Australia charges woman who returned from Syria with joining Islamic State
Several groups of women and children who spent years in a Syrian camp have returned in recent months.
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Paul McCartney on playing guitar with Paul Mescal: ‘He knew it better than I did!’
The music legend on delivering “memory songs” for his 20th solo album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane – and why he’s intrigued by the new Beatles biopics.
Continue ReadingSouth Korea detains dissident who fled China in rubber boat
Dong Guangping, an activist and former police officer, spent hours at sea before reaching Korean waters.
Continue ReadingEbola-hit DR Congo faces ‘catastrophic collision’ of disease and conflict, WHO warns
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said fighting in DR Congo was hampering efforts to stop spread
Continue ReadingTrump transforms Washington by adding his face everywhere
US President Donald Trump is transforming Washington DC by renaming institutions with his name, doing major renovations at historic sites and putting his face around the city. BBC’s North America editor Sarah Smith visits the sites he’s changing, including the Trump Kennedy Center, the Donald J Trump United States Institute of Peace and the White […]
Continue ReadingHotel that refused to give tourist tap water acted lawfully, Italian court rules
The Italian Supreme Court rejected a tourist’s claim that her consumer rights were breached when she was only offered €7 bottled mineral water.
Continue ReadingHundreds of children die within months as measles cases soar in Bangladesh
The country has recorded more than 60,000 suspected cases of measles in just over two months.
Continue ReadingParis ‘punishingly hot’ as western Europe hit by heatwave
The BBC’s Paris correspondent Hugh Schofield described people scurrying for shade “as if it was the middle of August” in the French capital, with temperatures reaching 34C (93.2F) on Tuesday. This comes as France’s national weather service said a “heat dome” settling over Western Europe was producing temperatures 10 to 15 degrees Celsius above the […]
Continue ReadingAustralia confirms first diphtheria death amid worst outbreak in decades
Most cases are in the Northern Territory with some also in Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland.
Continue ReadingDozens of drones crash into Sydney harbour after light show glitch
Vivid Sydney organisers and the UK company behind the drone show blamed it on technical difficulties.
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