Dame Kiri Te Kanawa: I won’t sing in public again
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionDame Kiri Te Kanawa announces her retirement on Radio 4's Today Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, one of opera's most celebrated stars, has told the BBC she will never sing in public again.Dame
Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi to miss UN General Assembly
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Aung San Suu Kyi has been criticised over her handling of the Rohingya crisis Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to miss next week's UN General Assembly as criticism of her handling
Hurricane Irma: Quarter of Florida Keys homes ‘destroyed’
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe Florida Keys was one of the US areas hit hardest by Irma Hurricane Irma evacuees are returning to scenes of devastation in the Florida Keys with reports of a quarter of
Rebel Wilson wins large defamation payout
Image copyright EPA Australian actress Rebel Wilson has won a A$4.5m (£2.7m; $3.6m) payout in a defamation case against a series of magazine articles.The Supreme Court of Victoria heard the pieces alleged she had lied about her name, age and
North Italian city of Bolzano bans cricket in parks
Image copyright AFP Image caption The Vatican set up a cricket club in October 2013 The mayor of Bolzano in northern Italy has banned cricket in the city's parks after a ball struck a two-year-old boy in the head.The boy,
Hope springs eternal
Image copyright Getty Images The communications office of the Trump campaign was staffed by Hope Hicks, the press secretary - and it was a disaster. To be fair, the office was run with a skeleton staff. But reporters couldn't get
Teenage Boy Who ‘Transitioned’ to Girl Changes Mind: ‘I Realized I Could Be Happy Without Changing’
A teenage boy who “transitioned” to a girl two years ago with his mother’s help has now changed his mind, as he has realized that he is not really a girl and is actually comfortable with the way he was born. Patrick
Lucky escape
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe Florida Keys was one of the US areas hit hardest by Irma At the end of last week Florida was bracing itself for one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded
Brazil corruption scandal: President Temer slams judiciary
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Michel Temer has the lowest approval ratings of any Brazilian president in decades Brazil's President Michel Temer has accused his country's judiciary of using allegations of corruption to destroy reputations.Mr Temer's statement came just hours
North Korea threatens US with ‘greatest pain’ after UN sanctions
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption North Korea says it has developed and tested a hydrogen bomb North Korea has threatened the United States with the "greatest pain" it has ever suffered following new sanctions imposed by the United Nations.Pyongyang's