Dozens injured and thousands evacuated in Croatia wildfire
At least one person has died and around 40 others have been injured after a severe wildfire tore through cities on Croatia's coastline on Thursday night and Friday morning.
The blaze broke out near the village of Lokva Rogoznica on Thursday evening, and spread quickly towards the nearby tourist town of Omis, 6km (7 miles) away.
Around 1,200 residents and tourists were evacuated, while 10 people were in intensive care in hospital, the prime minister said. Croatia's fire chief Slavko
Afghan women tell the BBC their lives are unrecognisable after five years of Taliban rule
Five years on from the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, women and girls have told the BBC their lives are unrecognisable under the rule of the regime.
The hard-line Islamist group has been eroding the rights of the 22 million women in the country since it re-gained control in 2021- two decades after being removed from power by a US-led military coalition.
The BBC is one of the few media organisations that has been able to maintain access to Afghanistan since the takeover. We spoke to
Activists try to deliver aid to Palestinians in homes besieged by Israeli settlers
The situation in Qusra began on Sunday when settlers blocked the road to the Palestinian families' gates and cut off their power and water supplies.
The first Israeli soldiers who came to the site prayed with the settlers – an act for which the Israeli military said they would be disciplined.
An attempt by Israeli security forces to dislodge the settlers on Wednesday led to confrontations with a bigger group.
Palestinian security camera video shared with the BBC showed confrontations between Israeli soldiers and border police and a large crowd of settlers. The security forces
UK diplomats no longer get hardship bonus for being posted to Buenos Aires
British diplomats in six locations around the world, including Buenos Aires and Santiago in South America, will no longer get hardship payments for working in dangerous cities.
Bonuses and respite breaks are granted to those working in cities considered risky, like Beirut in Lebanon, or with high crime, such as Pretoria in South Africa, or high air pollution in cities including New Delhi and Beijing.
The UK government has removed Santiago, in Chile, Panama City in Panama, Pyongyang in North Korea, Bamako in Mali, and Sarajevo in
Why is Selena Gomez being sued?
Selena Gomez is being sued by five investors in her mental health company, Wondermind Global.
The Hollywood actress and pop star founded the company with her mother five years ago, but now investors are claiming her 'abject dereliction of duties' has left the company in a 'state of financial difficulty'.
The lawsuit will try to recover $1.2m (£890,00) it claims it was invested as well as costs and damages.
The BBC has contacted Wondermind and Gomez's representatives
France's top court blocks social media ban for under-15s
France's top court has struck down a ban on social media for under-15s, saying it infringed upon freedom of expression.
The legislation was backed by French lawmakers in July, making it the first European country to block young people from the platforms, after concerns over the harmful effects on children's mental health.
Friday's ruling by the Constitutional Council overrides the ban, which Emmanuel Macron had pledged would be introduced in stages from September.
Responding to the news, the French president immediately asked
Trump asks Supreme Court to allow ballroom work to continue
US President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to allow him to continue building a $400m (£295m) ballroom at the White House without congressional permission.
The emergency application comes one week after an appeals court ordered construction to stop until Congress approves, upholding a ruling won by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which sued the administration last year.
In the latest filing, US Solicitor General D John Sauer asked that work be allowed to continue while the administration appeals the stop-work
Moment €9m worth of art stolen from Italy museum
Police have recovered three paintings that were stolen from a museum in Italy earlier this year.
CCTV footage of the theft on the night of 22 March was released by authorities, showing two masked thieves breaking into the Magnani Rocca Museum, near the city of Parma.
It is estimated the paintings have a combined worth of €9m (£7.8m), making it one of the most significant art thefts in Italy in recent years.
Police confirmed in a statement that the paintings by Cézanne,
Builders unearth €9m gold loot sealed in walls of Belgian property
Soon after, they alerted police to the discovery and explained that keeping it for themselves was not an option.
"There are so many coins and bars - it would be almost impossible," the site manager Mario told VRT.
"Besides, that would be theft."
Kobe agreed: "€9m – you simply can't keep that hidden."
The property currently belongs to CAW Oost-Vlaanderen, which provides welfare support in Dendermonde, a Flemish community of around 47,000 people
Instagram accounts fuelling Ceuta crisis with paid advice for help to cross
This weekend, Mohammed wants to travel from Morocco to the neighbouring Spanish enclave of Ceuta, on the northern tip of Africa.
He's a Moroccan man in his twenties and wants to emigrate to Europe - not least because he's been seeing lots of videos on Instagram that make the trip look easy.
He contacts several of the Instagram accounts and one replies, claiming to have helped "many people" and offering him advice on how to cross for hundreds of pounds.
Except Mohammed isn't real - he