"Eyes peeled," comes the order from the front passenger seat.

Obediently, we scan the ends and tops of logs, looking between low scrub and patches of vivid wildflowers for a flash of stripes or a dart of movement.

Eluding us is the numbat, a rare Australian marsupial which could be the love-child of a chipmunk and an anteater.

Numbats were once populous across the bottom half of the continent, but Dryandra Woodland – in the south-western corner of Australia – is one of the few places they remain.

As we slowly roll along bush tracks, researchers explain how this annual trip helps plot the species' survival.

Classified as endangered until this month, numbats have been bouncing back. This team's efforts have seen them scratched off the international red list of threatened species - a rare glimmer of hope in a country facing an extinction emergency.

This part of Australia is the front line of that crisis: a last stand for many species driven to the brink by feral pests, disease, urban development, habitat destruction and climate change.

Winging over our car at one point is the endangered Carnaby's cockatoo. On an island just off the coast is one of the last surviving pockets of the world's rarest marsupial, the Gilbert's potoroo. Diving in the sapphire waters around it is the increasingly scarce Australian sea lion.

MySpace launched in 2003 and quickly became a cultural hub, helping artists like Arctic Monkeys, Adele, and Nicki Minaj find early audiences.

But its highly customised pages, auto-playing music, and busy layouts eventually became a liability.

Facebook's cleaner, simpler design pulled users away, and MySpace struggled through redesigns and ownership changes before fading from mainstream use.

Marketing experts say any comeback will depend on learning from that history.

Dr Alexa Fox, a marketing professor at the University of Akron, says the platform was a "first mover" in social media, but one that became too complex for many users.

She believes MySpace's original strengths – music, creativity, and personal expression – could still resonate, but only with more accessible design.

"It could be more user-friendly, with less coding involved," she says.

Alex Mills, a social media strategist who has led campaigns for Spotify and Adobe, says the very thing people are nostalgic for, a feed without algorithms, was also "the thing that killed it."

"People still want a feed," Mills says. "They just want a better one than the ones optimising for rage bait."

Kevin McClary, head of performance marketing at Gorilla 76, believes MySpace should not try to compete directly with Meta, TikTok, or X.

"They can be successful and sustainable even as a niche platform," he says, arguing it should be rooted in 2000s culture.

McClary says leaning into MySpace's music identity could be a smart move, from profile songs to 2000s-themed festivals and merchandise.

He believes the audience could be broader than former users, with younger generations embracing the early-2000s aesthetics they never experienced firsthand.

"You see younger generations now buying old point-and-shoot digital cameras, MP3 players, even film cameras," McClary says. "They clearly have an interest in the past."

MySpace could meet users where that trend is growing by becoming a place rooted in a "specific time," he says. He noted that creators making 2000s-style content on other platforms are often at the "mercy" of algorithms.

Fox agrees that differentiation is essential.

"MySpace shouldn't hang their hat on features other platforms already dominate," Fox says, pointing to Reels and short-form videos.

Popular formats can be added, she says, but they should not define the platform.

She also sees an opportunity to offer a calmer experience. Today's feeds, she notes, are "algorithmic-driven AI, constantly in your face."

A platform where users have more control, or simply feel less overwhelmed, could stand out in a crowded market.

For fans like Hawkins and Kristin, the appeal is emotional as much as practical. Both say they would return if MySpace kept its original spirit.

For now, its comeback exists mostly as a promise – a reminder of a time when social media felt a little less polished and a lot more personal.

"Are you still gonna have that same feeling?" Hawkins says. "Are you still gonna feel like, 'oh my god, somebody loves me?'"

After wildfires caused more damage in France this year than at any time since World War Two, many are left asking a single question: Why?

A major driver is that climate is changing as a result of the well-documented way humanity is burning fossil fuels. Temperatures are only rising.

But with records showing that nine out of 10 French wildfires are started by humans, the government in Paris is trying to attribute blame - although it is itself accused of being underprepared for the infernos that have now scorched more than 300,000 acres this summer.

The interior ministry has announced 420 arrests of people alleged to have either started the fires deliberately or by accident. Among them are 166 minors.

In one case, a 23-year-old man has been accused of deliberately starting 10 fires in the space of five days in the south-eastern Var area last month. He faces 15 years in prison and a €150,000 (£128,000) fine, if convicted.

Many others have been tried and immediately sentenced, such as a man who received a three-year jail sentence for starting three recent fires in the Raon-L'Étape forest in the Vosges region.

"Only a few square metres of vegetation went up in smoke," noted L'Est Républicain, the newspaper that reported the story.

Other prosecutions have been perceived as heavy-handed and unjust. A homeless man and someone with severe autism have reportedly been handed jail terms for throwing cigarette butts.

"I was amazed at the number of arrests, it feels excessive," admits Muriel Gestas, a lawyer who has represented several people accused of arson, including two firefighters. She doubts many will lead to a conviction.

The newspaper Le Monde is also unconvinced. It questions to what extent police have examined these cases, given the short time frame.

The authorities' silence on the details - the specific charges, notably whether they involve intent and how the numbers compare with past seasons - rules out any meaningful comparison with previous years, it argues.

But Bordeaux prosecutor Renaud Gaudeul told Le Monde that a tough approach was justified by current circumstances.

"The conditions for a charge of endangering lives are met for those who throw a cigarette butt or light a barbecue in wooded areas. It only takes a tiny spark for it to start," the newspaper quoted him as saying.

One cannot walk through the area, which is mostly a warehouse district surrounded by homes, without swatting away countless flies, both big and small, including black, blue and green ones.

As Sicairos packs up his coffee stand for the day, flies are landing on his tables and his body. He acknowledges that patrons don't want to see flies when they're purchasing food or drinks to consume.

A city-commissioned inspection report found that waste and high temperatures at the warehouse could speed up the breeding of flies capable of infecting wounds in both people and animals, a local NBC affiliate reported, external.

The report from a pest control company said it could put people and animals with open wounds at risk of contracting disease.

People in the community have also reported seeing large rats, and they say traps placed along sidewalks aren't big enough to hold them.

Many residents blame the city for what they deem an inadequate response to the fire and a lack of transparency and resources.

"I understand why residents are frustrated," Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass told the BBC in a statement. "They deserve transparency, clear communication, and meaningful support. Since day one, I have been in Boyle Heights listening to residents, meeting with families, and making sure their voices guide our response."

The mayor, who is up for re-election this year, said she directed city departments to work with local, state, federal, nonprofit and community partners to deliver immediate support and solutions.

Bass has also issued executive orders to mobilise resources and speed up the cleaning process. The city says they and other local partners have brought mobile health clinics to the neighbourhood and delivered thousands of air purifiers.

Late last month, the county's public health department fined Lineage for "unsanitary and nuisance" conditions with $500-a-day citations.

The mayor has given Lineage a 13 August deadline to complete the cleanup. The company said on Monday they are 80% of the way there - up from 60% on July 31.

"Our goal is to complete bulk food waste removal from the site next week," a Lineage spokesperson told the BBC on Wednesday. They expect to spend between $80 million to $100 million on the cleanup.

Outside the warehouse, dozens of workers in hard hats and neon vests can be seen tackling the effort, some wearing face coverings. Officials with the local air quality authority and sheriff's office were also on site.

It has taken almost two years to plan, including building a special temperature-controlled crate for him, and co-ordinating complex paperwork across two countries.

Rhossi normally lives in the sea, but has to travel out of the water – first by helicopter from Anglesey to London, then by cargo flight to Houston, Texas, USA.

It means the journey needs to be completed as quickly as possible, and staff have to be constantly on hand to make sure he does not dry out or dehydrate.

Davidson said: "We have to make sure that the shell is really well lubricated, so we spread Vaseline all over to stop it drying out and flaking off.

"The same for the skin – it's really delicate – and especially the eyes, which both have to be lubricated before he goes into the crate and again just before takeoff, or he will start to peel like someone getting sunburned.

"But I have had to go to the checkout in a chemist's with about eight tubes of KY Jelly and three tubs of Vaseline and explain what's happening when I get strange looks."

Up in the hills above the Roman columns of the ancient site of Sebastia, in the occupied West Bank, are olive fields that have been cultivated for generations by Palestinian families.

One of the landowners, Abu Mudif, says he has received notification that his land is part of a tranche of about 450 acres that the Israeli authorities are taking possession of in order, they say, to protect and develop the site for a major new national park.

Typically, Palestinian landowners receive little or no payment for such land expropriation. And even when it is offered, most refuse it as they see accepting it as giving recognition and legitimacy to the loss of what they see as their patrimony.

It's a vital income for Abu Mudif to lose of course, but it goes deeper than that for him.

At first, he wanted to take a gap year after his A-levels so did not apply for university, but was persuaded to go by family and friends after achieving "great grades".

On the day, with the help of his A-level teachers, he filled in a Ucas form, applied to six universities via clearing and picked the University of Manchester to study politics and modern history.

"The good thing about clearing is that you can apply to as many universities as you want, unlike with Ucas, where you are limited to five," he says.

"That was definitely stress-relieving," he says.

For those on the fence about university, Nasir recommends people put in a Ucas application "just in case" to avoid the stress of results day.

That's a piece of advice that is echoed by Wade.

"You will need a referee, which is why I'd suggest doing it now," she says.

"Let's say [you've] got to email the teacher, the teacher's got to add a reference, then Ucas only gets sent once all of those parts are sent together."

Nasir says he wished he was more prepared for clearing, and advises students to write down some notes on location, accommodation and cost for each university you contact.

"Make sure you know whether you qualify before calling," he says.

"With my university I was required to have a specific A-level, so make sure you meet the requirements."

Three artworks by street artist Banksy have cost taxpayers almost £150,000 in cleaning operations and security so far, with the bill expected to rise.

The largest single cost relates to a mural painted on the Royal Courts of Justice in September 2025, where removal efforts and security have so far cost more than £85,000.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) says it has spent £50,000 trying to remove paint from the wall of the Grade II-listed building in Carey Street. A further £35,300 was spent on overtime and security costs.

The spending was disclosed to the BBC through Freedom of Information requests and is likely to reignite debate over whether Banksy's work is vandalism or valuable public art.