The star highlights racial injustices as she accepts a BET honour for her humanitarian work.

Wendell Scott was a pioneering Nascar driver whose legacy has touched only the fringes of a sport now seeking transformation.

The fire in Mount Charleston, Nevada, engulfed about 5,000 acres (20 sq km) within an afternoon.

The Islamic State group says it will try to free women and children from detention camps in Syria.

The We're Going On A Bear Hunt author spent nearly seven weeks on a ventilator while he had Covid-19.

Workers are suspended after waste water, said to contain heavy metals, was pumped into the wilderness.

England captain Joe Root is set to miss the first Test against West Indies next week to attend the birth of his second child.

BBC News witnesses a negotiation between ransomware hackers and a 'cash-strapped' university.

Mercedes will run a new black livery in Formula 1 in 2020 as a signal of their commitment to greater diversity and inclusion in motorsport.

Reports say a ferry carrying about 50 passengers crashed with another vessel on the Buriganga river.

François Fillon receives a prison sentence for paying his wife for work she never did as his aide.

The sculptures, allegedly taken during the 1960s civil war, fetched around $240,000 in a Paris auction.

The insects have already caused damage to crops in Paraguay and could head for Uruguay next.

The Premier League, EFL and PFA announce a new scheme to increase the number of black, Asian and minority ethnic coaches.

In a landmark ruling, the court struck down a Louisiana law restricting abortions as unconstitutional.

A wildfire raging in Mount Charleston, Nevada, has sent up a large plume of smoke visible from nearby Las Vegas.

Watford striker Troy Deeney, a key organiser of the Premier League's Black Lives Matter support, says the next challenge is to keep up the pressure for change.

The story of NFL star and civil rights activist Colin Kaepernick’s early years is being made into a documentary series.

Juventus midfielder Miralem Pjanic will join Barcelona at the end of the season in a swap deal with Brazil international Arthur.

Australia, Canada and Japan are included on the safe list, but the US and Brazil are not.

With museums reopening in July, the return of looted cultural objects is in the spotlight again.