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Data extracted from first Jeju Air black box - ministry https://ift.tt/7ZR49uD Investigators hope the data will provide insights about the crucial moments leading up to the tragedy.

Elon Musk changes his name to Kekius Maximus on X https://ift.tt/nXlmNDt The world's richest man sparks speculation after changing his name and using a picture of Pepe the Frog.

FBI makes what may be its biggest bomb find ever https://ift.tt/elSgvAT More than 150 explosive devices are discovered during a raid on a farm in Virginia.

Watch: Rocket blasts off for India's first space-docking mission https://ift.tt/5z8ZaGS The rocket, which took off from a site north of Chennai, places two satellites in orbit.

US Treasury says it was hacked by China in 'major incident' https://ift.tt/dEHsvRD A Chinese state-sponsored hacker broke into the US Treasury Department's systems in what is being called…

Tears as families reunited in Russia-Ukraine prisoner exchange https://ift.tt/y2CXoNq The BBC's Will Vernon reports amid emotional scenes as freed prisoners arrive in Ukraine.

Watch the moment Carter took his presidential oath https://ift.tt/MWTblK4 On 20 January 1977, Jimmy Carter took his presidential oath to become the 39th president of the United States.

Watch: A look back at Jimmy Carter's life https://ift.tt/FkMQrL5 The former US president and Nobel Peace Prize winner has passed away at the age of 100.

At least 28 dead in South Korea plane crash - reports https://ift.tt/TVoGSZI The aircraft reportedly crashed into a wall at Muan International Airport in the country's southwest.

Watch: Huge waves strike Peruvian coastline https://ift.tt/c6qns8W Videos show waves reported to be up to four metres high upending boats and deluging towns.

Three dead in suspected Christmas cake poisoning https://ift.tt/gjRCrE9 Police say arsenic was detected in the blood of family members who ate the cake in Torres.

Remembering the 'kind leader' who led India with a steely resolve https://ift.tt/ykRuJXg A man of few words, Singh led the country from the front - but was deeply misunderstood along the way.…

'Assad's fall opened years of my husband's past I knew nothing about' https://ift.tt/SJ04Pmk Syrians across the world are still coming to terms with the rapid fall of the Assad regime…

A year of mass attacks reveals anger and frustration in China https://ift.tt/vbJFcBf The killings have led to questions about what is driving people to murder strangers en masse.

The Nigerian watch-lover lost in time https://ift.tt/sbSCRmn For years repairing watches was a booming business, but a Kaduna horologist now has time on his hands.

Indian show renews interest in 1970s dance style from America's gay clubs https://ift.tt/nE7SqtP Waack Girls tells the story of six women who discover themselves as they learn the dance form waac…

Israeli strikes hit Yemen airport and power station https://ift.tt/0z7QVsd Video shows chaos inside an airport terminal in Sanaa, as passengers flee the strikes.

Two die in Sydney to Hobart yacht race https://ift.tt/lehnAp1 The two crew members died in separate incidents, both after being hit by a boat's boom.

Illegal trade booms in South Africa's 'super-strange looking' plants https://ift.tt/SXCwJsj A biodiversity hotspot has become the stomping ground of poachers.

Bird flu kills 20 big cats at US animal sanctuary https://ift.tt/9KBHgWp The animals - including a Bengal tiger, cougars and bobcats - have died of the virus over the past several weeks.

Ukraine's war stamps put humour, patriotism and swearing in the post https://ift.tt/rMtuxsI Ukraine's war stamps, some with swear words, boost morale at home and promote its image abroad.

Modernism and Islamic motifs: How Indian artists envisioned Christ's birth https://ift.tt/BRHJlI8 Over the centuries, painters in India have depicted Jesus's birth from a uniquely local persp…

Toxic spill fears follow deadly Brazil bridge collapse https://ift.tt/Tp1n7xk Lorries containing pesticides and sulphuric acid plunged into the Tocantins river in the north of the country.

Former US President Bill Clinton admitted to hospital with fever https://ift.tt/YymH1E3 The 42nd president is at a Washington DC hospital, and is in "good spirits", according to a spokesman…

Israel confirms it killed Hamas leader Haniyeh in Tehran https://ift.tt/vgKhFm1 Ismail Haniyeh was Hamas's most prominent leader until his death in July.

Watch: Hawaii's Kilauea volcano sends jets of lava into the air https://ift.tt/QwTR8ak One of the world's most active volcanoes, situated on Hawaii's Big Island, has erupted again.

Private plane crash in Brazil kills pilot and his family https://ift.tt/ZpkK7Hr The plane fell minutes after take-off, hitting an urban area in Rio Grande do Sul and injuring 17 people.

Heroism attributed to suspect Luigi Mangione alarming - Mayorkas https://ift.tt/uZCdB6s The US Homeland Security Secretary says rhetoric about the murder suspect is concerning.

US warplane shot down in Red Sea 'friendly fire' incident https://ift.tt/LWCrA9Z Both pilots were rescued after ejecting safely from their F/A-18 fighter aircraft.

'I heard rumbling and shattering glass': Eyewitness describes Christmas market attack https://ift.tt/DuPkw61 One woman describes how her boyfriend was dragged away from her after being hit by…

German Christmas market attack suspect remanded https://ift.tt/1nZ3Cqy Magdeburg police said the 50-year-old man appeared at a district court on Saturday evening.

Lara Trump withdraws name from consideration for US Senate https://ift.tt/76cIj04 The president-elect's daughter-in-law had been spoken of as a replacement for Senator Marco Rubio.

One woman's 56-year fight to free her innocent brother from death sentence https://ift.tt/Daihyn2 Hideko Hakamata spent decades fighting to save her brother: the world's longest-serving death…

Ros Atkins On... Four reasons why the relationship between the UK and China is strained https://ift.tt/g71SbkP The BBC's Analysis Editor Ros Atkins looks at how relations between the UK and China…

Video shows arrest of German Christmas market attack suspect https://ift.tt/6390geM Footage from German broadcaster MDR shows police confronting a man lying on the floor by a car.

Defendants face judgement for actions that led to beheading of French teacher https://ift.tt/rD0Uv9y Eight people accused of abetting the jihadist murder of Samuel Paty will learn their fate in a Par…

Syria rebel leader dismisses controversy over photo with woman https://ift.tt/ab6hQFq Both liberals and conservatives criticised Ahmed al-Sharaa, after he asked the woman to cover her hair before the…

My kids saw my pain on set, says Angelina Jolie https://ift.tt/WQIJeyo The Hollywood star plays famous opera singer Maria Callas in a new biopic.

Watch: BBC speaks to Syrian rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa https://ift.tt/j5FAT3S Sharaa led the rebel offensive that toppled the Assad regime in Syria less than two weeks ago.

Google Street View image helps police unlock murder case https://ift.tt/Ex8hgJC The image on the app shows a man putting a large plastic bag into the boot of his car.

United Front: China's 'magic weapon' caught in a spy controversy https://ift.tt/ek1F6Pw The UFWD is a decades-old - and increasingly controversial - arm of China's Communist Party. Wh…

Singer Elyanna on Palestinian identity, Coldplay and 'trusting the process' https://ift.tt/w39MGb7 Palestinian-Chilean singer Elyanna says she is keen to showcase her identity in her music.

The city where shopkeepers fear their CCTV cameras could get them killed https://ift.tt/nP8BNgM Businessmen in Somalia's capital say jihadists have threatened to kill them if they install cameras…

Syria mass graves: Daunting task of searching for and naming the dead https://ift.tt/Lz04u2A Most of the more than 100,000 people who disappeared in Syria since 2011 are now believed to be dead.

Motive 'combination of factors' in Wisconsin school shooting https://ift.tt/Lg6uoHt Police say clarifying a motive for Monday's deadly school shooting in the state's capital of Madiso…

Trump meeting TikTok CEO as ban deadline looms https://ift.tt/svgMyL8 The social media giant is currently seeking to delay a law that would see it banned or sold in early 2025.

Isabel dos Santos hits out over UK's 'dirty money' sanctions https://ift.tt/ZHDocKQ The daughter of Angola's former president was described by the UK government as a "notorious k…

Teacher and teenaged student killed in Wisconsin school shooting https://ift.tt/O2ojeN6 Officials say the suspect, a teenaged student at the school in Madison, is also among the dead.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz loses confidence vote https://ift.tt/qvHEJe8 Despite losing, the result was the outcome the SDP leader wanted and paves the way for early elections.

Legendary Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain dies at 73 https://ift.tt/tqhRM5w The Indian classical music icon died of a lung disease at a hospital in San Francisco.

Bali Nine drug smugglers 'relieved' to be back in Australia https://ift.tt/DUGKNdH The five remaining members of the drug ring have spent almost 20 years in Indonesian prisons.

'We just need peace': BBC speaks to Syrians watching Israel's incursion https://ift.tt/J3rmHTs As Israel unveils plans to expand its Golan Heights settlements, Syrians living nearby say t…

New name, no photos: Gisèle Pelicot removes all trace of her husband https://ift.tt/A3XgEbH In the years before the mass rape trial that has shocked France, Gisèle almost caught Dominique Pelicot.

US confirms it is in 'direct contact' with Syria rebel group https://ift.tt/SBlQ6Ms The HTS rebel group is currently still designated a terrorist organisation by the US State Department.

Watch: BBC sees "anger and frustration" on streets of Tbilisi https://ift.tt/7wrKYP4 Large crowds of protesters gather outside the Georgian parliament to object to the appointment of a new …

US military flies freed captive Travis Timmerman out of Syria https://ift.tt/NGkFTtb Mr Timmerman has said he was on a religious "pilgrimage", though mystery has swirled over how he came to…

Trump vows to end 'very costly' daylight saving time https://ift.tt/dRWJ3uV Some have long called for the practice of changing the clock twice a year to end.

Bloody siege ends Myanmar army control of western border https://ift.tt/3OUfvhq Insurgents seized Myanmar's border with Bangladesh in one of the bloodiest battles of the civil war.

'I wish he'd lived to see new Syria' - Crowds bury anti-Assad activist https://ift.tt/svKM0e1 Mazen al-Hamada, who returned to Syria from the Netherlands, had publicly testified on the to…

Inside Aleppo, the first city to fall to Syrian rebels https://ift.tt/Od5YwFK Residents of the the city that was ravaged by civil war seem keen to get rid of the symbols of the Assad regime.

Canada euthanasia now accounts for nearly one in 20 deaths https://ift.tt/LqJXGMR For the first time, the annual report delved into race and ethnic data of those who underwent assisted dying.

Star luxury estate brokers charged with sex trafficking https://ift.tt/JQbH7f1 Alexander brothers are accused of drugging, assaulting and raping dozens of women over more than a decade

S Korea's President Yoon vows to 'fight to the end' https://ift.tt/uJ1orVT President Yoon Suk Yeol said that he declared martial law to protect the country's democracy.

How Luigi Mangione's legal defence could take shape https://ift.tt/tPwSKJl Police believe forensic and ballistic evidence ties the suspect to insurance CEO Brian Thompson's killing.

Australia PM condemns arson incident and anti-Israel graffiti https://ift.tt/xLn4jHg Police seek two suspects after a car was set ablaze and buildings were vandalised in Sydney.

Syria's new transitional PM calls for stability and calm https://ift.tt/HSPeCMO Mohammed al-Bashir is tasked with governing until March by the Islamist-led rebels who ousted Bashar al-Assad.

Suspect in healthcare CEO killing arrested at McDonald's https://ift.tt/DpqO5jX A prosecutor says Luigi Mangione, 26, who was denied bail at an initial court appearance, is likely to be charged w…

Murdoch loses bid to change trust in real-life 'Succession' battle https://ift.tt/m1O4SGH The court says Murdoch acted in "bad faith" by trying to give control of his empire to his …

Israel carries out dozens of air strikes across Syria, reports say https://ift.tt/Z20gudm Israel says it is acting to stop weapons falling "into the hands of extremists" following the end o…

UK sanctions Kenyan businessman over illicit gold trade https://ift.tt/JOZpcia Pattni has been accused of smuggling gold and exploiting natural resources in Africa for decades.

Gisèle Pelicot lifts her sunglasses and chooses to fight back https://ift.tt/3FVGj7E The woman at the centre of the mass rape case sees her public trial as a chance to "stand for all victims&quo…

Melbourne synagogue fire 'likely' terror act, police say https://ift.tt/c8FLyit Three suspects are being sought over the fire, which injured one person and caused extensive damage.

Trump vows to end birthright citizenship and pardon US Capitol rioters https://ift.tt/m3rAy4a He tells NBC he will issue "a lot" of executive orders, including on immigration, once he takes…

Footage shows people emerging from Assad's notorious prisons https://ift.tt/Tj14iU0 Rebels have freed thousands of detainees from jails as they swept across the country.

Moment Georgian press attacked by masked men https://ift.tt/ekwSjKa Moment journalist and cameraman attacked by masked men in Georgia

Prince William and Trump meet after Notre-Dame reopening https://ift.tt/3uFWYpI William joins other world leaders in Paris for the ceremonial reopening of the world-famous cathedral.

Hats, horses and a Harley: Photos of the week https://ift.tt/xDdkX1u A selection of news photographs from around the world.

Embattled Macron seeks boost from Notre Dame reopening https://ift.tt/q3O2Kny With French politics in turmoil, Macron hopes to benefit from the reopening of the cathedral.

How citizen scientists are uncovering the secret lives of blue whales https://ift.tt/Adyo6pe A thrifty study uncovers a wealth of data about one of the world's largest and most elusive species.

Astronaut shows students how they drink liquids in space https://ift.tt/Yq67wCj Sunita Williams spoke to pupils from her hometown during her extended stay on the International Space Station.

Ros Atkins on… How the New York shooting unfolded https://ift.tt/XWleTDs Our Analysis Editor Ros Atkins with BBC Verify has been looking at the gunman’s movements and what we know about how the shoot…

Why Swedish women are quitting work https://ift.tt/DQ4Y1c5 Sweden has a reputation for strong gender equality, but some young women are giving up their jobs.

Romania hit by major election influence campaign, amid Russian cyber-attacks https://ift.tt/TepRhHx Romania's intelligence service reveals details of what it says is an attempt from abroad to med…

French government collapses in no-confidence vote https://ift.tt/Zhn1pmL Michel Barnier's ousting over a budget bill deepens France's current political crisis.

Multiple victims reported in Vancouver stabbing https://ift.tt/lEpXs1m The condition of the victims and the suspect, who was shot by police, remains unclear.

‘The glasses are a prop’: Anna Wintour on her style and being told 'no' https://ift.tt/4DdYMSa The fashion guru spoke to the BBC ahead of a new Vogue show looking back on the industry's h…

What's on the minds of Ghanaian voters in seven charts https://ift.tt/qUJmHQd Ghanaians are about to elect a new president amid concerns about inflation, unemployment and debt.

Asteroid lights up sky over Russia's far east https://ift.tt/rR5HA81 The European Space Agency said the asteroid measured 70cm and was spotted about 12 hours in advance.

Fianna Fáil emerges as largest party in Irish election https://ift.tt/jzRHlWt The party has won 48 seats, with Sinn Féin second on 39 and Fine Gael third on 38.

Malaria vaccine rolled out in world's worst-affected country https://ift.tt/l6LWOt0 It could save the lives of thousands of children in Nigeria, where 180,000 died from malaria in 2022.

She fled Israeli bombing four times. It still found her https://ift.tt/u3gbIRJ Rihab Faour's long journey to safety, from her small village in southern Lebanon, ended in the death of her young fa…

Trump threatens 100% tariff on Brics nations if they try to replace dollar https://ift.tt/P41lD9F The president-elect warned the group of nine nations against moving away from the dollar.