Bison rams grandfather in Yellowstone Park, knocking him metres into the air

A bull bison, reportedly weighing 2,000lb (900kg), sprinted towards an elderly man, ramming him with his head and knocking him into the air in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

Viral footage of the incident shows a boy and his grandfather snap a picture of the bison as it lies in the grass, before the massive animal jumps to its feet and chases after them.

The man, who has been identified by US media as 65-year-old Carl Isom


Watch: Horses evacuated as fire approaches riding centre near Paris

Horses have been evacuated from an equestrian centre near Paris as the Fontainebleau wildfire continues to rage.

Firefighters have been battling to bring the blaze under control over the last two days, with officials describing it as "virulent" and of "exceptional scale".

Interior minister Laurent Nunez indicated the fire may have been deliberately set, after officials said the blaze had raced across 800 hectares in the forest about 40 miles (60km) south-east of Paris.

The Paris region is suffering through its third


Volkswagen planning to cut up to 100,000 jobs globally

The chief executive of the German car giant Volkswagen Group has confirmed it is looking to cut up to 100,000 jobs – twice as many as previously stated.

The group, which includes Porsche, Audi, Seat and Skoda as well as the VW brand, had previously said it would axe some 50,000 posts in Germany by 2030.

It suffered a steep decline in profits last year – the result of falling sales in key markets, as well as increasing competition


UK-Switzerland deal to scrap roaming charges and allow Britons to use e-gates

The UK has signed a new trade deal with Switzerland that will allow British travellers faster passage through airports by using e-gates for the first time.

Described by Trade Secretary Peter Kyle as "the most significant services trade deal the UK has ever negotiated", the agreement will also scrap mobile roaming charges for tourists and professionals visiting both countries.

The government says the deal is estimated to increase UK exports to Switzerland by £5.2bn annually "in the long run".

A services mobility deal, allowing businesses


''There was no way to get out': Witnesses describe how deadly inferno swept through Bangkok bar

Thai indie band Thotsakan was performing at a packed bar in Bangkok on Sunday when band manager Ice Athipat Wijarn, seated off stage, saw smoke emerging from behind the keyboardist.

The keyboardist, Kwang, shouted for people to flee - and within seconds a fierce blaze tore through Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao, in the city's vibrant Chatuchak district.

Ice recalls fumbling with the door in the smoke-engulfed room as he tried to escape.

"Everybody was running, squeezing into each other," he told Thai talk


Irish police to engage with Jordanian force in murder investigation

Irish police are set to engage with their Jordanian counterparts as part of a murder investigation, according to Ireland's justice minister.

Last Tuesday, gardaí (Irish police) said they responded to an incident at an address in Killarney, County Kerry, where a woman in her 40s was pronounced dead at the scene.

She was named locally as Jamey Carney, who was originally from New York but moved to the area about five years ago and lived with her daughter.

On Thursday, Gardaí said a


A versatile actor whose roles went far beyond Jurassic Park - Sam Neill dies aged 78

In March 2022, Neill was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma - a type of blood cancer, something he said made him "take stock of things".

Aged 75 and unable to work, he turned to writing. He told the BBC it gave him a reason to get through the day.

A year later, what he anticipated as a collection of stories became an autobiography titled Did I Ever Tell you This? It explored his career and his diagnosis - but he stressed that it wasn'


Sudan's paramilitary RSF chief sentenced to death over war crimes

A Sudanese court has sentenced the leader of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo to death for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide over atrocities committed in the West Darfur region.

The court in Port Sudan, a city under the army's rule , convicted Dagalo - known as Hemedti - in absentia, along with 15 other senior RSF members, who were given the same sentence.

The Sudan Founding Alliance, which includes the RSF, told the BBC it was "sham trial"


'Hero, legend, sweetheart': Tributes to Jurassic Park actor Sam Neill, who has died aged 78

Born Nigel John Dermot Neill in Omagh, Northern Ireland, in 1947, he moved to Christchurch, New Zealand, with his family as a child.

He adopted the name Sam at the age of 12 because there were several Nigels at his school.

He began acting while studying at the University of Canterbury and made his film debut in 1971's The City of No. After a number of television and film roles in New Zealand, he gained wider recognition in the 197


German court convicts Iraqi couple of enslaving Yazidi girls

A court in Germany has convicted an Iraqi couple of enslaving two Yazidi girls in Iraq.

The Munich Higher Regional Court also found them guilty of membership of the Islamic State group (IS).

The man, named only as Twana H.S. in line with German privacy rules, was sentenced to life imprisonment on charges including genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, and severe sexual abuse of children.

His wife, Asia R. A., was handed a juvenile sentence of nine and a half years.