A "radical change" has occurred between Ukrainian and Russian forces after Kyiv launched counteroffensives in "several operational areas", Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak has said.

Peace talks with Russia now "sound more realistic", President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said, but time is still needed to secure a deal in Ukraine's interests.

Boris Johnson will hold talks with the leaders of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as he bids to end the West's "addiction" to Russian oil and gas.

Denys and his partner Olga were working out how best to escape from the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.

Negotiations with Iran to free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe are "going right up to the wire", Boris Johnson has said.

A murdered girl known for decades as "Little Miss Nobody" has finally been identified.

The government has overseen a "long-term decline" in critical cancer care and waiting times performance that is dragging "heroic" NHS staff down, MPs have said.

Legal targets for air pollution and the abundance of wild species are among proposals being set out by the government.

Five companies that deliberately targeted the elderly with "predatory" and "coercive" marketing calls in order to sell them unnecessary insurance have been fined more than £400,000 by the UK's privacy watchdog.

The Russian journalist who interrupted a state TV news broadcast by holding up a sign protesting against the country's invasion of Ukraine has been fined.