Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Team A woman and her parrot have been rescued from a mountain after being stranded – with the bird greeting their rescuer with “hello!” as he came to their assistance. Molly and her parrot Jeckyll were among several parrot owners from Derbyshire who had travelled to Eryri on Monday. Jeckyll is…

Reuters China has removed Qin Gang as foreign minister less than seven months after he was appointed to the post. The role will be taken up by the Communist Party’s foreign affairs chief, Wang Yi, who was previously foreign minister. Mr Qin’s prolonged disappearance from public view – and his ministry’s silence over it –…

US Justice Department By Sam Cabral BBC News An Arkansas man who used the pole of an American flag to batter a fallen police officer during the US Capitol attack has received a 52-month jail term. Peter Francis Stager helped drag the officer down the steps of the Capitol, then “forcibly and repeatedly” struck him,…

EPA-EFE By Raffi Berg BBC News Three Palestinians have been shot dead after opening fire on Israeli soldiers near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, Israel’s military has said. The troops were guarding the Samaritans, a tiny community which traces its origins back to biblical Israelite tribes. Security camera footage shows a figure shooting at…

Reuters British actor Julian Sands’ final cause of death has been deemed undetermined. The Room With a View star’s body was recovered in June, months after he had gone missing while hiking in the San Gabriel Mountains of California. The cause of death was undetermined due to the condition of Sands’ body, and no other…

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…