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Judge allows Trump's $10bn defamation case against BBC to proceed

But the court dismisses the other part of Trump's lawsuit that alleged the BBC had violated a Florida law.

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Democrat Scott Colom seals historic win in Mississippi Senate race

Colom is the first black person from the southern state elected to the US Senate in over 140 years.

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Four grizzly bears killed in Canada after fatal attack on mother and daughter

The sow and her three cubs were responsible for killing Jennifer Balcarras, 48, and her daughter Selah Reed, 20, earlier this month.

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Arrests made in Mohamed Al Fayed probe in France, police say

The Ritz hotel in Paris, which is still owned by the Al Fayed family, is one of the properties searched by police.

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Brazil should not increase the minimum wage, but get rid of it, says economist John Cochrane

Researcher from Stanford University, in the USA, cited by André Lara Resende in his proposal on fiscal policy, tells BBC News Brasil that the project would depend on fiscal adjustment and changes in social programs.

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New York building collapse kills one person and injures 12

Rescuers are searching for people who may be trapped under the rubble of the three-story building in Brooklyn.

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BBC interview with man cleared of charges in "Chinese espionage case": I am the scapegoat of the intelligence services

Thousands of messages obtained and reviewed by the BBC show that a Chinese official sought to gain inside information on a number of sensitive political matters.

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There is finally a treatment for my 5-year-old son's dementia, but it costs US$4 million

Treatment for childhood dementia is available in the United States, but its cost is too high for those who do not live there.

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Vini Jr. sends surprise message to boy who lost his legs in the war in Sudan: 'I heard about your story'

Zaher, who had both legs amputated, told the BBC last year about his favorite football player and his dream of being able to walk again.

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“Epstein raped me more than 200 times”: new testimonies from women recruited by an associate of the financier via a modeling agency

A woman claims an agency manager sent her to do photo shoots at the sex offender's beach house.

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