Prosecutor Diane Ngomsik told AFP news agency that the volunteer firefighter, 18, had initially confessed to “setting fire to twigs with a lighter and petrol” before retracting it. BFMTV said a second 18-year old man had also been placed under formal investigation – a stage in French criminal procedure which may lead to formal charges…
A monkey with pinkish-orange lips and a black face that lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been confirmed as a new species to science. The primate was spotted hidden away in the high tree canopy of dense tropical forests in Lomami National Park, in the central east of the country. Conservationists reported seeing…
A shirt worn by Pele during the 1958 World Cup final has sold for $4.9m (£3.6m) at a Sotheby’s auction in New York. It is the second most valuable football jersey sold behind the Argentina shirt Diego Maradona wore when he scored the ‘Hand of God’ goal against England at the 1986 World Cup –…
When Sarah Reeve got engaged she gave fiance Lee an ultimatum: he had to pay off his debt before she would marry him. “I was paying my mortgage and bills whereas he was giving his mum some rent,” Sarah says of their situations when they met in their early 20s. “I told him I wouldn’t…
US fast-food chain Taco Bell is removing lettuce from its menu in some states after investigations found it could be linked to an outbreak of explosive diarrhoea caused by a parasite. The decision was taken “out of an abundance of caution” following discussions with health officials, Taco Bell told the BBC. The Centers for Disease…
Bodycam footage showed the moment a rescuer reached a family of three, and their dogs, sheltering in their destroyed house as water flooded parts of Uvalde county, Texas. The rescuer airlifted a girl to safety, telling the rest of the family that another helicopter was on the way to take them. At least two people…
US President Donald Trump has delivered a primetime address in which he accused China of interfering in the 2020 election and alleged “shocking vulnerabilities” in American voting systems. Trump, who spoke from the White House on Thursday, has repeatedly made unsubstantiated claims about voter fraud and foreign meddling in the 2020 election, which he lost…
Australian Olympic cyclist Rohan Dennis has pleaded guilty to driving despite a five-year ban placed on him after a 2023 incident where he struck his wife with a car. Dennis, 36, appeared in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Friday to face a charge of driving while disqualified after police pulled him over last month when…
The Japanese parliament has approved a bill to relax imperial succession rules, amid concerns over the dwindling size of the imperial family. The bill, passed by the upper house on Friday, allows the imperial family to adopt distant male relatives over the age of 15 and lets women keep their royal status after marrying outside…
Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns Truth Social, is launching a paid service to give Wall Street firms high-speed access to its most influential posts. From 1 August, instant updates will be delivered from “the highest-ranking” accounts, it said. US President Donald Trump currently has the most followers on the platform. The company behind…