US and Canada fight over who’s to blame for wildfires
Nadine YousifSenior Canada reporter Getty Images Smoke from Canada’s wildfires have drifted south to the US several times this summer, clouding the sky with an orange haze. As deadly wildfires…
Woman in Spanish cold case identified after 20 years as Liudmila Zavada
Interpol Valdecy Urquiza, secretary general of international policing agency Interpol which leads the campaign, said the latest identification would give “fresh hope to the families and friends of missing persons”…
Rihanna and A$AP Rocky welcome birth of their first daughter
Getty Images Pop superstar Rihanna has given birth to her third child, a girl, with partner A$AP Rocky. The baby has been given her father’s stage name – except for…
Denmark’s Aalborg airport closes after reports of drones in airspace
Denmark’s Aalborg airport in the country’s north has been closed after unauthorised drones were seen in its airspace, according to local authorities. Three other smaller airports in the country’s southern…
Colombia’s president calls US attacks on alleged drug boats ‘act of tyranny’
Watch: Colombia’s President accuses Trump of “act of tyranny” in BBC interview US airstrikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean Sea are an “act of tyranny”, Colombia’s President Gustavo…
Italian actress and star of The Pink Panther dies aged 87
Harry Sekulich and Clizia Sala Getty Images Claudia Cardinale, the Tunisian-born Italian star of The Leopard, 8 1/2 and Pink Panther, has died at the age of 87. She had…
Typhoon Ragasa makes landfall in China after 17 killed in Taiwan
Watch: Typhoon Ragasa’s path of destruction before landfall in China Typhoon Ragasa has made landfall in southern China, where nearly two million people have been evacuated in preparation for its…
astronauts ready to go to Moon “for all humanity”
Pallab GhoshScience Correspondent Commander Reid Wiseman: “We’re going to the Moon… it’s going to be amazing!” The commander of Nasa’s next mission to the Moon said that he and his…
Peter Mutharika defeats Lazarus Chakwera in Malawi election, commission declares
Malawi’s former President Peter Mutharika has been declared the winner of last week’s elections, in a huge comeback for the 85-year-old. Official results show that he won 57% of the…
Greenland contraception scandal victims hear Danish PM’s emotional apology
Dozens of women in Greenland have heard Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, formally apologise for a scandal that involved thousands of Inuit women being forcibly given contraceptive coils, as part…