BBC at Venezuela baseball stadium sheltering earthquake survivors
Huge numbers of people have been left homeless after Venezuela was struck by two massive earthquakes on Wednesday last week.
The BBC's Will Grant visited a makeshift shelter in Catia la Mar, a town on the country's northern coast, where survivors who have been left with nothing sleep outdoors or in tents.
The survivors are hopeful the authorities will find them some form of temporary accommodation while the country rebuilds - for now they are dependant on donated food and clothing.
Fitness brand founder and Olympian Les Mills dies aged 91
Fitness expert and former Olympian Les Mills has died at the age of 91, his family has said.
The New Zealander first opened a gym in Auckland with his late wife Colleen in 1968, and it later became a nationwide chain.
The Les Mills International brand is now known around the world for choreographed workouts set to music, like Body Pump and Body Combat.
Mills, who competed in shot putt and discus at four Olympic Games, later served as mayor of Auckland.
Mills' son Phillip,
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders on fame, pressure and World Cup fever
Five, six, seven, eight... America's Sweethearts are back.
Season three of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (DCC) docuseries has dropped on Netflix and this time the stakes – and kicks – are higher than ever.
The programme has turned the squad, who drum up support for the American football team, into celebrities in their own right thanks to its mix of viral moments and drama.
BBC Newsbeat caught up with breakout stars Kleine Powell and Megan McElaney to find out what the increased attention has meant
Indian journalists condemn 'denial' of voting and passport rights of prominent editor
A leading journalists' body in India has condemned what it says is the denial of voting and passport rights to a former editor.
R Rajagopal, who worked at The Telegraph newspaper, says his passport renewal was held up after his name was removed from the electoral roll in West Bengal during a controversial voter list revision .
Known as the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the exercise is being carried out by the Election Commission of India (ECI) to identify ineligible voters. Critics say it has wrongly removed millions of eligible
Mum of newborn rescued from Venezuela rubble says baby motivated her to stay alive
"I said to myself I'm not going to waste my energy - I'm going to scream when it's needed, when I hear voices or steps nearby," she said.
"I don't know how I kept so calm because my left leg was trapped under concrete. I couldn't move. My temple was pressed against a rock."
Dayana said she found hope when she felt a bible beneath her.
"There began my journey of survival," she said.
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Top South African police officer survives assassination attempt
One of South Africa's most senior police officers has survived an attempted assassination in Johannesburg, police say.
Deputy crime intelligence boss Maj-Gen Feroz Khan was shot on Sunday evening as he was driving home and has since been rushed to hospital for emergency surgery, local media say.
The shooting comes just days before Khan was due to appear before a public inquiry set up to investigate criminality in South Africa's police force.
South African police spokesperson Brig Athlenda Mathe said in a statement released on Monday that police were
First dinosaur bone from Antarctica found in a drawer
Dr Mark Evans, the collections manager at BAS, recently spotted the fossil amongst thousands of specimens brought back from expeditions to Antarctica over the decades.
"It's only when you start thinking 'what's in this drawer', that sometimes you come across something and you think, 'Ah, this looks interesting'," he said.
The specimen was originally collected on James Ross Island and its discovery was recorded in a field notebook kept by geologist Dr Mike Thomson.
Alongside a tiny, neat sketch of
US says it has agreed to 'stand down' after exchange of strikes with Iran
The US and Iran have agreed to "stand down" following an exchange of strikes over the past few days, media reports say citing a US official.
It comes after several attacks in and around the Strait of Hormuz, culminating in both nations accusing each other of violating their ceasefire.
The official confirmed to the BBC's US partner CBS News that vessels will now be able to move through the waterway "freely", and added that renewed talks aimed at ending the war will continue.
Iran has not commented on
How population decline is exposing Germany's old divides
It doesn't take long to spot an empty shop front, or several of the area's growing number of elderly people.
Now Jan-Niklas, who sees reunification as a "success story" overall, is on a mission to bring younger people and families back.
It's "home", he says. "I like the people. I think they deserve [to do] well."
He left when he was in his late teens, to later return having built a career as a
Pakistan launches deadly strikes along Afghan border
Kabul, in turn, has previously accused Islamabad of carrying out unprovoked attacks in which civilians were killed - though Pakistan says it only targets militants.
The two countries had agreed to a ceasefire last October following weeks of deadly clashes . As with past internationally-mediated truce deals, however, that ceasefire has since fallen apart.
The BBC has not independently confirmed the casualty figures claimed by the Pakistani and Taliban governments in the latest attacks.
Afghanistan's Taliban government says the strikes hit civilian homes, while Pakistan says they were