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Police release bodycam footage of Tiger Woods arrest after a Florida crash in MarchTiger Woods is to change his plea in court five months after he was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence in a rollover crash in Florida. Court records show the change of plea hearing is set for Wednesday morning in Martin County, Florida. The golfer was arrested after the March crash, and had passed a breathalyser test but declined further testing for other drugs.He pleaded not guilty the same month to misdemeanor charges of driving under the influence and refusal to submit to testing.…
Apple MapsLake Ontario has been renamed as Lake America for US-based users of of the Apple Maps appApple has renamed Lake Ontario as Lake America on its Maps app, after an order from US President Donald Trump as part of Washington’s trade spat with Canada.The change was made for US-based users, while those in Canada will continue to see Lake Ontario displayed. The BBC has contacted Apple for comment.The iPhone maker’s move follows Trump’s executive order to change the lake’s name after trade talks between the neighbouring countries collapsed late last month, with Washington imposing new 50% tariffs on $20bn…
Getty ImagesGermany has said Russia was responsible for last month’s drone attack at Leipzig’s airport. A drone carrying an explosive device was discovered at Leipzig/Halle Airport in eastern Germany, close to Ukrainian cargo planes, on 4 August.It failed to explode as the detonator was apparently faulty, and investigators suspect a second drone collided with a cargo aircraft nearby. A third drone was reportedly found near the airport 10 days later.Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said the Leipzig airport attack followed the “well-established pattern of Russian hybrid operations in Europe” and the assumption was that Germany would be targeted again.Putin did not…
Cup noodles made with cold water? BBC tries Japan’s viral snackThe BBC’s Tokyo correspondent Kurumi Mori tries Japan’s latest food trend, instant noodles made using cold water.4 hrs agoAsia
Watch: Moment Tyler Robinson pleads not guilty in Charlie Kirk’s deathA 23-year-old Utah man has pleaded not guilty to the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk – as a judge ruled prosecutors can seek the death penalty.Tyler Robinson denies aggravated murder, a capital offence in Utah, and six other charges in connection with the shooting of Kirk at a campus event on 10 September 2025.Defence lawyers had tried to have the death penalty taken off the table, but prosecutors argued that aggravating factors, such as firing into a crowd in the presence of children, warranted a capital trial.Turning Point USA…
Katia TemkinThe star has told fans she may not tour again for a “long, long” timeAriana Grande made an emotional exit on Tuesday night, as she wrapped up her Eternal Sunshine tour, and prepared to step back from public life.The singer was occasionally close to tears – most notably during One Last Time, the song that took on extra meaning as an anthem for survivors of the 2017 Manchester terror attack.”London, I’m going to need you to help me on this one,” she said, kneeling down to be near the audience throughout the performance.Last month, Grande announced a break from…
EPA/Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump and interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez have both heralded the deal as a successFrom the moment elite US troops swooped into Nicolás Maduro’s compound in Caracas to forcibly remove him from power in January, President Donald Trump made clear that securing control over Venezuela’s oil resources was a key goal of his administration.The United States would “run” Venezuela, he said at the time, and manage the sale of Venezuelan oil for the foreseeable future.The signing of a huge US-Venezuela oil deal in Caracas on Wednesday marked the fruition of that plan. The agreement grants a…
Watch: Astronauts set out on rare all-female spacewalkFor the sixth time in history, a team of two women completed a spacewalk outside the International Space Station.53 mins agoUS & Canada
Watch: Judge orders deadlocked Clancy jurors to keep deliberatingJurors in the trial of Lindsay Clancy are deadlocked after four days of deliberations, but a judge has asked them to keep trying.Clancy, a resident of Massachusetts, is facing murder charges for killing her three children at their family home in 2023.Her lawyer does not dispute that the 36-year-old former nurse killed the children, but argues that she was suffering from postpartum psychosis at the time and was unable to distinguish right from wrong.After discussing the case for several more hours on Tuesday, jurors were sent home for the day and asked…
Europa Press via Getty ImageSome 5,000 migrants who entered Ceuta from Morocco are estimated to still be in the Spanish exclaveSpanish prosecutors say 23 sexual assaults, including nine against children, have been recorded in Ceuta since the mass influx of migrants into the Spanish exclave at the end of July.That number meant there was almost one case every day, Ceuta’s chief prosecutor Silvia Rojas said.She told El País newspaper migrant girls were “particularly vulnerable because of their irregular status in the territory”.At least 72,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into Ceuta on 30 and 31 July and although most have returned,…