At least eight people have been killed and dozens injured in Kyiv with several other cities being targeted in Russian missile attacks.

Police are urgently hunting the man who threw acid over television presenter Katie Piper after he was recalled to jail for breaching his licence conditions.

Criminal barristers in England and Wales have voted to end their strike after accepting a government pay offer.

Anna "Delvey" Sorokin, the con artist who swindled Manhattan's elite by posing as a German heiress, says she got "exactly what I wanted" after her release from jail.

The Bank of England has announced it is doubling the value of UK government bonds it can buy up as it enters the final days of its emergency bond buying programme in an effort to support the pension market and allay fears of a cliff edge ending.

China's ambassador to the US has thanked Elon Musk for his suggestions on the future of Taiwan but reiterated Beijing's call for "peaceful reunification" for the island.

Former Hollyoaks and Coronation Street star Chris Fountain has revealed he is to undergo surgery after suffering a mini stroke which left him "speaking like a toddler", according to a newspaper report.

Liz Truss is expected to make a decision on whether to uprate benefits in line with inflation in November, a department for work and pensions minister has said.

A five-year-old girl and her father were among 10 people killed in the devastating explosion at a petrol station in Ireland, as the identities of all the victims were revealed.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to strengthen his country's nuclear operations going forward.