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Video shows moments around fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis

Bystander footage has captured the seconds before the killing of 37-year-old Alex Pretti.
Who was Alex Pretti, the intensive care nurse shot dead in Minneapolis?

He has been described as an avid outdoorsman who loved mountain biking.
Venezuela frees dozens of political prisoners, human rights group says

It is the latest batch of detainees freed since the US seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a raid.
Captain of suspected Russian shadow tanker in French custody

French officials seized the tanker, named the Grinch, in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday.
Climber Alex Honnold scales 101-floor skyscraper without safety gear

Alex Honnold has become the first person to climb the Taiwanese building alone without safety equipment.
Sir Mark Tully, the BBC's 'voice of India', dies aged 90

Sir Mark covered some of the defining moments in India's history in a career that spanned decades.
Party backed by generals set for landslide as 'sham' Myanmar election ends

Many parties were banned and there was no voting in about half the country which is gripped by fear and civil war.
Cyclist wins Australia race despite being knocked off by Kangaroo

Australian Jay Vine wins the Tour Down Under - despite being knocked off his bike in a crash caused by a kangaroo.
Trump says UK soldiers in Afghanistan 'among greatest of all warriors'

The US president's praise follows his claim that allied forces avoided the front lines during the Afghanistan conflict.
Trump threatens Canada with 100% tariffs if it 'makes a deal with China'

It comes as tensions appear to have escalated between Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.