UK to bake in 33C amid extreme heat warning

The New Popular Front are on course for victory, despite opinion polls suggesting National Rally would win.

“It’s an insurrection,” says Joe Biden, as rioters storm the US Congress and a woman is fatally shot.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tells the BBC the Ukrainian people’s defeat is not inevitable.

Birmingham opens its Commonwealth Games in spectacular style with a captivating and hopeful ceremony at Alexander Stadium.

Senior ministers sign off a decision to pause the lifting of Covid restrictions in England beyond 21 June.