The world's longest commercial long-haul flight has been announced, a non-stop trek from Sydney to London that can take up to 22 hours.
Australian airline Qantas announced the direct flight route will start from October 2027, billing passengers approximately 20% more for the long-haul journey compared with a traditional layover.
The BBC's Harry Sekulich asks the public what they think, and if they would voluntarily pay more for the ultra long-haul?
Reuters Israel and Hezbollah have agreed a ceasefire, a US official says, following intense Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon that killed 47 people.
The latest agreement followed concerns that continued clashes, which also saw Hezbollah kill four Israeli soldiers in Lebanon, would undermine the deal to end the war between the US and Iran.
The Israeli military confirmed that a ceasefire was in effect, but later a spokesman said its forces would "continue to remove immediate threats
Getty Images A 68-year-old pétanque player has died after allegedly being hit with a metal boule during a dispute with a rival team in the French Atlantic resort of Mimizan.
The man was reportedly struck after an argument broke out between one team that regularly plays on the beach and another that plays in town.
The dispute started when the beach group asked to play in town while in search of shade during a heatwave, witnesses told local media.
An 81-year-old has been arrested
Getty Images The US government says it will stop funding programmes in South Africa intended to tackle the spread of HIV and Aids, linking the decision to the government's alleged failure to protect the white-minority Afrikaner community.
South Africa's health ministry responded by saying that though it had not been informed of this decision, it had "long been working on a self-reliance plan".
More
Reuters A six-year-old Ebola patient, who Congolese authorities were searching for after armed men stormed the hospital where she was being treated, has been found and is "doing well", a local health official has told the BBC.
On Wednesday, Dr Lubambo Maboko Gaston said that a girl and her mother had been taken by "very angry" men from a hospital in the eastern city of Butembo, two days previously.
It is unclear whether the men were known
Italy's prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has said she is astonished after President Donald Trump told Italian TV she had "begged" him for a picture with her, in comments that have provoked an open row between the two leaders.
Meloni has said his comments were entirely "made-up", and Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has cancelled a trip to the US early next week.
The highly public exchange is an indication
Morocco captain Achraf Hakimi will stand trial for rape, French prosecutors have confirmed.
A woman accused the Paris St-Germain defender of raping her at his home in the French capital in 2023, when she was aged 24.
The public prosecutor's office in Nanterre, a western suburb of Paris, began a preliminary investigation in March 2023.
An investigating judge ordered a trial in February 2026 and French media report that Hakimi, 27, failed with a recent appeal
Umer Chane Growing up in rural Ethiopia, 12-year-old Markos Abaye developed a deep affection for animals.
So when his beloved chicken fell sick earlier this month and did not respond to any at-home treatments, Markos popped his shoes on and did what made the most sense to him - he rushed the bird to the local hospital.
A video of the unlikely couple, recorded by a nurse at Denbecha Primary
Reliance updates/Youtube Jio Platforms, the telecom unit of billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries, has announced what analysts say could be one of India's biggest share sales.
The company's board has approved a draft prospectus for the initial public offering (IPO), Ambani said at Reliance's annual shareholder meeting on Friday.
India's largest telecom operator, which has
Reuters At least 18 people have been killed in southern Lebanon following a series of Israeli air strikes overnight, the country's health ministry has said - while the Israeli military says four of its soldiers were also killed.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had struck 80 targets linked to the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah and killed "dozens" of its members.
It comes a day after the US and Iran signed a deal aimed at ending the conflict in the Middle East, including a permanent