UK officials are to assist with French border checks at the Port of Dover, as the government says motorists have suffered "extraordinary disruption".

A terminally-ill doctor who raised £250,000 for a cancer charity dies, her husband confirms.

Prosecutors will be urged to seek tougher sentences for people committing hate crimes, following a rise in incidents in the wake of the Brexit vote in the EU referendum.

Turkey's elite presidential guard is to be disbanded after nearly 300 of its members were detained following last week's failed coup.

The Sun-powered aircraft Solar Impulse sets out from Egypt's capital, Cairo, on the last leg of its quest to circle the globe.

Afghanistan observes a day of national mourning following the suicide bombing of a protest march in Kabul that killed 80 people.

A former Labour shadow cabinet minister accuses an aide to leader Jeremy Corbyn of entering her parliamentary office without her permission.

Fast-moving wildfires have forced hundreds of people to leave their homes in mountains north of Los Angeles, California, the authorities say.