Sea temperatures around places like Majorca exceeded 30C earlier this month, far above average.
Trump surveys damage in Texas as search continues for 160 missing
Efforts to find and identify the scores of dead and missing continue into a second week.
The beauty and brutality of life in the shadow of Kashmir killings
BBC visits ground zero of the April attack in Pahalgam where locals are picking up the pieces of their broken lives.
Canada’s Carney talked tough on Trump – now some say he’s backing down
Canada has made concessions to win goodwill with the White House. Trump, in return, has threatened steeper tariffs.
BBC correspondent explains the role of fuel switches
The BBC’s Theo Leggett explains that the two switches were moved which caused the crash
Trump surveys damage in Texas as search continues for 160 missing
At least 120 were killed when flash flooding devastated areas in central Texas last week.
Trump threatens 35% tariffs on Canadian goods
Trump has threatened blanket levies of 15% or 20% on most trade partners, and says he will soon announce new tariffs on the EU.
Death of Ukrainian conscript prompts row with Hungary
Allegations that the 45-year-old was beaten with iron bars, weeks after being forcibly conscripted, have been denied by Ukraine’s military.
Russians tell the BBC how they think the Ukraine war will end
Russian victory is a key message at the ‘Patriotic Festival’ a few miles outside Moscow.
Dozens taken to hospital after suspected mass overdose in Baltimore
At least 27 people have been admitted to hospital, some of whom are in a critical condition.


