BBC News - Junior doctors in England start five-day strike (www.bbc.co.uk)
Online Safety Bill: Algorithms that lead boys to Andrew Tate content targeted (www.bbc.co.uk)
Israel: Major protests across country as judicial reform advances (www.bbc.co.uk)
Tens of thousands of protesters have blocked roads across Israel, after vowing to escalate action against the government’s planned judicial reforms. Police used water cannon to clear the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway, and at least 42 people have been arrested. It comes after a bill to remove the power of the Supreme Court to...
Pink door woman faces new Edinburgh council colour complaint (www.bbc.co.uk)
A woman re-painted her door in Edinburgh's New Town after a previous green makeover was rejected.
Threads: Meta sets out planned new features (www.bbc.co.uk)
The firm has said the current app is an initial version and changes such as a new feed are planned.
Turkey leader Erdogan will back Sweden joining Nato - Stoltenberg (www.bbc.co.uk)
Turkey leader Erdogan will back Sweden joining Nato - Stoltenberg (www.bbc.co.uk)
BBC News - Turkey leader Erdogan will back Sweden joining Nato - Stoltenberg (www.bbc.co.uk)
BBC reports - Sweden is in! (www.bbc.co.uk)
Ghanaian children wrongly taken in raids backed by US charity IJM (www.bbc.co.uk)
It gets weirder. One branch of the Christian charity takes children and has their parents put into jail, while another branch of the same Christian charity uses the parents’ unfair jailing as fundraisers for the charity, saying they will use the money to get the parents out of jail. (The parents they put into jail in the first...
Migrant boat from Senegal carrying 200 people missing off Canary Islands (www.bbc.co.uk)
I’m sure it will garner the kind of media frenzy that submarine with those 5 dudes did.
France bans buying fireworks for Bastille Day after riots (www.bbc.co.uk)
The move comes after rioting sparked by last month's killing of a 17-year-old by police in Nanterre.
BBC News - Banshees of Inisherin: Film set pub is saved and opens for business (www.bbc.co.uk)
Film buffs and tourists can sample a pint in JJ Devine's pub, where Colin, Brendan and Jenny all strutted their actorly stuff when filming the Oscar-nominated film, which has been rebuilt in County Galway.
El Paso Walmart gunman who killed 23 gets 90 consecutive life sentences (www.bbc.co.uk)
Martin Lewis felt 'sick' seeing deepfake scam ad on Facebook (www.bbc.co.uk)
A fake advert circulating online features a computer-generated likeness of the money-saving expert.
Instagram's Threads: 'Almost every influencer will be hopping on it' (www.bbc.co.uk)
Some of the people using Threads on its first day tell the BBC what they think about the app and its future.
Twitter threatens legal action over Threads app (www.bbc.co.uk)
Twitter is considering legal action against Meta over its fast-growing rival app Threads. Threads, which was launched to millions on Wednesday, is similar to Twitter and has been pitched by Meta bosses as a “friendly” alternative....
Wimbledon school crash: Girl dies after car hits building (www.bbc.co.uk)
A child dies after a car crashes into a primary school building in Wimbledon, south-west London.
Oil giant Shell warns cutting production 'dangerous' (www.bbc.co.uk)
I don't know about you but I'm sure glad the chief exec of Shell cares about our futures.......
Colombia: Country's last active guerrilla group ELN agrees truce (www.bbc.co.uk)
Strange that BBC doesn’t even mention in a footnote that this latest round of peace talks occurred in big, bad communist Cuba....
Why Saturn's moons have been so hard to find (www.bbc.co.uk)
Taliban order Afghanistan's hair and beauty salons to shut (www.bbc.co.uk)
Tel Aviv: Seven injured in Palestinian car-ramming and stabbing attack (www.bbc.co.uk)
India: 'I have been rejected by dozens of men over dowry' (www.bbc.co.uk)
A 27-year-old Indian woman has started a petition to put an end to the social evil of dowry.
SCO summit: Putin says sanctions making Russia stronger (www.bbc.co.uk)
He spoke at the SCO summit which took place virtually under Indian PM Narendra Modi's leadership.