At least A$240m in insurance claims have already been filed and the fires could go on for months.

The Milwaukee Bucks beat the Los Angeles Lakers 111-104 to win the battle of the NBA's two best teams.

The current chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority will become the Bank's 121st governor.

Kuldeep Sengar was found guilty of raping a woman who was a minor at the time of the assault.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.

The man who attacked Russia's FSB security HQ was a loner and gun club member, reports say.

She is best known to international audiences for starring as Domino alongside Sean Connery.

The three are found guilty of "institutional harassment" that saw staff deaths in the 2000s.

Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says Paul Pogba "is not being sold in January" and also denied he was meeting Red Bull Salzburg striker Erling Haaland on Friday.

A reduction in the size of the Pandur armoured vehicle means the maximum height for crews is now 1.70m.

The test flight has a dummy on board but, if successful, astronauts are due to start using the craft from 2020.

The US government report looked at nearly 200 facial recognition algorithms from a range of companies.

The top court upholds a ruling requiring 1990 levels to be cut by at least 25% by the end of 2020.

Prosecutors said they had started extradition proceedings via the Home Office against Anne Sacoolas.

Arsenal appoint their former captain Mikel Arteta as head coach on a contract until the summer of 2023.

Former Arsenal boss Unai Emery talks to BBC Sport about his potential successor, as well as what went wrong and what his future plans are.

The duke, 98, was admitted in relation to a pre-existing condition, Buckingham Palace says.

The PM says Brexit is "one step closer" after MPs back his EU withdrawal bill by a majority of 124.

More than 20 South African boys have died during highly secretive coming of age rituals in recent weeks.

La Liga side Real Sociedad invite the population of fourth-tier Becerril to watch a game after thrashing them 8-0 in the Copa del Rey.

It comes during the British actor's first visit to the country where his late father grew up.