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AI uncovered long-hidden programming flaws, triggering a rare global cyber-security response.

Journalist Will Murray describes how he and a bystander saved an SUV driver from his vehicle.

Four members of the so-called Gang Suppression Force have been missing since Sunday.

Bukangi the shark became an unlikely sensation after it was spotted in a canal in Busan weeks ago.

Many view it as one of the most pivotal elections in Israel's history, with global implications.

As councillors prepare to banish the vehicles, views in Central Park are divided over the 160-year-old tradition.

Disaffection has often driven down turnout among Arab Israelis, but there is a strong push to get rid of the right-wing governing coalition.

Starbucks says it is improving customers' in-store experience as it competes with homegrown rivals.

No country for young men and women: why do older politicians seem to have such a tight grip on the US political system?

With immigration curbs and tech firms cutting foreign hiring, US residency is becoming a distant dream for many Indians.

The ad by Ohio Republican Vivek Ramaswamy features his Democratic rival's estranged mother, who she has not seen since her stepfather was charged with sexual abuse in her childhood.

The updated policy will apply to all reservations booked on the accommodation site on or after 20 November.

Hotel chaos, transport mishaps and diplomatic blunders cast a spotlight on organisers and the firm hired to deliver the games.

The fine is the largest to date against Facebook's owner, larger than an $18bn deal with California.

Moscow says it is "ready in principle" to resume peace talks and US President Donald Trump says the world is "the closest we've been" to ending the war.

César Jáuregui Moreno is accused of allowing US agents to join a raid on a suspected drugs lab in April.

President Vladimir Putin does not feel under pressure right now to end the war, the BBC's Russia Editor writes.

The wife of a diplomat based in Abuja travelled to Kampala for a vacation.

Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were accused of breaking into an unauthorised protest venue in Delhi.

Locals describe the MP, who had to have both legs amputated, as a genuinely kind person who fought for the community.

The 74-year-old former teacher, who was captured, has been released without any "swap" required, Trump says.

Brian Stack was crossing a street in Dublin in 1983 when he was shot in the back of the neck and died 18 months later.

The female patient, who sources have told the BBC is not Nigerian, is in isolation and in an Abuja hospital.

The Gambia has confirmed receiving $2.5m from the sale of the house in Maryland.

Her alleged attacker, 43-year-old Brendan Nugent, faces multiple charges and appeared in court for the first time on Wednesday.

Musk says there's "a lot to be gained" by combining the firms in what would be the biggest merger in history.

Faheem Akram allegedly sold more than 5 million fake postage labels for a fixed price of $2 a piece.

BBC's Katy Watson describes what unfolded in Wangaratta as 43-year-old Brendan Nugent appeared before court over the alleged attack of Helen Haines.

The president thrust Springfield, Ohio, into the spotlight with a false pet-eating claim - years later, it remains at the heart of the immigration debate.

In France and beyond there is widespread disagreement over what led to some of the worst unrest seen in French cities in modern history.

A "Super El Niño" has fuelled months-long fires in Indonesia, making hundreds of thousands of people sick.

The US has advised its citizens to reconsider travelling to Kenya but the government tries to reassure people.

The overwhelming vote by Alberta to stay in Canada gives Mark Carney political capital to focus on remaking the country's economy, writes the BBC's Lyse Doucet.

Ukraine had accused the US of withholding key intelligence - a claim rejected as "scandalous" by Washington.

The Ukrainian leader's hug with Steve Witkoff in the Norwegian capital is unlikely to dispel misgivings about US policy towards his country, writes Paul Adams.

The lawsuit argues the White House exceeded its authority in imposing the latest tariffs on the country and caused "immediate harm to American businesses".

A truck carrying people to a funeral and a market alleged to be supplying fuel to the RSF were targeted.

Janine Lochrenberg, 65, was out on her daily morning swim with her club when she was attacked, her family tell the BBC.

The US secretary of state rejects accusations Ukrainians were dying because the US was withholding intelligence.

Leaders of the movement for independence vow to push on but the margin of defeat could make that difficult.