Zidane confirmed as France head coach
Former Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has been confirmed as the head coach of the France national team.
Didier Deschamps , France's longest-serving manager, ended his 14-year stint in charge after the nation's semi-final exit to Spain at the 2026 World Cup.
Zidane, a World Cup winner with France in 1998, has been out of management since leaving Real Madrid for a second time as head coach in 2021.
The 54-year
Zoo staff rescue near-extinct snails from remote rock
Zoo conservationists have bred 300 near-extinct tiny snails and introduced them back into the wild.
Just 21 Madeiran lands snails were found clinging to a rock on Portugal's Bugio Island. They were believed to be the last of their kind.
Experts at Chester Zoo said they had to brave treacherous conditions and climb cliffs to return them to their natural home, which is part of the Madeira archipelago in the Atlantic ocean.
The Madeira government had asked the Chester Zoo experts to help with the snail conservation.
Why Netanyahu's visit with Trump at the White House is high-stakes
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in Washington DC for talks with President Donald Trump about the future of the conflict with Iran.
The meeting comes amid signs of growing friction between the two leaders. Trump has publicly criticised Israel for continuing strikes in Lebanon and ignoring a ceasefire.
And recent polling suggests public backing for Israel is decreasing in the US. Support of Israel and Netanyahu himself have become significant issues as voters take part in primaries ahead of this year's midterm elections.
The BBC's Gary O
Ariana Grande sues hackers who leaked music and videos
Pop star Ariana Grande has filed a lawsuit against two unidentified hackers who, she claims, leaked unreleased music and studio footage after gaining access to her collaborators' computers.
In papers filed in Los Angeles and reported by US media outlets, the singer alleged the hackers had targeted photographers and producers' in order to access material that was sold "on the dark web" for "significant sums of money".
"In 2023 alone, 45 unreleased songs belonging to Ms Grande were hacked, stolen, and
Confronting gang members at the heart of Ecuador's drug battle
The BBC's Orla Guerin goes on patrol with Ecuador's police, who are grappling with a huge surge in drug crime.
Drugs have been pouring into Ecuador from neighbouring Colombia and Peru - the two biggest producers in the world. Powerful home-grown gangs, with links to Mexican cartels and Albanian mafia groups, are then helping to smuggle the cocaine onwards.
Last year, Ecuador's murder rate was one of the highest in the world, with more than 9,200 people killed, according
On the front line of Ecuador's drugs war, police fight gangs, guns and corruption
Last year the murder rate was one of the highest in the world, with more than 9,200 people killed, according to Ecuador's interior ministry. That's despite an iron-fisted crackdown by President Noboa over the past two years. Critics say it has backfired. Top crime bosses have been arrested, causing the gangs to fracture, but also to multiply.
Many here believe the war against the gangs will never be won.
Captain Bustamante keeps fighting.
When we join him for another operation
Hong Kong activist allowed to stay in UK after deportation threat
Former Hong Kong opposition leader Wu Chi-wai has been allowed to stay in the UK with his family for six months, after initially being detained at the border.
Wu had arrived at London's Heathrow Airport last Wednesday, where he was detained for nearly 10 hours and initially refused entry, he told BBC Chinese. He said he was later told he could stay for only one week, after which he would have to report to the airport to be deported.
But on Monday, the UK Border Force approved
Johnson & Johnson offers up to $5.5bn to settle baby powder lawsuits
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has offered to pay as much as $5.5bn (£4.14bn) to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits in the US alleging that its baby powder and other products containing talcum cause ovarian cancer.
The proposed landmark settlement aims to close a long-running legal battle that has weighed on the New Jersey-based healthcare giant for years.
J&J has denied that its talc-based products caused cancer and has changed the formula of its widely
BBC outside court as judge rules singer D4vd will face murder trial
A judge has ruled that US musician D4vd will go on trial for murder over the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.
The decision came after a five-day preliminary hearing, in which Los Angeles prosecutors questioned a dozen witnesses and displayed photographic evidence.
BBC's North America correspondent Shaimaa Khalil was inside the courtroom.
Read more about the trial here .
What to expect from Zelensky and Netanyahu's visit to Washington
Tuesday is a big day in Washington DC, even by White House standards. Long-time Republican Senator Lindsay Graham's funeral is bringing the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to town. They will separately meet with President Donald Trump at the White House to discuss two different wars: the war in Ukraine and the war in Iran.
The BBC's North America editor Sarah Smith previews the visit and explains the late senator's remarkable influence on the two conflicts.