A woman has died and a man has been injured after actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop firearm on the set of new Western movie Rust.

The Queen spent Wednesday night in hospital after cancelling a visit to Northern Ireland, Buckingham Palace has said.

The government will not change the six-month gap between second doses of the coronavirus vaccine and the booster jab unless the UK's vaccine advisory body recommends it, a health minister has said.

Drones attempting to rescue three dogs trapped near an erupting volcano have found no sign of the animals - but have discovered human footprints in the no-go area and a message saying: "The dogs are fine".

Anti-vaccination and anti-lockdown protesters are organising themselves online to confront MPs in person, Sky News has found.

Dental records show that the human remains found at a Florida wilderness park are those of Brian Laundrie, Gabby Petito's fiance.

China has removed broadcasts of NBA games after a player called for Tibetan independence.

A British-born software engineer, his wife and their one-year-old baby, whose deaths while hiking in California left investigators mystified, are likely to have died from hyperthermia and dehydration.

Retail sales volumes took a surprise dip last month to achieve their longest losing streak on record, according to official figures released as a measure of consumer confidence showed a slump to levels last seen in February.

The US will defend Taiwan if China attacked, Joe Biden has said in an apparent shift in long-standing policy.