Russia launched a massive missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight, after US and Ukrainian officials said they would meet for a third day of talks aimed at bringing the war to an end.
Negotiations on a lasting ceasefire deal for Gaza are at a "critical moment", the prime minister of Qatar, which has played a key role in brokering the deal, has said.
At least 50 people, including 33 children, have been killed in southern Sudan after a drone attack by paramilitary forces hit a nursery in South Kordofan state.
More wet and windy weather has been forecast to hit the UK this weekend, with the Met Office warning of a system to bring further "potentially disruptive weather" from next week.
Part of the Tower of London has been closed following reports of criminal damage to a display case containing the Imperial State Crown, part of the Crown Jewels.
At least 11 people have been killed, including a three-year-old boy, in a shooting at an illegal bar in the South African city of Pretoria, police say.
Children as young as seven are being referred to Britain's national cybercrime intervention programme, the Money team can reveal, as companies reel from multimillion-pound hacks.
Piers Morgan, the broadcaster and journalist, is raising tens of millions of dollars of funding from heavyweight investors as he seeks to turn Uncensored, his YouTube-based venture, into a broad-based global media business.
President Trump's "America First" agenda has been spelt out in a new White House National Security Strategy that should make stark reading for allies and foes of the United States alike.