17-year-old charged with murder of three girls in Southport attack

France is to stop lorries arriving from the UK amid concern over a new variant of coronavirus.

The PM says billions of extra spending will put the UK’s defence industry on a “war footing”.

The PM will meet Israel’s leaders on Thursday before going to other regional capitals in a two-day trip.

It follows the death of a 37-year-old man who was attacked by a dog in Greater Manchester.

Photos after the strike show smoke and dust rising from a flattened multi-storey building in western Damascus.