The world’s rainforests are vital for our survival. They cover just 6% of the world’s land, yet host half of the planet’s species and store billions of tonnes of planet-warming gases, helping to mitigate climate change. But rainforests are dense and sprawling. Scientists have struggled to understand what lies beneath the treetops because even the...
Helen Briggs BBC environment correspondent•@hbriggs Maciej Biernacki The boomerang was found near stones, animal and human bones The world’s oldest boomerang is older than previously thought, casting new light on the ingenuity of humans living at the time. The tool, which was found in a cave in Poland in 1985, is now thought to be...
Josh Tongue must also be given praise after he twice blew away India’s tail to finish with seven wickets in the match. India should have buried England and scored 600 in the first innings from their position of 430-3. That Tongue twice quickly wrapped up the innings is a big plus for England, given how...
Alice Cunningham BBC News, Suffolk Moyse’s Hall Museum/West Suffolk Council Remains of the Berthasaura leopoldinae were first found in Brazil over 10 years ago The world’s first accurate sculpture of a recently documented toothless dinosaur has gone on display. Remains of the Berthasaura leopoldinae were first discovered in Brazil in 2012 and publicly revealed by...
Daniela Relph Senior royal correspondent Reuters Prince William addressed a conference on protecting oceans in Monaco on Sunday The Prince of Wales has described the challenge of protecting the world’s oceans as “like none that we have ever faced before.” In a speech delivered to the Blue Economy and Finance Forum in Monaco, Prince William...
Daniela Relph Royal correspondent Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images The prince will attend a forum in Monaco and “[try] to harness capitalism for good” The Prince of Wales will travel to the South of France this weekend to call for more to be done to protect the world’s oceans. In what his team describes as a “landmark...
Makuochi Okafor BBC Africa health correspondent, Lagos Getty Images At the age of 24, Nafisa Salahu was in danger of becoming just another statistic in Nigeria, where a woman dies giving birth every seven minutes, on average. Going into labour during a doctors’ strike meant that, despite being in hospital, there was no expert help...
Sir Jim Ratcliffe initiated cost-saving measures after he became a minority owner of the club last year. Last summer, around 250 staff were made redundant, saving the club an estimated £8m-£10m. A further 200 staff could lose their jobs this summer. In March, United revealed plans for a new £2bn stadium on the site of...
Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, White House A chainsaw, two hats and Lil X: Musk’s eventful time at Doge Elon Musk’s time in the Trump administration is coming to an end after a tempestuous 129 days in which the world’s richest man took an axe to government spending – stirring ample controversy along the way....
AFP A man stands inside his shell-hit home in Salamabad, Uri, near the Line of Control in Indian-administered Kashmir To live along the Line of Control (LoC) – the volatile de facto border that separates India and Pakistan – is to exist perpetually on the razor’s edge between fragile peace and open conflict. The recent...
Gerardo Lissardy BBC News Mundo AFP/Getty Images Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, known as “Pepe”, has died at the age of 89. The ex-guerrilla who governed Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 was known as the world’s “poorest president” because of his modest lifestyle. Current President Yamandú Orsi announced his predecessor’s death on X, writing: “thank you for everything you gave us and for your deep love for your people.”...
Sarah Rainsford Europe Correspondent Getty Images Just over 130 cardinals will gather later this week to vote for a new pope This must be the most secretive election in the world. When 133 Catholic cardinals are shut into the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday to choose a successor to Pope Francis, each one will have sworn...
Stuart Maisner BBC News, South East Hallmark Care Homes Ethel Caterham celebrated her 115th birthday in Lightwater in Surrey in August A woman from Surrey has become the oldest person in the world, at the age of 115 and 253 days. Ethel Caterham, who lives at a care home in Lightwater, reached the milestone following...
Study authors seek to attribute climate damages to individual corporate polluters in order to hold them accountable. The world’s top corporations have caused $28 trillion in damages related to the climate crisis, a new study seeking to help attribute climate costs to individual polluters finds. In a peer-reviewed paper published in Nature last week, Dartmouth...
Charlotte Cox BBC News, South West James Churchfield BBC News, Cornwall Penzance Helecopters The channel is usually under about 20ft (6m) of water A festival on a sandbar brought 90 minutes of merriment to hundreds of people in the Isles of Scilly. The Low Tide Event took place in the channel between Tresco and Bryher,...