The Watcher

Britney Spears says she was "back handed in the face" by a security guard protecting French basketballer Victor Wembanyama in Las Vegas on Wednesday.

A teenager in the US state of Iowa who beat his teacher to death with a baseball bat over a bad grade has been sentenced to life in prison. Willard Miller, 17, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in April for his role in the 2 November 2021 killing of Nohema Graber, a teacher.

Millions of Taylor Swift's South East Asian fans are competing for about 330,000 seats that went on sale on Friday for her only stop in the region. The pop star's Eras Tour includes six shows in Singapore in March 2024.

Japanese workers have seen their pay go up at a record rate after the government called on companies to help employees facing rising prices.

Pop singer Coco Lee's death has shocked the Chinese-speaking world, and sparked discussions of mental health issues on China's social media.

Ukraine's economy will need external help for many years to come, a senior World Bank official has told the BBC. The war-torn country "also has a lot of potential to turn a lot of its assets into economic opportunity and recovery", according to Anna Bjerde.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said the electric carmaker will be in India "as soon as humanly possible". His comments followed a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a state visit to the US.

Irish singer Dermot Kennedy has apologised after he used a racial slur during an interview in Canada. The musician used the term, considered derogatory to members of the Traveller community, in a video posted online by Much, a popular music channel.

Singer and guitarist Josh Homme, founder of rock band Queens of the Stone Age, has revealed he was diagnosed with cancer last year. He had a successful operation to remove it and is "still healing", according to Revolver magazine.

Most women with early breast cancer now beat the disease thanks to huge improvements in treatments in recent years, a BMJ analysis has found. Their risk of dying within five years of diagnosis is estimated to be around 5% - down from 14% in the 1990s.

US Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy has died aged 89, his publisher has announced. The writer died of natural causes at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Tuesday, Penguin Random House said.

In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Ms Vestager, who is the European Commission's executive vice president, said AI regulation needs to be a "global affair".

Stony-faced in a blue suit and red tie, Donald Trump sat flanked by defence lawyers in a courtroom to face criminal charges, for the second time since leaving office.

Insults aimed at Real Madrid soccer player Vinicius Jr have triggered a fierce debate about racism in sport and whether Spanish society has a problem with the issue.

France has banned domestic short-haul flights where train alternatives exist, in a bid to cut carbon emissions. The law came into force two years after lawmakers had voted to end routes where the same journey could be made by train in under two-and-a-half hours.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has backed a special rapporteur's recommendation not to hold a public probe into election interference. Mr Trudeau has faced pressure to launch a public inquiry and opposition legislators condemned the decision.

The house in Austria that Adolf Hitler was born in is to be used for human rights training for police officers in the latest twist to a long-running row over what to do with it.

US President Joe Biden and Republican leader Kevin McCarthy have called their latest talks on the debt ceiling productive but no deal has yet been reached. With just nine full days till the estimated debt-limit deadline of 1 June, hitting that date is looking difficult.

The economic cost of floods, storms and wildfires has accelerated since 1970, according to a World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) report. But better early warning systems and disaster management in developing countries mean fewer people are dying.