The leading candidate is Lebanese army commander Joseph Aoun, no relation to the former president. He is widely seen as the ...

Head coach Jon Lewis insisted England would be ready for the start of the Women’s Ashes this weekend, despite their only warm-up game being abandoned. After several rain delays, the match against an ...

NHS leaders have warned that the peak of the flu cycle has not yet hit, with February and March potentially worse for the health service.

The National Gallery’s Van Gogh: Poets And Lovers exhibition is to open for 24 hours during its final weekend. The display has already become the third most popular paid exhibition in the London ...

Eighteen assailants died and six were in custody, with one soldier killed and three wounded, after an attack on Chad’s presidential palace, state media have reported. The attack on Wednesday night ...

Thousands of firefighters were attempting to contain the original Palisades fire, which has burnt nearly 16,000 acres.

Somerset and Devon have had two snow days in a row with parts of Somerset having 2cm of snow by Wednesday evening according to the Met Office.

The royal family has wished the Princess of Wales a happy 43rd birthday. Future queen Kate is celebrating at home in Windsor, with the Prince of Wales and Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince ...

Taiwan demonstrated its sea defences against a potential Chinese attack on Thursday as tensions rise with Beijing, part of a multi-tiered strategy to deter an invasion from the mainland.

Shamima Begum will not be returning to the UK, David Lammy said following calls from Donald Trump’s incoming counter-terrorism chief for the repatriation of British members of so-called Islamic State ...

Mr Lammy told the BBC that he believes Mr Trump’s comments earlier in the week about Greenland come from his concerns about US economic security.

The Met Office has issued a yellow ice warning for January 9 across Somerset, North Somerset and Devon following the snow and rain that fell ...