The BBC examines four ways you could be affected if the US fails to reach a deal on its debt.

Montana is first US state to ban the app, but influencers there don't seem too concerned.

Care home resident Clare Nowland is not expected to survive the incident, a family friend says.

For years, residents of Bijnor have peacefully coexisted with leopards. Now they say they are afraid.

Dr Ken Elliott, 88, and his wife were captured in Burkina Faso in 2016.

Syria's president is welcomed back to the Arab League, after 12 years of being shunned.

The psychological scars of Russia's invasion are starting to show in Ukraine, at the front and at home.

Amnesty says the men were killed in "a blatant act of vengeance" and without a fair trial.

At least 145 people are now known to have been killed by the storm, Myanmar's military rulers say.

G7 leaders appear a little awkward during a group photo in Hiroshima.

Protesters and opposition groups denounce the first direct flight from Russia for nearly four years.

The Ukrainian leader addresses the Arab League ahead of a visit to the G7 in Japan.

President Buhari vows to bring the culprits to justice days before his time in office ends.

High-profile Aboriginal journalist Stan Grant says he has "had enough" of receiving racist abuse.

Marian Kocner is found innocent in a retrial of arranging the killing of a journalist and his fiancée.

Players confronted AZ Alkmaar fans in chaotic scenes after the friends and family area was attacked.

President Biden backs a plan to provide advanced fighter jets to Ukraine and train Ukrainian pilots.

Ahead of Sunday's election, Greece's worst rail crash is held up as proof of a broken government.

Republicans say the talks are "very frustrating". The White House predicts "a difficult conversation".

A selection of striking images from around the world, taken over the past seven days.