Ryanair profits drop as Iran war puts off passengers and lifts fuel costs
Ryanair's profits have fallen sharply as war in the Middle East sent jet fuel prices soaring and customers reluctant to book flights.
The Irish airline's pre-tax profits dropped 34% to €593m (£503m) between April and June while sales were flat as the company was forced to cut fares to stimulate demand.
Ryanair also said it expects summer fares to be slightly lower than last year due to "consumer hesitancy" around air travel .
The price of fuelling a
Boy, 13, dies during World Cup celebrations in Spain
A 13-year-old boy was killed after part of a fountain collapsed in Salamanca province, northwestern Spain, during the country's World Cup victory celebrations.
Two other young people were injured, emergency services told the BBC, including one child who was taken to hospital with a possible broken bone in his leg.
People were celebrating Spain's victory inside the Árbol Gordo fountain in Salamanca's Ciudad Rodrigo, when it partially collapsed around 00:30 local time (23:3
From hundreds to thousands: How India's 'cockroach' protest movement has grown
Thousands of people are attempting to march to India's parliament after the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) called a protest demanding reforms to the education system.
The group, which is not a real political party, started out as satire. But on Monday, it held its biggest protest yet.
BBC correspondent Azadeh Moshiri, who attended the group's first protest in early June, reports from the ground in Delhi.
Why are Ukraine's military recruiters facing violence in their own country?
Ukraine is struggling to mobilise men to fight in the war against Russia as the conflict enters into its fifth year.
The reasons many people are hesitant to sign up range from plain fear of the front line to a reluctance to fight in a war with no end in sight.
This has led to some Ukrainians violently lashing out at recruitment officers trying to forcibly conscript them.
The latest National Police Service report recorded more than 600 assaults on recruitment officers to date and warned that the aggression has become "increasingly threatening"
Spanish and Argentinian fans react outside World Cup final
Ecstatic Spanish spectators and disappointed Argentine fans spoke to the BBC outside New York New Jersey Stadium after the World Cup final on Sunday.
Argentina played extra time with only 10 men when Spain's Ferran Torres scored the winning goal after 106 minutes.
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Food delivery rider wins China's top literary prize
A collection of poems, some scribbled on slips of paper between food deliveries, has won Wang Jibing one of China's top literary honours.
Low Flight, inspired by the everyday challenges delivery riders face, has bagged the Lu Xun Literary Prize - named after a writer who has been referred to as the father of modern Chinese literature.
Wang, 56, who became a delivery rider around 2019, gained traction on social media for his poems and essays.
He is part of a growing group of
Norway opens new memorial for victims of 2011 Breivik massacre
Norway has opened a new memorial for the 77 victims of the country's deadliest terror attack in peacetime, days before its 15th anniversary.
On 22 July 2011, neo-Nazi Anders Breivik killed eight people with a car bomb in Oslo and shot dead another 69 - mostly teenagers - at a youth camp on Utoeya island. Hundreds more were injured in Norway's worst atrocity in recent history.
On Sunday, survivors and relatives of the victims gathered in Oslo for the unveiling
‘Everyone's afraid to die’: Struggle to recruit soldiers in Ukraine turns violent
It's clear that Vasyl Krupych experienced horrors at war.
He volunteered at the very start and has survived some of the grimmest battles.
Krupych is proud of his service - a tattoo on his neck declares "Glory to the Ukrainian Armed Forces" – but he suffers from nightmares.
When his vehicle was hit by an FPV drone, he was badly injured but managed to drag one friend to safety. He saw two others burned to death.
Now, when we discuss the increase in attacks against draft officers, his
Moment fans in Madrid celebrate World Cup win
Thousands of fans watched Spain's World Cup victory at the Plaza de Colón in central Madrid on late Sunday night.
The BBC's Guy Hedgecoe was there as people cheered, sang and celebrated after counting down the last seconds of the match against Argentina, following a tense play of extra time.
This farmer wanted to quit the cocaine industry - he couldn't
Elena Hernández moved to the coca-growing region of Guaviare during the boom of the 1990s, lured by better pay.
"There was more money back then - you could see it everywhere," she says. "I managed to save and buy a small house."
But the coca industry also brought violence and insecurity. Armed groups fought for control, while the government tried to curb production through manual eradication, aerial fumigation and arrests.
These efforts cut off families' incomes but failed