Moment earthquake shakes hospital operating room in Japan
Newly-released security camera footage shows the moment last month's magnitude 6.8 quake shook Kumamoto General Hospital in Japan.
Four surgeries were under way at the time. Footage from a camera in an operating room where an abdominal surgery was being performed shows medical staff shielding the patient with their bodies as equipment swayed violently, and a nurse opening a door to secure an evacuation route.
According to the hospital, all four operations were successfully completed.
Kumamoto General Hospital resumed normal outpatient services on 5 August , after suspending
Why was Taiwan’s president evacuated in the middle of the night?
President William Lai took part in an emergency evacuation drill as part of Taiwan's annual Han Kuang military exercises that are running from August 5th to 14th.
The BBC’s Katy Watson explains what happened and why Taiwan is using the drills to prepare for a potential Chinese invasion.
Australian aviation crew carries out daring midwinter Antarctica rescue
It was a "major operation" for the plane to be correctly configured in time by engineers and a design team, who fitted a stretcher in the back.
The configuration took 24 hours, Robertson said, but takeoff was then delayed for another 12 hours while the crew waited for a suitable window in the weather.
"We had quite a narrow time frame that we could actually fly down to Antarctica because there was a snowstorm on the first day that we were intending to go down which stopped the operation.
‘Wiped out’ - BBC reports from Spokane neighbourhood devastated by fires
Thousands of residents are still under mandatory evacuation orders in Spokane, Washington, where wildfires have burned down at least 860 buildings, including hundreds of homes.
One suspect has been arrested on suspicion of arson in connection to one of the fires burning in the city.
The BBC’s Max Matza reports from one neighbourhood impacted by the blazes.
Trump imposes 15% tariff on key chip material to counter China
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that imposes a 15% tariff on imported products made from polysilicon, a crucial material used in semiconductors and solar panels.
The order also set minimum import prices on polysilicon and related products. It comes after a national security investigation into the production of the material overseas.
The move is intended to help protect US manufacturers as they face increasing competition from China's chip industry - a key source of friction between the world's two largest economies.
The Chinese embassy
Two people convicted in relation to death of French streamer
Two people in France have been convicted of aggravated violence, following an investigation into the death of a French streamer known for extreme challenges.
Raphaël Graven, 46, died in a village near Nice in August 2025. His death was live broadcast on the streaming platform Kick.
The internet personality was routinely subjected to humiliation and abuse in his content, which the convicted men, Safine Hamadi and Owen Cenazandotti, said occurred with his consent.
Hamadi and Cenazandotti have each been issued suspended prison sentences for
Trump again tries to limit US birthright citizenship with new executive orders
The Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan research group, has said that the most expansive census-based estimate accounts for about 22,000 to 26,000 babies born in the US from birth tourism every year. Government data, according to the institute, showed that there were 9,600 births to mothers with foreign addresses in 2024.
"The idea (is) that people come here pretending to be a tourist, pretending to be a visitor," Stephen
Sudan's invisible children - born in war with no legal identity
Warning: This story contains details some may find distressing
A 17-year-old Sudanese girl holds a young child in her arms with a heavy calm that belies her age and the concerns she has for his future.
"This son of mine has no father, no birth certificate and no national number," Amira, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, tells the BBC.
Looking down at him, she speaks slowly as if still trying to grasp the details of what has happened to her since
Meta fined $567m in largest child safety ruling against social media giant
A US judge in New Mexico on Thursday ordered Meta to pay another $567m (£421m) for its failure to warn the public about dangers its platforms posed to children, marking the largest ruling against the company over child safety.
Judge Bryan Biedscheid said the social media giant is a "public nuisance" akin to air pollution and that it must put the money in a fund aimed at reducing future harms.
The ruling is in addition to $375m in fines Meta was
Some of Doge's $110bn saving reports are wrong or lack evidence, US watchdog finds
Some estimates made by Doge, the body charged with reducing US government spending, that it saved billions of dollars are "incorrect or lack supporting evidence", a watchdog has found.
A report released on Thursday by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has given an extensive review of Doge's claims about its so-called Wall of Receipts, which reported savings of $110bn (£82bn) across contracts, grants and leases.
"Several issues limit the transparency and reliability of these reported