Men disguised as police kill Ecuadorean drug lord's brother
A brother of Ecuador's most notorious drug lord was killed on Sunday by gunmen who had disguised themselves as police officers.
Police said David Macías, 35, was a regional leader in Los Choneros, the powerful criminal gang which was until recently headed by his brother, Adolfo.
Adolfo Macías, also known by the alias "Fito", is awaiting trial in the United States following his extradition from Ecuador last year.
Los Choneros has been declared a Foreign Terrorist Organisation by the US and is
People flee Bangkok bar as huge flames shoot out from doorway
At least 28 people have died and 25 are critically injured after a fire tore through a bar in a popular Bangkok district.
Footage shared on social media shows several people escaping as huge flames roar from the doorway behind them.
Preliminary investigations by Bangkok's disaster mitigation department suggest the fire could have been caused by an electrical short circuit in an air conditioner, though no official cause has been given.
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Senator Lindsey Graham died of aortic tear, examiner says
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, "Lindsey understood that the security of Israel and America are inseparable."
Israel lost "one of its greatest friends", he added.
Graham had previously been a critic of Trump, and ahead of the 2016 presidential election said: "If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed... and we will deserve it."
However, he voted against convicting Trump in his 2021 impeachment trial, and supported Trump's
Ted Lasso actor Fernandez makes professional debut
"Football is life" for Ted Lasso actor Cristo Fernandez.
The 35-year-old Mexican fulfilled his dream of becoming a professional footballer on Sunday by making his debut for American second-tier side El Paso Locomotive.
Fernandez, who played Dani Rojas in the hit Apple TV show between 2020 and 2023, came on as a 79th-minute substitute in Locomotive's third and final USL Cup group game against rivals New Mexico United.
He signed for Locomotive, who
Hollywood blockbusters and arthouse films: Sam Neill's best-known roles in pictures
Neill starred in the original Jurassic Park film alongside Laura Dern and Richard Attenborough
Actor Sam Neill, who has died at the age of 78 , was best known for starring in the Jurassic Park movies - which were the tip of the iceberg of a long and varied career that ranged from Hollywood blockbusters to acclaimed arthouse films.
Heavy rains and flash floods in Bangladesh leave 51 dead
At least 51 people have died and more than a million affected by heavy rainfall in Bangladesh in recent days.
Thousands have lost their homes as flash floods and landslides hit large parts of the country, including the capital Dhaka.
More than half the deaths so far have occurred in Cox's Bazar, home to a large Rohingya refugee population. Last week several students and a teacher were killed in that district when floodwaters swept through their school.
Bangladesh is a low-lying country that has many rivers, and often
The SpaceX IPO made history. Is the excitement still there?
SpaceX investors have swung from celebration to apparent concern in its first month as a publicly traded company.
When shares in the firm, co-founded and led by Elon Musk, first became available for individuals to buy on the public stock market on 12 June, there was an investor frenzy .
Although the company had decided to price its shares at $135 each, the price immediately shot up to $150 that first day, climbing to $176, before closing at $16
US and Iran trade fire as tensions rise over Strait of Hormuz
The US launched a new attack on Iran on Sunday evening, continuing days of strikes between the two countries. Iranian state media reported that the strikes killed one person in southwestern Iran, while four were injured.
Within hours of the fresh US strikes, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had struck US military bases in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain.
The escalating attacks, which cast doubt over the future of the interim US-Iran agreement signed in June, come amid conflicting claims over whether the
Watch: At the scene where Bangkok's deadly bar fire unfolded
The BBC's South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head has visited the site where at least 27 people were killed during a bar fire in Thailand.
The deadly blaze broke out at Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao – the local name of the bar – which is situated in the Chatuchak district of Bangkok.
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Bombs, blood, ambushes - football coaching with the army
The rising sun bathes the rolling Herefordshire hillsides in a warm glow as birds gently chirp and sheep graze in the fields.
But this rural idyll is shattered by the sound of explosions, followed by plumes of smoke and ear-splitting screams.
Six camouflaged men rush to the scene to find a soldier howling for help as he clutches his bloodied leg, half of which appears to have been blown off.
Thankfully, the blood is fake and this is an actor - albeit a former soldier and amputee - and the first responders