Should police be first to respond in a mental-health crisis?

Why cities in the US and Canada are eyeing removing police from front-line mental-health response.

Pre-colonial communities’ history of gender fluidity

The BBC spoke to three people from cultures that have a long history of gender fluidity.

MacKenzie Scott donates $1.7bn since Amazon boss divorce

The charity donations by the novelist follow her divorce from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019.

Iran blasts dummy US aircraft carrier with missiles

The drill includes fire so heavy the US military temporarily puts two regional bases on alert.

Niagara Falls tour boats show stark social distancing split

Niagara Falls boat tours highlight pandemic safety measure differences in the US and Canada.

Maine shark attack: US woman killed by great white

The 63-year-old was killed by a great white shark - in the first ever deadly attack recorded there.

Coronavirus: German officials 'very concerned' by rising cases

The head of Germany's public health agency says people have been "negligent" as infections increase.

Deadpool fly among new Australian 'super power' species creating a buzz

A villain with the markings of the Marvel character is among 164 new species discovered in Australia.

Scientists revive 100 million-year-old microbes from the sea

The organisms had been in a dormant state in the seabed in the South Pacific since the age of dinosaurs.

Hydroxychloroquine: Why a video promoted by Trump was pulled on social media

The anti-malaria drug promoted by President Trump as a treatment for Covid-19 is again at the centre of a political storm.