Salman Rushdie off ventilator and able to talk

Birmingham’s Commonwealth Games and the kick-off to the football season are among the events affected.

In emotional scenes, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori are reunited with their families after years of detention.

Experts tracking coronavirus say vaccinations are starting to break the link between Covid cases and deaths.

Wagner’s mercenary boss threatened an armed rebellion but pulled back from marching on Moscow.

They say they were sent abusive messages by the presenter and put under pressure to meet up.

Boris Johnson says the fuel situation is “improving” as about 150 military tanker drivers begin training.

More funding is needed to prepare for pandemics and prevent gains from being lost, Dame Sarah Gilbert says.