Sir Keir Starmer has pledged that people will not "pay a penny more" on their winter energy bills as he prepares to unveil Labour's plan for easing the cost of living crisis.

Sir Salman Rushdie brought a stabbing attack that left him with "life-changing" injuries on himself, Iran has said.

Anne Heche has been "peacefully taken off life support" nine days after suffering a severe brain injury in a car crash, a representative of the US actress confirmed.

An athlete who was allegedly racially profiled during a stop and search has said he was pulled over for a second time by seven armed police officers while driving home in London.

A man has died after a suspected shooting in Manchester in the early hours of Monday.

The UK is braced for several days of thunderstorms after a hot weekend which saw parts of the country grapple with wildfires - but the change in weather is likely to bring more danger rather than relief, meteorologists have warned.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has written to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to suggest the two countries form closer ties.

COVID cases are surging on the Marshall Islands as the Pacific nation grapples with its first community outbreak of the pandemic.

A former head of the British Army has called for international aid to be returned to Afghanistan despite the Taliban's human rights abuses.

A damning new report says the US-led withdrawal from Afghanistan was carried out with no planning, was mired in "chaos and confusion", and ended in "tragic yet avoidable outcomes".