Twenty-two people, some of them children, were killed in the Manchester Arena attack on 22 May 2017. Family members and friends have described their loved ones and paid tribute to their lives. Saffie-Rose Roussos was a "beautiful, sensitive soul with an amazing magnetic personality", her mother Lisa said. She was at the arena with eight-year-old Saffie and was injured in the attack, as was Saffie’

Nadia Boulanger taught many of the 20th Century’s greatest musicians. She may have been the greatest music teacher ever, writes Clemency Burton-Hill. “The most influential teacher since Socrates” is how one leading contemporary composer describes Nadia Boulanger. As unlikely as it seems, this unassuming-looking lady of Romanian, Russian and French heritage, who was born in 1887 and lived to the ag

Three explosions have hit a bus carrying the Borussia Dortmund football team to their home Champions League quarter-final match against Monaco. In a news conference, the head of Dortmund police said it was a targeted attack on the team. Player Marc Bartra underwent an operation after breaking a bone in his wrist. No other players were hurt. The state prosecutor said a letter found near the scene w

Passenger dragged off a United flight. Video: Audra D. Bridges Videos showing a man being violently removed from a United Airlines flight have provoked an outcry on social media. The footage taken inside the airliner shows a man being violently pulled out of his seat and dragged down the aisle as passengers prepared to take off from Chicago to Louisville on Sunday evening. The airline in question

Singapore teen blogger Amos Yee, who was jailed twice in his homeland for posting political and religious criticism online, has been granted asylum in the United States. Mr Yee, 18, has been detained in the US since he arrived at Chicago's O'Hare airport in December. He came into the country on a tourist visa but told immigration officials he was seeking refuge. Following Friday's ruling, he is ex

"The American people are very accustomed to this president speaking his mind" - Mike Pence The US federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration's request to reinstate a travel ban blocked by a federal judge on Friday. The late night ruling means the travel ban will remain suspended until the full case has been heard. The court gave the White House and the states challenging it a dead

Why scientists are studying whales off New York's coastClose Scientists at the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are tracking whales off the coast of New York. They have installed powerful underwater microphones below the surface of the water to listen for whale song. The BBC Travel Show's Jo Whalley went to find out more. Find out more @bbctravelshow, exte

US actress Carrie Fisher, best known for her role as Princess Leia in the Star Wars series, has died aged 60, days after suffering a cardiac arrest. She was taken ill on a flight from London to Los Angeles on Friday and was taken to hospital when the plane landed. A family statement announced she had died on Tuesday morning. Tributes have been pouring in, with Star Wars co-star Mark Hamill simply

Greg Lake, who fronted both King Crimson and Emerson, Lake and Palmer, has died aged 69. One of the founding fathers of progressive rock, the British musician is known for songs including In the Court of the Crimson King and his solo hit I Believe in Father Christmas. He died on Wednesday after "a long and stubborn battle with cancer", said his manager. The news comes nine months after Lake's band

An influential Saudi prince, the billionaire investor Alwaleed bin Talal, has called on his country to lift its ban on women driving cars. He said it was a matter of economic necessity as well as women's rights to lift restrictions. Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world where women are not allowed to drive, and women's rights activists have been arrested for defying the ban. "It is high ti

It is not yet known if the victims are civilians or security personnel Iraqi forensic experts are investigating a mass grave that was discovered by troops advancing towards the Islamic State-held city of Mosul. The Iraqi military has said the grave, in the grounds of an agricultural college in the town of Hamam al-Alil, contains about 100 decapitated bodies. Most have been reduced to skeletons, so

Natural snowballs of varying sizes have covered part of the Gulf of Ob A strange and beautiful sight greeted locals in the Gulf of Ob, in northwest Siberia, after thousands of natural snowballs formed on the beach. An 11-mile (18km) stretch of coast was covered in the icy spheres. The sculptural shapes range from the size of a tennis ball to almost 1m (3ft) across. They result from a rare environm

One house in Cambridgeshire has become inundated with ladybirds. Video: Margaret Yescombe Across the final weekend of October, ladybirds appear to have proliferated in two places - indoors and on social media. Back in March the BBC asked if the hot summer of 1976 was replicated, would we see an influx of ladybirds again? The recent answer on Twitter, Instagram and YouTube, including an 'attack' on

A picture of this poster has generated massive debate on social media Schools in Sri Lanka have been banned from imposing dress codes on parents visiting the premises. It comes after a poster outside one elite private school, which dictated what women should wear when picking up their children, sparked an outcry. The notice said that saris and loose dresses were allowed - but not skirts, or strapp

The Chainsmokers' duet with Halsey is one of the year's biggest singles Pop stars Calvin Harris and The Chainsmokers have questioned the future of the album - and a new study suggests they could have a point. Playlists are now a more popular way to listen to music than albums, according to the Music Business Association, external. It says playlists account for 31% of listening time across all demo

Jonathan Head looks back at the reign of King Bhumibol Adulyadej Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, has died after 70 years as head of state. The 88-year-old king was widely revered but had been in poor health in recent years, making few public appearances. He was seen as a stabilising figure in a country hit by cycles of political turmoil and multiple coups.

Dr Abu Rajan shows cameras around the bombed M10 hospital in rebel-held Aleppo Russian and Syrian air raids on the rebel-held eastern half of the city of Aleppo have forced the closure of the largest hospital in the area and killed two people, a medical charity says. The Syrian American Medical Society, which supports the hospital, said it had been struck by barrel bombs. There are also reports of

Meet the planet's hardiest animal - the tardigrade - that has just revealed a genetic secret that could help protect human cells. Researchers have discovered a genetic survival secret of Earth's "hardiest animal". A gene that scientists identified in these strange, aquatic creatures - called tardigrades - helps them survive boiling, freezing and radiation. In future, it could be used to protect hu

The Sakurajima volcano is believed to have accumulated huge magma reservoirs, which could be a precursor to a large eruption, say scientists One of Japan's most active volcanoes is due for a major eruption within the next 30 years, say scientists who have studied a build-up of magma there. The Sakurajima volcano on Japan's Kyushu island poses a "growing threat", researchers at the University of Br