Boris Johnson is expected to announce how England will "live with COVID" today as he considers dropping all remaining restrictions, Downing Street said.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin is to address his country's security council imminently, after it emerged that he has agreed in principle to talks at a summit with US President Joe Biden.

A number of people have been rescued from stranded cars, at least one river has burst its banks and train operators are continuing to advise commuters not to travel as Storm Franklin causes havoc across the UK.

The Queen is planning to continue working at Windsor Castle after testing positive for coronavirus.

Music entrepreneur and YouTube star Jamal Edwards has died aged 31.

Australia has reopened its borders to vaccinated travellers after almost two years of pandemic-related closures.

The average price tag for a home has shot up by almost £8,000 in the space of a month as the easing in the COVID crisis sparks renewed interest in city living, according to a report.

A "major winter storm" is set to unfold across some northern tier states in the US in the next 24 hours - with temperatures in some places dropping up to 30 degrees below average, forecasters have warned.

The sister of Bernie Madoff - who was behind the largest-known Ponzi scheme in history - has died with her husband in what is thought to have been a murder-suicide.

"If go back to Iran, handcuffs are waiting for me," says Nikan Khosravi, frontman of heavy metal band Confess. "It could be 20 years, it could be execution - I don't know. Going back to Iran is definitely not an option."