South Korea: Exploding lithium batteries spark deadly factory fire (www.bbc.com)
ICRC says 22 killed in strike near its Gaza office (www.bbc.com)
North Korea building border ‘wall’, satellite images reveal (www.bbc.com)
Israeli army strapped wounded Palestinian to jeep (www.bbc.com)
BBC.com: Unable to back down, Israel and Hezbollah move closer to all-out war (www.bbc.com)
Penile cancer: 6,500 amputations in Brazil in a decade (www.bbc.com)
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Russia launches 'massive' overnight attack on Ukraine power grid (www.bbc.com)
Ukrainian energy facilities have come under a massive attack from Russia, in the latest onslaught targeting the country’s power grid, officials say....
Greece wildfire: Anger after yacht fireworks spark blaze (www.bbc.com)
Fireworks launched from a yacht in Greece sparked a forest fire on the island of Hydra on Friday, the local firefighting authority has said....
Comedian Michael Usi becomes Malawi's vice-president after Saulos Chilima's death (www.bbc.com)
Macaque monkeys, known for being aggressive and competitive, became more tolerant after hurricane as it is crucial to their survival, researchers find (www.bbc.com)
Macaque monkeys got on better with others in their social groups after a devastating hurricane, according to researchers....
TikTok confirms it offered US government a 'kill switch' (www.bbc.com)
TikTok says it offered the US government the power to shut the platform down in an attempt to address lawmakers’ data protection and national security concerns....
Wild chimpanzees eat plants that have pain-relieving and anti-bacterial properties to heal themselves, according to scientists (www.bbc.com)
Scientists described their “detective work” in the forests of Uganda - observing animals that appeared injured or sick to work out whether they were self-medicating with plants....
Car maker fined $6.4m for selling China-made vehicles as Italian (www.bbc.com)
The Italian government has fined a car company $6.4m (£5m) for allegedly branding vehicles that were made in China as being produced in Italy....
Pope told by student to stop using anti-LGBTQ language (www.bbc.com)
Pope Francis has been told by a Filipino Catholic university student to “stop using offensive language” against LGBTQ people....
Gaza's broken water system crippling children with sickness (www.bbc.com)
Eight months of war have reduced nine-year-old Yunis Jumaa to skin and bone....
Gatwick: Council calls for crackdown on Uber drivers at airport (www.bbc.com)
South China Sea: Filipino soldiers fought off Chinese 'with bare hands' (www.bbc.com)
Philippines soldiers used their “bare hands” to fight off Chinese coast guard personnel armed with swords, spears and knives in the disputed South China Sea, the country’s top military commander has said....
Louisiana orders Ten Commandments poster in every classroom (www.bbc.com)
Louisiana has become the first US state to order that every public school classroom up to university level must display a poster of the Ten Commandments....
China is the true power in Putin and Kim’s budding friendship (www.bbc.com)
Mr Putin’s first visit to Pyongyang since 2000 was a chance for Russia and North Korea to flaunt their friendship. And flaunt it they did, with Mr Kim declaring his “full support” for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine....
Canada lists Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist entity (www.bbc.com)
Canada has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation, after years of pressure from opposition legislators and some members of the Iranian diaspora....
Scientists enlist AI to interpret meaning of barks (www.bbc.com)
UK’s richest family on trial in Switzerland for human trafficking, confiscating staff passports, paying as little as £7/day (www.bbc.com)
Surgeons believe we are about to enter a new era where diseases can be treated before children are born (www.bbc.com)
Prenatal screening for neurological conditions has progressed in leaps and bounds over the past couple of decades. Technology including genetic analysis, neuroimaging, and high-resolution foetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are allowing doctors to peer into the nervous systems of developing foetuses and already diagnose them...
Prince Charles Cinema drops AI-written film following backlash (www.bbc.com)
UN food chief: Poorest areas have zero harvests left (www.bbc.com)
