In Brief

Nearly 200 people died in Germany and Belgium; hundreds are still unaccounted for

Hunter has embarked on new career as an artist and is preparing to hold first solo exhibition in October

Foreign secretary claims new post-Brexit proposal undermines UK’s sovereignty over territory

Afghanistan named the least peaceful, while Iceland holds top spot as safest country once again

This year’s festival line-up includes Isle of Wight, Creamfields, Reading and Leeds

All four nations experience hottest days of the year

Catastrophic extreme weather may hand boost to rival Green Party campaign

Branson has declared space open for business. Is that still a pie in the sky?

Big news in the world of crustaceans and molluscs: it may soon be illegal to boil lobsters alive

Wayne Couzen’s guilty plea doesn’t ‘tidy away the reality of sexual violence’

‘The search for answers is not moving nearly fast enough’

Prince Charles reportedly reluctant to hand over his father’s title to youngest sibling

Declaring a bank holiday would be ‘tempting fate’, says Boris Johnson

Last week the former president was jailed for 15 months for contempt of court - a first in the country’s history

People are used to hearing of record-high temperatures in desert states such as Nevada or Arizona, but not in verdant Washington and Oregon

The lively, pro-democracy Apple Daily tabloid is the latest victim of the harsh ‘national security’ law imposed on the territory by Beijing

Conservatives say it’s a toxic theory poisoning the minds of schoolchildren - others say the whole story is a cynical distraction

Experts warn that vulnerable pupils may be recruited by gangs after failing to return to education post-lockdown

The rule of Edwin Poots is now history, after only 21 days, following a revolt by the Democratic Unionist Party’s Assembly members and MPs

New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard will make history at Tokyo 2020

Harris is already unusually ‘unpopular’ for a veep, with a recent YouGov poll showing her approval rating at 41%

State intervention too often focused on ‘assessment and investigation’ and not support

Last week, a protester grabbed the French president by his arm with one hand and slapped him in the face with the other

Two in five UK universities saw their ranking drop in international league table 

Britain’s largest LGBT charity is in deep trouble because of its stance on gender identity

Oxford students vote to remove picture of monarch over links to ‘recent colonial history’

Former president urges supporters to back his allies at next year’s mid-terms ahead of potential 2024 re-election bid

A flamboyant, Tony Soprano-esque figure, he has been spilling the beans on figures in Turkey’s ruling AKP

Last significant outbreak of bird flu was in 2016 when 300 people died

London's Victoria & Albert museum adds Cindy Chao jewel to its holdings

Former No. 10 aide’s appearance in front of MPs tipped to be ‘one of the most remarkable moments in modern political history’

In a pilot scheme, the Freedom Pass for pensioners was deemed acceptable, but student IDs were ruled out

Cheney is a distinguished conservative who has consistently backed her party’s agenda. But she has one unforgivable flaw

Ransomware attacks have become a global epidemic, with more than $18.6bn paid in ransoms in 2020