This Indian state is trying to ensure no one grows old alone
"My patients ask me - if they become dependent, who will take care of them?" says Dr Prasun Chatterjee, who leads the geriatrics unit at Apollo Hospital in Delhi.
Others worry about something more immediate - who would take them to hospital if they fell ill in the middle of the night.
Many of his patients live alone after losing a spouse or seeing their children move away.
Dr Chatterjee also points to a wider gap in India's healthcare system: too few geriatric specialists, with many older people
'Strongest quake I've ever felt' - Venezuelans describe panic
Journalist Nicole Kolster was at home in Venezuela's capital city Caracas when her apartment started shaking violently.
"I saw the windows moving, and the only thing I could think to do was to get between the front door and a stone wall... to try to protect myself," she recounts.
Two earthquakes hit the city seconds apart on Wednesday, the first at a magnitude of 7.2 and the second at 7.5. Photos show collapsed buildings and people gathered on the streets, but the
Trump asks Congress for $87bn, mostly for 'urgent' Iran war costs
Washington and Tehran are currently observing a ceasefire, but the White House budget office letter notes that the Pentagon needs to "rebuild stocks" after its military strikes.
It comes as Republicans in Congress have expressed scepticism about a peace plan that Trump agreed last week with Iran.
Earlier on Wednesday, the president held a tense meeting with Senate Republicans, after he abruptly called off a signing ceremony for a bipartisan housing bill.
At the luncheon on Capitol Hill, he complained about Tuesday's largely symbolic vote to restrict his war
How to cope in a heatwave - according to you
Stephanie says she has also started sprinkling her seven-year-old daughter's bed sheet with water and putting it in the freezer for about half an hour before bedtime - long enough for it to be cool for falling asleep on, but not long enough for it to actually freeze.
Gordon Cooper, 73, from High Wycombe, told BBC Your Voice that he hangs a wet bath towel in his bedroom and places his fan nearby to help cool down the room.
Others have been changing where they sleep to
Moment earthquake hits Venezuela and leaves buildings collapsed
Two powerful earthquakes have struck the Venezuelan capital of Caracas just seconds apart, with the second quake - a magnitude 7.5 - one of the strongest tremors to hit the South American country in a century.
Buildings across the city have collapsed and residents were seen rushing into the city streets for safety, with BBC reporters on the ground capturing the tremors on video.
Venezeula's interim president Delcy Rodríguez has declared a state of emergency.
The woman who fought for Pakistan's disappeared men now faces life in jail
When Dr Mahrang Baloch was a teenager, she joined hundreds of families across Pakistan's south-western province of Balochistan to search for her father, who was allegedly arrested by security forces and later killed.
Years on, the doctor-turned-activist became one of the most recognisable faces of a movement demanding answers about enforced disappearances in the province.
Now, she faces life behind bars.
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced Mahrang and fellow activist Sibghatullah Shah to life imprisonment on Monday after convicting them of terrorism,
Philippines bans video game played by alleged high school shooter
The Philippines has temporarily blocked gaming app Gorebox after an initial investigation found that a teenage suspect in a rare school shooting had been playing the game.
Three students were killed and 20 others wounded after two suspects - aged 15 and 14 - allegedly fired handguns inside a classroom in Tacloban, south-east of Manila, on Monday.
Police said the 14-year-old was a player of Gorebox, a game where players can "obliterate anything [they] desire" and "engage in brutal combat
Colombia's left-wing presidential candidate concedes defeat
The left-wing candidate in Colombia's presidential run-off, Iván Cepeda, has conceded defeat three days after a record number of Colombians cast their vote.
Preliminary results released hours after the polls closed showed Cepeda had been beaten by less than a percentage point by his rival, right-wing businessman Abelardo de la Espriella.
Cepeda originally said he would wait for the legally binding final count - which is still under way - but on Wednesday announced he had "decided to accept the result".
He
Air conditioning creates political divide as France records hottest day
A giant new hospital being built in the Brittany city of Nantes for example will have air-conditioning in only half its rooms, provoking the wrath of medical trade unions.
"In the environmental context, we should have la clim everywhere," said Olivier Terrien of the CGT union.
According to Valerie Pécresse, the conservative president of the Paris regional council, "The state operates under an anti- clim ideology. But air-conditioning has got to be brought into the picture, along with other methods for
UN nuclear chief says inspectors will visit Iran sites as part of war deal
In recent days, there has been a dispute between the US and Iran over the issue of UN nuclear inspectors visiting sites in the country.
On Monday, following talks in Switzerland with Iran's chief negotiator, US Vice-President JD Vance said Iran had "agreed to invite IAEA inspectors back into their country".
The next day, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman said there had been "no detailed discussions" and that Iran had no plans to grant IAEA inspectors access to nuclear facilities which were bombed by the US during