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Human Barbie Valeria Lukyanova

Valeria Lukyanova: 'Human Barbie' is building muscles as she 'no longer likes' her plastic body

The real life barbie doll ready for a 'warlike figure' after being violently attacked by two men outside of her home last year.

Microsoft brings Windows 10 Mobile preview to Lumia 930 and HTC One

Windows 10 for phones on Lumia 930

Microsoft expands the Windows 10 for phones preview to the Lumia 930, Lumia 640 and HTC One (M8)

Indian giant fish yet to be named is on brink of extinction

HUMPBACK MAHSEER

The Indian humpback Mahseer could vanish within a generation.

burundi coup

Burundi violence: 'I hope they don't kill us' says Gen Godefroid Niyombare as coup leaders arrested

President Pierre Nkurunziza returns to Bujumbura as coup leaders declare they are surrendering.

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FGST NASA

Spiral magnetic fields detected in space explain why we exist

The reason matter won over antimatter and led to the present creation is explained by the fields.

Harry Kane

Manchester United: Louis van Gaal planning £45m move for Tottenham forward Harry Kane

Louis van Gaal is looking to revamp his forward line as Robin van Persie faces the axe.

South east Asia migrant crisis

Migrant boat drifting away from Thai waters as Malaysia waits to turn it back

Boat carrying 300 Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants sent away from Thai waters.

Calbuco volcano Chile ash

Dog IQ test shows if your pet is brainy, a charmer, maverick or reliable

The test comprises a set of games devised by Duke University.

picasso blurred breasts

What boobs: Media, viewers ridicule Fox New York for blurring breasts in Picasso painting

Not the best move, Fox 5 finally concedes

Aerial photographs taken in February and March 2002 of parts of the Larsen B shelf in the Antarctic show different aspects of the final stages of the collapse

Nasa finds Antarctic ice shelf just a few years from disintegration

Fears climate change and melting ice could lead to rising seas.

Ed Miliband and Mary Creagh

Mary Creagh is latest Labour politician to seek to succeed Ed Miliband

Wakefield MP joins Yvette Cooper, Andy Burnham, Chuka Umunna and Liz Kendall.

Texting

Missouri House Speaker John Diehl Jr quits in sexting scandal, replaced by Todd Richardson

Diehl exchanged sexually suggestive text messages with an intern.

Amtrak train crash

Amtrak train crash: Injured train dispatcher seeks $150,000 in first lawsuit filed

Investigators waiting to talk to engineer about speeding train.

Daniele Colli

Video: Tour of Italy fan snapping photo triggers crash, leader Alberto Contador dislocates shoulder

Giro d'Italia cyclist Daniele Colli breaks arm

Nicola Sturgeon and David Cameron

David Cameron to meet Nicola Sturgeon over future of Britain

SNP leader demands: More powers or another independence referendum

SEA

Bashar al-Assad's Syrian Electronic Army hacks Washington Post

The media always lies, claim Damascus hackers.

Shopping

UK consumers steer clear of shopping centres and the high street

British Retail Consortium says overall footfall in April 2015 was down 0.8%.

Patrick O'Flynn

Ukip in Turmoil: Knives out as major donor urges Nigel Farage to stand down

Patrick O'Flynn says party looks like absolutist monarchy.

The Elgin or Parthenon Marbles

Greece rejects international court strategy to retrieve Elgin Marbles

Officials plan to rely on 'diplomatic and political' persuasion.

Germany's Next Top Model

Thousands evacuated after bomb threat at Germany's Next Top Model final

Contest hosted by supermodel Heidi abandoned after telephone threat.

Giant eel

Colossal 60kg conger eel caught by Plymouth fishermen

'Magnificent specimen' is taller than a double decker bus.

Baroness Warsi

Baroness Warsi warns 'Cold War against British Muslims' could backfire

Government's attack on non-violent extremists 'can alienate Muslim community'.

McDonald's

McDonald's at 75: Pink slime, McLibel and other scandals

McDonald's opened its first ever restaurant 75 years ago in San Bernardino, California.

McDonald's

McDonald's at 75: The fast-food monster by numbers [Infographic]

It is 75 years since the first ever McDonald's restaurant opened in San Bernardino, California.

An armed police officer in London

Terror arrests in Britain soar to record level, says Metropolitan Police

More than half of the 388 held in 2014 connected to Syria.

Dani Mathers is Playmate of the Year

Actress and model Dani Mathers is Playboy's Playmate of the Year 2015

'I've wanted this for so long'

runway drones

Drones wear the clothes at Silicon Valley catwalk show

No wrinkles in first-ever model drone runway event in San Francisco.

Former president George W Bush and his brother Jeb Bush, a 2016 presidential candidate? (Getty)

Republican Jeb Bush attempts to backtrack on comments: 'I would not have gone into Iraq'

George W's brother says he would not have authorised war 'knowing what we know now'.

HIV AIDS

AIDS expert: Russia's HIV epidemic worsening

Russia's top AIDS expert warns the epidemic can spread to two million Russians in five years.

Cyclist almost hit by train in Horsham

Network Rail releases video of moment cyclist almost gets hit by a train

CCTV footage used to promote a new film called "No going back".

Giant squid found in New Zealand

Squid's in! Giant cephalopod washes up on New Zealand beach

Monster squid has tentacles over five metres long and 19cm eye diameter

Burundi army

Burundi Coup: President Pierre Nkurunziza returns after army says coup bid failed

Gunfire still heard but capital Bujumbura largely quiet.

US considering economic sanctions on Israel over settlement plans

Israel: Call for bids for to build 85 houses in the West Bank

Tenders reissued after receiving no bids first time.

3D printed jet engine

General Electric fuels then fires up 3D-printed jet engine

Countdown to brave new world.

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