One house has been destroyed and several others have been significantly damaged after an explosion in Birmingham.

Could the devastating natural disaster in Afghanistan be a turning point for a Taliban government in the midst of a crisis?

A murder investigation is under way after a woman, who was found with serious head injuries, died in hospital.

Western leaders appeared relaxed as they started their three-day G7 summit in Germany, with Boris Johnson joking about the group being "tougher" than Vladimir Putin, while also showing a united front in their response to his Ukraine invasion.

Ukraine's capital has been attacked for the first time in three weeks by Russian missile strikes - as G7 leaders gathered in Germany with the invasion high on the agenda.