At least six people have been killed after Storm Ida dumped a month's worth of rain on parts of the US.

The education secretary has insisted children must return to a "normal pre-pandemic" experience in schools, despite the risk of an increase in COVID cases.

Hundreds of thousands of pupils are returning to classrooms this week, with experts predicting a surge in COVID-19 cases linked to schools reopening in England and Wales.

Dominic Raab has flown to Qatar for talks about evacuating British nationals and interpreters from Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover.

The US Supreme Court has refused to block a Texas law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy - the country's most far-reaching curb on abortions in half a century.

A 22-year-old dancer was stabbed to death and her boyfriend died as a result of self-inflicted knife wounds, police have said.

"I don't like the way he touches me."

The Danish footballer Nadia Nadim, whose father was executed by the Taliban, says she does not believe the group's promises to women and girls. 

An energy company that receives multimillion pound government subsidies for burning biomass is facing criminal prosecution following concerns that dust from its wood pellets allegedly posed a risk to employees’ health.

JD Sports has been told its takeover of rival Footasylum still faces being blocked - even after it successfully challenged an earlier ruling against it by the competition regulator.