Watch: Moment Darline Graham is sworn in to senate seat

Darline Graham, younger sister of Lindsey Graham, has been sworn in to the Senate to complete the remainder of her late brother's term. The ceremony took place just three days after Lindsey Graham's sudden death.

Senator Chuck Grassley administered the oath of office. Darline Graham is the first woman to represent South Carolina in the Senate.

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Watch: The clash between US and Iran for control of the Strait of Hormuz

The BBC's Barbara Plett Usher examines the latest tensions over the key international shipping channel.

World

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Wife describes moment husband nearly sucked out of Ryanair plane

A man was nearly sucked head-first out of a cabin window mid-air on a Ryanair plane.

Europe

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What we know about fatal ICE shooting in Maine

An ICE officer shot and killed a man in Maine - BBC Verify has been examining video footage of the incident.

US & Canada

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Watch: 'It smells like a dumpster' - Stinky corpse flowers make rare bloom

The flowers, often compared to smelling of rotten meat, stinky cheese, or boiled cabbage, last just 24 to 48 hours in bloom.

US & Canada

Mitch McConnell sitting in a hospital bed, wearing a pink shirt and glasses. A woman in a white shirt stands next to him and smiles. The image is surrounded by the BBC Verify branding.

There's no evidence this Mitch McConnell rehab photo is AI

The 84-year-old Republican hasn't been seen in public for weeks and says he is recovering from a fall.

US & Canada

Gus the Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton at Sotheby's auction house

Meet 'Gus', the world's most expensive Tyrannosaurus rex

The sale price of the 67 million-year-old fossil exceeded the previous record set by a stegosaurus in 2024.

US & Canada

The Soyuz-2.1a booster rocket with the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft lifts off from the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan,

Watch: New ISS crew blasts off from Kazakhstan

The Soyuz spacecraft will carry Nasa astronaut Anil Menon and cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina to the ISS for an eight-month mission.

Science & Environment

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Youngsters help keep cows cool at Cornish show

Thousands turn out for the largest one-day agricultural show in Stithians on Monday.

Cornwall

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Porridge eating champ crowned in 'Little Scotland'

Meet the fastest porridge eater in the small English town with a large Scottish population.

Northamptonshire

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Widdecombe seen in interview believed to be 20 minutes before attack

The former Conservative minister turned Reform UK spokeswoman gave the interview around 20 minutes before police believe she was attacked.

Anti-ICE protesters attend a vigil for a man that was killed in a shooting involving US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Watch: Maine residents protest latest ICE shooting

An ICE agent fatally shot a Colombian national during an immigration enforcement operation in the town of Biddeford.

US & Canada

A man stood up by a table in a bar with his back to the camera.

MP's sexual assault trial shown CCTV of him in bar

Patrick Spencer, MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, denies two counts of sexual assault.

Suffolk

One-minute World News

Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day.

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Fanfare and flyovers as France celebrates Bastille Day

Soldiers from the 'Coalition of the Willing' and Ukraine took centre stage in the parade through Paris.

Europe

FIFA referee Raphael Claus holding a red card during a match between USA and Bosnia and Herzegovina

Trump baselessly claims World Cup referee is 'suspect'

BBC Verify debunks Trump's claim of a "suspect" referee following Folarin Balogun's World Cup red card.

BBC Verify

Police use chainsaw to quickly access drug dealer's home

Watch: Police use chainsaw to raid drug dealer's home

Heroin and cocaine were seized from the home of a dealer who was operating a drug line from Colchester.

Essex

President Trump holds a red, white and blue race car helmet while wearing a blue suit

Trump watches IndyCar pit stop outside White House

The event was a preview of the actual race that President Trump commissioned by signing an executive order in January.

US & Canada

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Watch: Horses evacuated as fire approaches riding centre near Paris

The Fontainebleau forest blaze, described by officials as of 'exceptional scale', continues to rage for the second day.

Europe

Watch: Burst water pipe causes tarmac to lift

The burst pipe causes the road to crack and lift in parts.

Suffolk

An aerial picture of fields on the Tetworth Hall Estate in Cambridgeshire. Part of the field is charred and damaged.

Watch: Farmers and fire crews tackle crop fire

Fire crews from three counties are sent to a grassland crop fire, and farmers help out.

Cambridgeshire