"I don't want to lock myself in a fortress. I want to be myself," Crown Prince Frederik once said.

83-year-old Margrethe II is Europe's longest-serving living monarch, having taken the throne in 1972.

Santiago Sánchez was detained during a trek in 2022 to the men's football World Cup in Qatar.

Young Palestinians tell the BBC they want a return to peace and normality in 2024.

Reported deaths and injuries due to lightning have risen dramatically in Bangladesh.

Vinesh Phogat and other wrestlers have accused a powerful politician of sexual exploitation.

The American singer alleges multiple instances of assault while the pair worked together.

TV presenter and influencer Nastya Ivleeva organised a Moscow party that has sparked a moral backlash.

Hundreds of people have been seen buying fireworks in Germany and the Netherlands ahead of celebrations.

Tony Chung told the BBC he felt he had no control over his life, with police scrutinising his every move.

The move is the latest sign that the former French colony is pivoting towards Russia.

A kitchen hand was reportedly tied up naked at France's luxury Hôtel du Palais in Biarritz.

The former US president angrily responds to comments from the film's director Chris Columbus.

She had a record-shattering and money-making 2023. Will the pop-cultural juggernaut dominate again next year?

Police have cracked down on an opposition protest to demand that the presidential poll be annulled.

Police say judges who ruled that Donald Trump can't run for president in Colorado are facing death threats.

He passed away in a London hospital on Christmas Day, aged 54, with his family by his side.

A weekend search found no trace of the woman, who entered the Eagle River near Anchorage in Alaska.

There are no shortcuts in the fight against Hamas, the army chief insists as Israel pounds Gaza.

This year's heat and drought in the Amazon intensify worries that it is approaching a tipping point.

A UN official speaks of "absolute carnage" after visiting a hospital with many injured in central Gaza.

Mr Navalny's team had no contact with him for weeks and he failed to appear at several court hearings.

A clip of Anthony Madu pirouetting in the Lagos rain has given him and others wider ambitions.

Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says the death toll could rise further at the Al-Maghazi refugee camp.

The opposition demands a re-run of last week's elections which its say were marred by fraud.

The move to Western calendar is seen as a further shift away from Moscow's influence.

Emilia, Melania and Olivia were born in Ukraine on the day Russian troops invaded in 2022.

Zhu Ling, 50, was poisoned with the highly toxic thallium in 1994 but no-one was ever convicted.

An adult orca is seen singling out and subduing a dolphin so that its calf orca can practice its hunting techniques.

Police have arrested Electra Schrock for assault with a deadly weapon and residential burglary.

The filing comes days after the longtime Trump associate was ordered to pay the sum in a defamation case.

Some of eligible voters in DR Congo have struggled to cast their ballots in the presidential elections.

A gunman entered Charles University killing 15 people in one of the country's worst fatal shootings.

The law - backed by France's far right - makes it more difficult for migrants to bring over family members.

Women and children are majority of those killed in the war, according to Hamas-run health ministry.

Meta blocked news content on its platforms in Canada now that a law requires tech giants pay for it.

Monique Olivier, 75, was complicit in Michael Fourniret's murders, including of a British student.

Ukraine's leader admits mobilisation is a sensitive and costly issue as the war with Russian nears two-year mark.��…

Jonathan Majors is known for playing Kang in the Marvel universe and for films like Creed III.

The move comes after the US found it violated patent rights of a smaller firm.

The ex-Pakistan PM's party uses artificial intelligence to address a "virtual rally" on social media.

Yarden Roman-Gat was abducted from Kibbutz Be'eri and brought to Gaza during Hamas's 7 October attack.

His case has drawn international uproar and is seen as a test of Hong Kong's judicial independence.

The storm damaged buildings and caused power cuts across Buenos Aires province over the weekend.

Record rainfall driven by a tropical cyclone has caused widespread flooding in the country’s north-east.

The three hostages were mistakenly killed in Gaza on Friday by Israeli troops.

The shooting of three Israelis by IDF troops shows the risks of armed intervention in hostage situations.

Al Jazeera journalist and cameraman Samer Abudaqa was killed by an Israel drone while working in Khan Younis.

The former first lady, originally from Slovenia, described the path to US citizenship as 'arduous'.

Morning commuters were met with delays after the long-horned animal made an appearance on the tracks.

Airbnb agrees to pay Italy €576m in income taxes that the company failed to collect from landlords.

Video shows the mammal charging towards the vehicle in Yala National Park before breaking a window with its tusk.

Climate reporter Esme Stallard breaks down the COP28 climate summit agreement - in less than a minute.

Passengers on the Amsterdam to Detroit flight were stranded 24 hours in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.

The US president issues his strongest criticism yet and refers to "indiscriminate bombing" in Gaza.

Republicans remain "resolute" in demanding border policy reform in exchange for backing Ukraine aid.

Claudine Gay faced anger after failing to say if students calling for the genocide of Jews would be disciplined.

Kate Cox sued Texas to have an abortion after her foetus was diagnosed with a high-risk condition.

The summit had appeared close to calling for a phase-out of fossil fuels but made last-minute changes.

The Bodak Yellow rapper announces in an Instagram live she is now single.

Barbie and Oppenheimer were the most-searched for films in 2023, and took £30m in their opening weekend.

Seven others including three charity staff were injured in what the Red Cross has called a "deliberate attack"…

Granada's La Liga match with Athletic Bilbao is abandoned after a supporter dies in the stands at Nuevo Los Carmene…

She has faced mounting calls to resign since giving controversial Congressional testimony.

Félix Tshisekedi accuses his counterpart in neighbouring Rwanda of wanting to expand.

Iran bans her parents from heading to Europe to collect an award in her honour, their lawyer says.

Hamas accuses Israel of causing the damage to the medieval Omari mosque, Israel has not yet commented.

Amnesty and Human Rights Watch say a tank crew probably deliberately fired on Issam Abdallah.

Kate Cox says her foetus has a lethal abnormality that poses a risk to her health and future fertility.

As Gaza's food queues get longer, the UN says it cannot run a dependable humanitarian operation anymore.

Security aid is in jeopardy as US Republicans insist on new US-Mexico border security measures.

Local police say there appear to be "multiple victims" at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

People say life in Khan Younis is "indescribable" as Israel's bombardment of the south intensifies.

Palestinians and aid workers say new maps are not a workable solution to reduce civilian casualties.

Why did Hamas attack Israel, and what has happened in Gaza since the 7 October raid?

Emilia received a warm hug from her nursery school friends after being held in Hamas captivity for 49 days.

The Wall Street Journal reporter was arrested in Russia on espionage charges, which he has denied.

A three-time world champion combined wakeskating and base jumping in a stunt performed in Dubai.

The BBC's Rushdi Abualouf talks about his sorrow at leaving Gaza and how he plans to go back some day.

Manuel Rocha, a former US ambassador to Bolivia, was allegedly a secret agent for more than 40 years.

Thousands are evacuated and cars are swept away in southern India as Cyclone Michaung approaches.

The event is in doubt after the state of Victoria withdrew from hosting duties over spiralling costs.

Hundreds of hours go into Gaurav Gupta's designs for Beyoncé, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion.

The BBC's Fergal Keane returns ahead of elections next year - 30 years since apartheid ended.

The head of Israel's military says the IDF is fighting "strongly and thoroughly" in south Gaza.

Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin says passers-by were targeted in the Quai de Grenelle area.

Videos show the violent tremors from two earthquakes in the Philippines.

Civilians in parts of north and south Gaza have been told to evacuate as Israel's renewed bombardment continues.

Train and flight cancellations cause disruption to travellers in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic.

Aksum's authorities say half a million people are there for the first time since the Tigray war ended.

Russia's best-known conductor is appointed head of the Bolshoi as well as the Mariinsky Theatre.