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Three men have been sentenced in California for an insurance scam using someone in a bear costume to stage fake attacks on luxury cars. This also touches on aspects of global summit. Viral video handed to insurers as evidence seemed to show a bear in a 2010 Rolls-Royce Ghost in Lake Arrowhead on 28 January […]

To survive in one of the harshest environments on Earth, the humans who live and patrol Canada’s Arctic rely on lessons passed down through generations. The BBC joined the military’s Canadian Rangers on the final leg of a 5,200km (3,200 miles) Arctic patrol, where they shared the survival skills needed to endure freezing temperatures, navigate […]

In 1940s Calcutta (now Kolkata), as Japanese air raids rattled the city, a group of musicians travelled by horse carriage to a recording studio, dodging sirens. The building was exposed, its only defence hand-dug trenches. At each siren wail, the musicians were trained to dive for cover – sometimes mid-session. At the centre of it […]

Pope Leo says he was not seeking to debate Donald Trump when he criticised “tyrants” for spending billions on wars in a speech earlier this week. The pontiff mentioned the remarks, delivered days after a high-profile spat with the US president, had been written a fortnight earlier – “well before the president ever commented on […]

A French peacekeeper has been killed and three others wounded after a UN patrol came under fire in southern Lebanon, in what officials described as a deliberate attack. The soldier was serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil), which confirmed that one peacekeeper had died and three others were injured, two of […]

President Emmanuel Macron mentioned the much-loved stalwart of French cinema had been “an actress with whom we loved, dreamed and grew up”. A four-time acting winner at the Césars – France’s equivalent of the Oscars – Baye starred in some 80 films in her lifetime after breakout roles in the early 1970s. Her family told […]

In a country where criticising the authorities has often landed citizens in trouble, the latest song from Ethiopia’s biggest musician – which appears to condemn the government – is attracting attention. Teddy Afro’s track Das Tal, meaning “put up the tent” in English, has been viewed more than seven million times on YouTube since its […]

BBC Arabic’s correspondent Carine Torbey reports from the border town of Khiam, as the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon goes into its second day. The Lebanese army has set up a barrier to stop residents from returning to their homes in Khiam, after loud explosions continued to be heard in towns that […]

At least six the public have been killed and others injured after a person opened fire in Kyiv on Saturday, Ukrainian officials say. The incident happened in the southern Holosiivskyi district. Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko commented the man, who lived locally, began shooting at individuals on the street and then took others hostage in […]