Five things to watch for in Democratic debates

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker The first Democratic debates are like the opening round of a golf tournament. There's no way to win the prize right now, but plenty…

Dating game for endangered rhinos

Image copyright Stuart Slabbert Image caption The zoo-born animals will join 18 other eastern black rhinos in Akagera National Park, Rwanda "It's just fantastic. "These animals were taken from Africa decades ago to display to…

Jussie Smollett noose footage released

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionJussie Smollett noose footage released by Chicago PoliceVideo recorded on a police bodycam from the night Jussie Smollett was allegedly attacked has been released. The ex-Empire actor…

Dutch emergency line goes down in telecoms outage

Image copyright Reuters Image caption The disruption originated from the network of national carrier KPN The Netherlands has been hit by its largest telecommunications outage in years, with the 112 emergency number knocked out across…

US super-rich call for wealth tax

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The group says it is non-partisan, but praised Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax idea Some of America's richest people are urging US presidential candidates to back a…

Women defy burkini ban at French pool

Image copyright Citizen Alliance of Grenoble Image caption "Operation burkini" was launched by a group of Muslim and non-Muslim women in Grenoble Muslim women in France are disobeying the rules at a local swimming pool…

Knitting website bans support for Trump

Knitting website bans support for Trump By Patrick Evans BBC News Image copyright Getty Images The popular knitting website Ravelry is banning users from expressing support for the US President Donald Trump and his administration…