Splendour in the Grass: Rain causes chaos at Australian music festival

Festival-goers at Splendour in the Grass endure muddy campsites, hours-long queues, and cancellations.

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Port of Dover declares critical incident over queues

The weekend is expected to be one of the busiest periods of the year for holidaymakers.

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Cost of living: Families cut back on fuel and clothes as prices rise

Retailers say record price rises are making households concerned over what they can afford.

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Port Talbot: Tata steelworks could close without subsidy deal

Tata Group head says if a £1.5bn deal for reducing carbon emissions is not struck sites could close.

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Spanish bull run: Three dead in 24 hours in Valencia hospitals

The men had all been wounded recently during the Valencia region's annual festival.

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Inflation pushes UK government interest costs in June to fresh record

Interest payments made on government debt hit the highest level on record in June as inflation surged.

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Nord Stream: Key Russian pipeline resumes pumping gas to Europe

There had been fears Moscow would not restart flows in response to sanctions over the Ukraine war.

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China ride-hailing giant Didi fined $1.2bn after probe

The country's cyber security watchdog launched a probe into the firm just days after its US listing.

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Nord Stream: Key Russian pipeline resumes pumping gas to Europe

There had been fears Moscow would not restart flows in response to sanctions over the Ukraine war.

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Ranil Wickremesinghe: Sri Lanka sees new president sworn into office

The ex-prime minister is seen as unpopular but some protesters say they'll give him a chance.

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World's oldest male giant panda in captivity dies in Hong Kong zoo

An An was euthanized aged 35 - the equivalent of 105 years in human age.

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Government approves Sizewell C nuclear power plant

The secretary of state grants approval for a new nuclear power plant on the Suffolk coast.

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Greek wildfire: High winds fuel fire raging through outskirts of Athens

The Greek fire service says nearly 500 firefighters have been deployed to tackle the blaze.

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Samsung did not break rules over woman running at 2am advert

People complained that the "irresponsible" smart watch advert encouraged unsafe behaviour.

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Trains cancelled and delayed after heatwave damage

Network Rail said no direct trains are running between London and Scotland as repair work continues.

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Russia's Putin finds keen ally in rare trip to Iran

For Russia, the Tehran summit was an opportunity to try to show it still has friends and influence.

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Sri Lanka: Parliament votes for new president amid crisis

Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe is the frontrunner - but deeply unpopular with the public.

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Ukraine war: First lady in US for high-level meetings

Olena Zelenska will address Congress in person on Wednesday, four months after her husband's virtual speech.

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Train passengers warned not to travel in heatwave

Trains are cancelled and railway lines closed on what is set to be the UK's hottest day on record.

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Ecuador jail violence: Fight at Bellavista kills 13

The deadly confrontation is the latest in a string of prison fights which have killed hundreds.

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Iranian film director told to serve six years in jail

The arrest of acclaimed film maker Jafar Panahi had been condemned by the Cannes Film Festival.

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Payouts for victims of sweepstake with no winners

Thousands of victims enticed to pay a fee for a cash prize that never came will now get some good news.

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Spending power squeeze worst for 20 years

Basic pay falls at fastest rate since records began in 2001 when rising prices are taken into account.

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Ukraine war: Putin to visit Iran in rare international trip

Russia's leader has confined his trips to the former USSR since the invasion of Ukraine in February.

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Train speeds limited over track buckling heatwave fears

Record temperatures could affect the safety of steel tracks which expand in the heat, Network Rail says.

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Sushmita Sen: Why the 'gold digger' jibe is so unfair

One of India's most-loved beauty queens has been in the eye of a social media storm recently.

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British rugby player found dead in Italy hotel

The former rugby league player is named in Italian media as the Briton found dead in Florence on Saturday.

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M&S scraps 'best before' dates on fruit and veg to cut food waste

The High Street giant becomes the latest food retailer to take action to stop food being binned at home.

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Several arrests at protest over dying Iranian lake

Once the world's second largest salt lake, farming and drought have reduced Lake Urmia to a trickle.

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Captured Briton John Harding appears in video in Ukraine

John Harding, in his fifties and from Sunderland, says he was told he could face the death penalty.

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BBC Africa Eye expose: Chinese man extradited to Malawi over racist videos

He was filmed using Malawian children to make videos, some of which included racist content.

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Heatwave: More evacuations as Mediterranean wildfires spread

Wildfires force France to evacuate some 14,000 people, as Spain, Croatia and Greece are also hit.

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German Documenta art fair chief quits in anti-Semitism row

An Indonesian mural showing anti-Semitic figures caused a scandal at a modern art show in Kassel.

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Farnborough Airshow: Aerospace deals set to fly

Airbus and Boeing go head to head for deals as sustainability takes centre stage, while defence firms focus on the Ukraine effect.

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How did a captain survive? - The mysterious death of 21 men on a Spanish fishing boat

Only three people survived, including the captain and his nephew, when a Galician fishing boat sank.

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Sri Lanka: 'I've spent 10 days in line for petrol'

Drivers in the crisis-hit nation tell of their mammoth waits amid a worsening fuel emergency.

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The striking photo that will define a visit

A photograph of Joe Biden and Mohammed bin Salman fist-bumping has gone viral - will their meeting be remembered for more?

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China heatwave: Shanghai workers swelter in 40C heat

Shanghai is one of dozens of cities across the country to issue extreme weather warnings.

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Missile strike on Ukraine space plant in Dnipro kills three

Russian cruise missiles hit a space rocket plant in Dnipro and the city of Nikopol is also hit.

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Ivana Trump died of blunt impact injuries to torso - NYC medical examiner

The death of Donald Trump's first wife is ruled accidental amid reports that she fell down stairs.

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Europe heatwave: Deadly wildfires spread in Mediterranean

A firefighting pilot dies in Portugal and a big fire spreads near Spain's Costa del Sol.

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Man acquitted of bombing 1985 Air India flight shot dead in Canada

Ripudaman Singh Malik was accused of involvement in Canada's worst terror attack that killed 329.

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Can the right smell make you more productive?

With more people working from home there's growing interest in making the home smell better.

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Pi Hanks learned Saving Private Ryan lines from helmet

Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg set up camp on an Irish beach 25 years ago.

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Sri Lanka: The fake ‘invasions’ of a broadcaster and Central Bank

After protesters breached official buildings this past week, misleading claims of other break-ins spiralled on social media.

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Kenya election: TikTok and disinformation

How TikTok is being used by supporters of various political factions in the upcoming Kenyan elections.

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Bill Gates vows to drop off world's rich list

The Microsoft co-founder says he will move a further $20bn into his philanthropic foundation.

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Netflix and Microsoft team up for cheaper plan with adverts

In April, the firm said subscriber numbers had fallen for the first time in more than a decade.

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Bill Gates vows to drop off world's rich list

The Microsoft co-founder says he will move a further $20bn into his philanthropic foundation.

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Nazi Soldau: Ashes of 8,000 victims found in mass grave in Poland

A mass grave containing 17.5 tonnes of ashes is unearthed in Poland, close to a former Nazi camp.

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