Covid vaccine: All over-50s and high risk groups offered first dose

The BBC’s Jeremy Bowen takes stock of the war and its significance for the world.

The Prince and Princess of Wales met bereaved families of children killed in a knife attack in Southport.

The US president pressures Brad Raffensperger in an audio recording released by the Washington Post.

The Israeli military says the captives were killed shortly before troops discovered them in the Rafah area.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby appeared emotional as he described Russia’s “cruelty” in Ukraine.

Some 10,500 foreign lorry drivers and poultry workers will be able to work in the UK until Christmas Eve.