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Twenty countries agreed at the COP28 climate summit to triple their nuclear energy capacity by 2050 to reduce carbon emissions. How feasible is the target given the complexities and cost of building new nuclear plants?

The president’s son allegedly evaded at least $1.4m in taxes while funding an “extravagant lifestyle”.

A major University of Pennsylvania donor withdraws grant after Congress hearing about antisemitism on campus.

Sports Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Faisal defends Saudi Arabia’s right to host the 2034 World Cup in exclusive interview with BBC sports editor Dan Roan.

Media reports say the men have been charged with spying, but India and Qatar have not confirmed this.

It comes a week after the multi-billionaire launched a profane attack on advertisers that left X.

Writer and literary scholar Refaat Alareer was killed in an air strike on Wednesday, his family say.

Volunteers used to drive sick Gazans to hospital. Hamas’s attack on 7 October changed everything.

Mr Biden allegedly spent a fortune on “various women”, “adult entertainment”, luxury hotels and cars.

Police in Strasbourg say the men charged victims thousands of euros for pest control they did not need.

The CCC faces by-elections after an “imposter” expels its MPs – to the delight of the ruling party.

A selection of the best photos from across the African continent this week.

Amid all the doom and gloom on climate change, there are some good reasons for cautious optimism.

Officials said being denied “several” jobs at various colleges may have been a motive for the shooting.

South American countries have called for peace in the region amid heightened tensions between Venezuela and Guyana. Venezuelan voters backed the country’s territorial claim on the oil-rich Essequibo region.

Seaweed, coffee bean shells and fungus are all being employed to cut the use of plastic in furniture.

Josh Taylor, 23, suffered severe injuries after he fell into a hole on Queensland’s Bribie Island.

Anna Mani, one of India’s first women scientists, broke barriers to blaze a trail in meteorology.

Pele’s former football club has been relegated for the first time in 111 years, resulting in riots across Santos.

The Dendrobium orchid is sacred to Taiwan’s Tsou tribe, but it is getting harder and harder to find.

With Israel expanding its ground operations in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinians are running out of safe spaces to take shelter.

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

Gadi Eisenkot’s son Gal, 25, died after a tunnel shaft exploded in northern Gaza, Israeli media say.

As hunger spreads, the UN says it can no longer run a dependable humanitarian operation.

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

The Festival of Lights is marked around the world amid a difficult time for Jewish communities

In the US, Republicans are blocking further military aid for Ukraine. Hungary’s leader, Viktor Orban, wants to veto a comprehensive EU aid package. Is Ukraine being left in the lurch?

The leader of Tibet’s exiled government accuses Chinese authorities of imposing monoculturalism on Tibetans, eradicating ethnic identities and suppressing political activities.