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A US courtroom descended into chaos as a former judge was sentenced to jail. Tracie Hunter, a former Hamilton County Juvenile Court Judge, was given a six month sentence after using her position to help her brother keep his job back in 2014. Hunter, elected in 2010, was the first African-American in the role. She […]

A suspected drug carrier has been arrested after crashing a van packed with A$200m (£112m; $140m) of methamphetamine into a patrol car parked outside a police station in Sydney, Australia. The 28-year-old driver hit the police car at speed, crushing its bonnet, on Monday before racing off. Police caught him an hour later in Eastwood,

When Iran seized a British-flagged tanker on Friday, it might have felt like a surprise move. But it wasn’t. It was the latest in a string of events that have led to the escalating tensions between the US, UK and Iran. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard captured the Stena Impero and its 23 crew members in

Abdi Jama was born in the self-declared republic of Somaliland but moved to the UK aged six. In England, he became paralysed after falling from a window aged 14. He feared his dreams of being a sportsman were over, until a friend introduced him to wheelchair basketball. Abdi went on to compete at the Paralympics

Newlyweds in some parts of India are shunning traditional Hindu wedding photos in favour of exotic photoshoots in the hope that they will go viral online. Elaborate outdoor shoots include fake rain and can take eight hours or more. BBC World Service has been speaking to one couple in the state of Kerala, on India’s

The European Space Agency (Esa) is researching technologies based on 3D printing to see how materials found on the lunar surface could be made into products to help with habitation on the Moon. Dusty powdered rock found on the Moon’s surface could be made into construction materials, explains the Esa’s James Carpenter. BBC Click finds

The space race between the capitalist US and communist USSR saw decades of competition to push the boundaries of what mankind could achieve in space, all in the name of ideological superiority. Now, a new space race is underway, but instead of a clash of cultures, this is a clash of egos – between two

Farmers in France are claiming that electromagnetic fields created by wind farms and other electrical installations are leading to low productivity and high rates of mortality. But scientists who’ve looked into it have failed to detect any chain of cause and effect. The BBC went to western France to investigate. Video produced by Hugh Schofield

Thousands of people are marching in Hong Kong in the latest of a series of protests by pro-democracy campaigners. Protesters ignored the designated finish line, continuing on to China’s government headquarters in Hong Kong, where anti-China graffiti was sprayed. The BBC’s Stephen McDonell was amid the pro-democracy protesters as tear gas began to be fired.

A recording of radio exchanges between a British warship and an Iranian armed forces vessel has been released, revealing the moments before a British-flagged oil tanker was seized in the Gulf. In the audio the Iranian vessel can he heard instructing the tanker, the Stena Impero, to change direction. The Iranian vessel then tells the