Britons have been urged to stay inside as the UK braces for "ferocious" temperatures breaching 40C, and swathes of the country are now covered in the first-ever red warning for extreme heat.

A damning new report into the Uvalde school massacre has condemned the almost 400 law enforcement officers who arrived for "failing to prioritise innocent victims' safety over their own".

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have got married in a Las Vegas drive-through chapel.

Three people have been killed by a gunman in a shopping centre in Indiana, with a "hero" bystander shooting dead the attacker.

Labour has called on Boris Johnson to "turn up for work" after the prime minister missed two COBRA meetings on the heatwave and is set to be absent from a third briefing today.

President Zelenskyy has sacked the head of Ukraine's security service and the prosecutor general over claims of treason and collaboration by people in their departments.

The US Office star Craig Robinson has thanked security and staff for helping people to safety after a man fired a gun inside a comedy club where he was set to perform.

The government's plan to send migrants to Rwanda "appears to have gone unnoticed" by those attempting to cross the English Channel and there is "no clear evidence" it will work, MPs have said.

Recreational drug users in England and Wales could have their passports and driving licences seized under new proposals announced by the government.

Former chancellor Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss engaged in bad-tempered exchanges as the five remaining Conservative leadership rivals faced off in the second televised debate before they will be whittled down to just four later today.