Grain exports from both Russia and Ukraine are falling as both countries attack each other's shipping facilities and ports.

Israeli security forces have reportedly withdrawn and about a dozen settlers are said to remain at the site where two families have been besieged since Sunday.

Some see them as sinister or hunt them for ritual use but these birds play a vital role in nature's cycle.

Leavitt will depart from her role to spend time with her young children and family, the president says.

As Japan swelters through extreme summer heat, BBC Tokyo correspondent Kurumi Mori tries out a new way to cool down.

Following a 10-hour rescue operation, emergency workers pulled the 32-year-old from beneath slabs of concrete.