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• Why cockpit audio deepens the mystery of Air India crash

  Fuel cut-off switches flipped seconds after takeoff in Air India crash, preliminary report finds.

• Watch: Role of plane fuel switches explained

  A preliminary report investigating the Air India crash finds both fuel switches were moved to the off position.

• Trade trumps geopolitics as Australia PM visits China

  The visit comes as countries around the world navigate the US president's "America First" policies.

• An Indigenous Australian community is fighting to protect sacred springs from a coal mine

  One Aboriginal family has been fighting for nearly a decade to protect the Doongmabulla Springs.

• The beauty and brutality of life in the shadow of Kashmir killings

  BBC visits ground zero of the April attack in Pahalgam where locals are picking up the pieces of their broken lives.

• North Korea's Benidorm-style resort welcomes first Russian tourists

  Details of how it was built - in a country largely closed to the outside world - are shrouded in secrecy.

• 'I created it myself': The boy behind the viral 'aura farming' boat racing dance

  Over the past few weeks, a boy dancing on the prow of a racing boat has become an internet sensation.

• Afghan taxi drivers beat the heat with handmade air coolers

  Faced with soaring temperatures and faulty AC units, cabbies are adapting with customised vehicles.

• In the country with the world's lowest birth rate, fertility clinics are booming

  Growing demand for IVF treatments is stoking some optimism in South Korea's demographic crisis.

• Asia is reeling from Trump's tariff salvo – is anyone winning?

  The US president has reset the tariffs clock again, leaving Asia's export-driven economies in limbo.

• K-pop singer jailed three and a half years for rape

  A district judge described the assault on a Chinese tourist as "extremely grave".

• Two arrested after school girls in India allegedly made to strip for period check

  Police arrested two women after a complaint from the mother of a girl who was put through the alleged humiliation.

• India and China strive to reset ties but with caution

  Bilateral relations between India and China have improved since the 2020 clash - but larger challenges remain.

• 'You need to shape up': Trump's pick for Singapore envoy grilled in Senate

  Anjani Sinha was criticised by a US senator in an exchange that has gone viral in Singapore.

• North Korean defector to sue Kim Jong Un for abuse

  A Seoul rights group says this is the first North Korea-born defector taking legal action against the regime.