Heatwave: Fires blaze after UK passes 40C for first time

Russian troops are ordered to perform “peacekeeping” there – a description critics have branded “nonsense”.

Andy Malkinson, who cleared his name after 17 years in jail, tells the BBC more still needs to be...

Afghanistan’s ex-rulers still back brutal punishments, the BBC finds as it goes behind Taliban lines.

Iran reportedly fired two ballistic missiles at Indian Ocean base, but neither reached the target.