Afghanistan: Taliban take 11th provincial capital as Ghazni and Herat fall

Women are not to go to work until procedures are in place to ensure their safety, the Taliban say.

Boris Johnson wants staffing to return to 2016 levels to free up cash to address the cost of living.

Allies step up calls to extend a 31 August withdrawal, but the Taliban insist this will violate a deal.

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft, named for an early human ancestor whose skeleton provided insights into our species’ muddled origins, has...