Avalanches kill five in Austrian Alps, officials sayReutersA major rescue operation was launched at St Anton after five skiers were caught in an avalanche some 450m wideFive people were killed in a series of avalanches in the Austrian Alps as heavy snowfall hit the region on Friday.A 42-year-old German man, caught in an avalanche with his 16-year-old son, was among the victims, police said. The...

Naked images remained in Epstein files despite outcryBecky DaleandMatt Murphy,BBC Verify BBCUnredacted images and videos showing nudity released in the Epstein files have been online for days despite US officials being warned about failures in redaction, which lawyers say has caused victims "irreparable" harm.The files seen by BBC Verify are among thousands of documents lawyers say they have...

Police identify suspect in Rhode Island ice rink shootingGetty ImagesThe shooting happened at the Dennis M Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, about five miles (8km) north of the state capital, ProvidencePolice have identified the suspect in a shooting at a high school ice hockey game in Rhode Island that killed two people and injured three others.Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves said Robert Dorgan,...

Dreaming of a Touchscreen MacBook? You'd Better Be a Fan of Apple's Dynamic IslandApple's long-awaited first entries into the touchscreen laptop market could arrive as early as the fall, according to a new report from Bloomberg, with a feature familiar to iPhone owners: Dynamic Island.The pill-shaped cutout and alert interface sits at the top of the screen and would presumably offer to people...

Russia-Ukraine war: How one Russian village lost its fighting-age men to conflictOlga IvshinaBBC News RussianKamchatka governmentVladimir Akeev, from the remote village of Sedanka in Russia's Far East, died four months after signing up to fight in the Ukraine warIn the fishing village of Sedanka, in Russia's Far East, life is hard.Most homes lack basic amenities such as running water, indoor...