The UK will for the first time give Ukraine a number of powerful missiles to defend against Russian airstrikes, but it is not providing the weapons that launch them.

Qatar's World Cup chief has told the English and Welsh FAs to focus on their teams rather than demanding compensation for migrant workers.

A senior Iranian official has questioned excessive state enforcement of the country's compulsory hijab laws - following the death of Mahsa Amini in custody.

The foreign secretary has refused to commit to the government seeing through all the tax cuts proposed in the chancellor's contentious mini-budget.

The number of people waiting to start routine hospital treatment in England has reached a record high.

Bookings for an autumn COVID booster jab will open for 12 million people aged 50 to 64 on Friday.

RAF fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a commercial airliner that was "causing concern" amid reports of a security alert.

A police officer on duty during the US Capitol riots has described it as a "medieval battle scene" in which he was beaten and tasered before suffering a heart attack.

A man has survived after being charged at by a grizzly bear while hunting birds in the US.

As Liz Truss faces open revolt in her party over her planned tax cuts, her chancellor will today try to reassure the IMF that everything is under control.