Blocked drains in the UK are costing over £100 million a year with the vast majority being blamed on wet wipes. It is not however just wet wipes that are causing the problem, with people…
Worst of the worst IS fighters in US…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe Islamic State 'Beatles' duo were interviewed by the BBC in August 2018Two of the so-called "IS Beatles" have been taken out of Syria to "a secure…
Fall of Berlin Wall was worst night of…
Image copyright Reuters Image caption The Berlin Wall was opened by accident on 9 November, when an East German Communist Party official announced that anyone could leave It's one of the most bizarre guided tours…
Germany shooting: 2,200 people watched on Twitch
Image copyright Getty Images About 2,200 people watched a gunman's video of his attack outside a synagogue in Germany before it was removed from video-streaming site Twitch. Twitch, which is owned by retail giant Amazon,…
Bangladesh student beaten for hours before death
Image copyright ABRAR FAHAD/FACEBOOK Image caption Abrar Fahad was attacked in his dormitory days after posting criticism of the government A Bangladeshi undergraduate student killed in his dormitory on Sunday days after criticising the government…
Tunisian presidential candidate released from jail
Image copyright AFP Image caption Nabil Karoui was greeted by cheering supporters in Tunis following his release A Tunisian court has released a presidential candidate days before he is due to stand in Sunday's second…
Google offers tool for cities to measure emissions
Image copyright Google Image caption The tool can show a range of data, like this one for Birmingham A tool Google offered in the US to help cities measure pollution and emissions levels is now…
Mass power cut in California to prevent wildfires
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A huge wildfire killed 86 people in Paradise, California, last year A power company is cutting electricity to around 800,000 homes, businesses and other locations in Northern California, in…
Russian trolls chief target was black US voters
Image copyright Computational Propaganda Research Project Image caption One bogus posts featured an image of Eric Garner, who died after a policeman put him in a chokehold in 2014 A Senate inquiry has concluded that…