Reuters By Emily McGarvey BBC News Maui County is suing energy firm Hawaiian Electric, saying it failed to turn off electric equipment before wildfires started on the island. If power lines had been switched off during exceptionally high winds and dry conditions, the destruction could have been avoided, the lawsuit said. The Lahaina fire killed…

Peel Regional Police By Angus Crawford BBC News Eighty-eight people in the UK died after buying a poisonous substance from a seller in Canada, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has said. The NCA says it cannot confirm the chemical was the direct cause of the deaths in the UK but is investigating potential criminal offences.…

Fulton County Sheriff’s Office By Max Matza BBC News Donald Trump has surrendered in Georgia on charges of plotting to overturn the state’s 2020 election results in an arrest that saw the first ever mugshot of a former US president. Mr Trump had to pay a bail bond of $200,000 (£157,000) to be released from…

In a few years, Finland will begin depositing spent nuclear fuel underground in Onkalo, where it will remain for millennia. Erika Benke describes her experience of visiting the site. I’m always upbeat on the way to interviews. To me they’re the most enjoyable part of the storytelling process. But this time I feel different. A…

Qvin By Carrie King Berlin On any given day, about 800 million people around the world are on their period. Given those numbers, surprisingly little is known about menstrual blood itself. Sara Naseri, a doctor, hopes to change that with her healthcare start-up Qvin. She believes that testing this largely-ignored monthly blood sample could offer…

Handout By Anbarasan Ethirajan BBC News Sounds of gunfire keep Modina Khatun awake every night in Cox’s Bazaar Bangladesh – the world’s largest refugee camp. She fears that spiralling gang violence there will make a widow of another Rohingya woman like herself, with young children to feed. Ms Khatun’s husband, Bashir Ullah, became a grim…

PA Media By Olivia Graham The Missing Madonna podcast The Madonna of the Yarnwinder by Leonardo da Vinci was the most valuable painting ever stolen in Britain. Twenty years on Olivia Graham tells the inside story of how her dad’s role in getting the painting back led to him standing trial for extortion. I was…

Fulton County Sheriff’s Office By Holly Honderich BBC News As the mugshots of Donald Trump’s indicted allies rolled in this week one thing tied them all together: the photos, products of the Fulton County Sheriff’s office, all looked really, really bad. “I thought these were all memes at first,” said Jake Olson, a photographer based…

It may soon be obsolete, but the Jungle Train is still a nostalgic jaunt across the heart of the Malay Peninsula, taking in forgotten towns steeped in colonial history. The dawn light peered through the window of my upper berth, waking me as our carriage bolted over the rails. Outside, purple rays broke through a…

A comic whose slow-motion impression of a footballer celebrating has been watched by millions online has said the reaction has been “overwhelming”. Karl Porter’s routine has been widely shared online, with his Instagram post receiving more than 3.3 million views. It has also garnered thousands of comments, including one from the Premier League asking who…