- Saturday, 23 August 2025
BBC
Boeing Starliner spacecraft lands back on Earth
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has completed its journey back to Earth - but the astronauts it was supposed to be carrying remain behind on the International Space Station. The empty craft had been travelling in autonomous mode after undocking from the orbiting lab. The capsule, which suffered technical problems after it launched with Nasa's Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on board, was deemed too risky to take the astronauts home.
Summer 2024 was world's hottest on record
Summer 2024 was the Earth's warmest on record, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service. It was also the warmest across Europe at 1.54C above the 1991-2020 long-term average, exceeding the previous record from 2022.
US school shooting suspect, 14, quizzed about threats last year
Colt Gray, 14, denied to police in May 2023 he was behind internet posts that contained images of guns, warning of a school shooting.
Bangladesh recover to seal series win over Pakistan
Bangladesh held their nerve in a tricky run-chase to beat Pakistan in the second Test in Rawalpindi and complete their first-ever series win over the hosts. Chasing 185 for their third-highest successful Test run-chase, the Tigers were composed as they sealed a famous six-wicket win.
Cathay Pacific grounds planes after engine problem
Hong Kong’s flagship airline Cathay Pacific has cancelled tens of flights after a plane heading from the city to Zurich was forced to turn around due to an "engine component failure". The company says it has now inspected all 48 of its Airbus A350s and found 15 aircraft with faulty parts that needed to be replaced.
Netanyahu asks 'forgiveness' over hostage deaths as protests continue
Benjamin Netanyahu has asked for "forgiveness" from Israelis for failing to return six hostages found dead in Gaza on Saturday, as Hamas warned more could be "returned to their families in shrouds" if a ceasefire isn't reached.
Japan teen jumps to death, killing pedestrian below
Two people have died in the Japanese city of Yokohama after a teenage girl jumped to her death from a shopping centre, hitting a pedestrian below. The 17-year-old high school student jumped from a building in a crowded shopping district, hitting a 32-year-old woman who was out with her friends on Saturday evening.
German far right hails 'historic' election victory in east
Germany's anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) is celebrating a "historic success", with the far-right party on course for a big victory in the eastern state of Thuringia.
Waiting 32 years for justice in an Indian rape case
Eight were sentenced to life in 1998, but four were acquitted by a higher court, and the others had their sentences reduced to 10 years. Of the remaining four, one died by suicide. Another was sentenced to life in 2007 but was acquitted six years later. One was convicted in a related minor case but later acquitted, and one of the accused is still absconding.
Three dead as Typhoon Shanshan hits southern Japan
A powerful typhoon has made landfall in Japan, with three people already confirmed dead. Shanshan landed in Kagoshima prefecture, in the southern island of Kyushu, at around 08:00 local time (23:00 GMT), the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.
S Korea boss arrested over deadly fire at battery plant
The chief executive of Aricell, a South Korean lithium battery company, has been arrested over a massive factory fire in June that killed 23 people and injured nine others.
Trump faces revised 2020 election interference charges
US prosecutors have reissued charges against former President Donald Trump for his alleged attempts to interfere in the 2020 election after he lost to Joe Biden. They are in response to a US Supreme Court ruling last month that said presidents enjoy broad immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts while in office.
Surging seas are coming for us all, warns UN chief
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has said that big polluters have a clear responsibility to cut emissions – or risk a worldwide catastrophe. “The Pacific is today the most vulnerable area of the world,” he told the BBC at the Pacific Island Forum Leaders Meeting in Tonga. “There is an enormous injustice in relation to the Pacific and it’s the reason I am here.”
Canada hits China-made electric cars with 100% tariff
Canada says it will impose a 100% tariff on imports of China-made electric vehicles (EV) after similar announcements by the US and European Union.
Spate of timed militant attacks in Pakistan's largest province kills 33
Separatist militants attacked police stations, railway lines, and vehicles on highways in Pakistan's province of Balochistan, killing at least 33 people, officials said on Monday, in the most widespread assault by ethnic insurgents in years.
