Paros in Greece is at the centre of a drive to turn it into the world's first island free of plastic waste.

Laila Pence fled war in Egypt to go on and become a multimillionaire US businesswoman.

Jouma and his family were fleeing their home when an air strike hit, leaving him blind aged three.

The cows on this floating farm in the Netherlands are helping find ways of making food sustainably

The idea he would "condone or participate in" exploitation is abhorrent, Buckingham Palace says.

Haidar el Ali has led a project to plant 152 million mangrove buds in Senegal's Casamance Delta.

A former business executive is now a freelance photographer travelling around the globe. First stop - Iran.

Police allege Jonathan Dick killed his brother with a sword at a busy shopping centre in 2017.

James Reardon had weapons and white nationalist material at his Ohio home, police said.

A general election would be the "change of direction" the UK needs, the Labour leader has said.

A culinary pun from Swedish comedian Olaf Falafel takes the prize for top gag at the Edinburgh festival.

Manchester United's Scott McTominay tells freestyler Liv Cooke why he is so close to team-mate Daniel James, and how it feels to be the cover star of an upcoming video game.

Meet Britain's Jack Shephard and Krysten Coombs, the world number one and two going head to head to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

The finals of the e-sports championship took place in Los Angeles this weekend.

Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, the first woman to serve as the state's governor, dies aged 76.

As Philippe Coutinho joins Bayern Munich on loan from Barcelona BBC Sport looks back at his brilliant strike for Brazil against Switzerland at the 2018 World Cup.

Bayern Munich sign Philippe Coutinho from Barcelona on a season-long loan deal which includes an option to buy.

The US president tells the Fed to consider a one percentage point cut and return to QE money printing.

Snooker legend Jimmy White finally wins a world title at the Crucible.

Robert Wickens - who was paralysed in a crash at Pocono last year - calls for IndyCar to stop racing at the Pennsylvania track after another crash.

Lawyers for Omar al-Bashir say the claims are baseless, as the ex-leader's corruption trial begins.