of fish almost three years ago has found renewed fame after Hollywood superstar Leonardo DiCaprio praised him online. Abraham A, a former paramilitary soldier from the southern state of Kerala, found a new species of subterranean fish called Pathala…

Getty Images By Georgina Rannard BBC Climate & Science reporter The heatwaves battering Europe and the US in July would have been “virtually impossible” without human-induced climate change, a scientific study says. Global warming from burning fossil fuels also made the heatwave affecting parts of China 50 times more likely. Climate change meant the heatwave…

TikTok By Annabelle Liang Business reporter Video streaming app TikTok is to offer text-only posts as it becomes the latest technology giant to challenge X, Elon Musk’s rebranded Twitter platform. The Chinese-owned app says the new feature gives users “another way to express themselves”. Earlier this month, TikTok launched a new music streaming service to…

Reuters By Derek Cai BBC News, Singapore Taiwan has cancelled parts of its largest military drills as it braces for what could be the strongest typhoon to hit the island in four years. Doksuri has roared to super typhoon strength with winds of 240km/h (149mph) and is headed to waters that separate Taiwan and the…

Palermo’s international airport was shut down overnight as fires burned around its perimeter. The wildfire is one of several on the island of Sicily and has spread due to windy conditions. Southern Italy has been sweltering through weeks of extreme heat. On Monday, temperatures in Palermo reached a record 47C (116F).

Goktay Koraltan/BBC By Orla Guerin BBC News, Yemen If suffering had an address, it might be al-Rasheed Street, in Taiz, a Yemeni city ringed by mountains and rebel Houthi fighters. On this narrow street of rough-hewn homes, the young can’t escape a grinding conflict the world tends to forget. A slight boy with a mop…

Getty Images By Annabelle Liang Business reporter Germany’s Bayer AG says it expects to take a €2.5bn ($2.8bn; £2.2bn) hit from a slower demand for glyphosate-based products, including its controversial weedkiller Roundup. The announcement came as the company lowered its outlook for the year. In all, it has set aside over $15bn (£11.7bn) to settle…