Conservative MP Dan Poulter defects to Labour

Blasts affecting the Iran-backed armed group occur in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon.

The Obamas capitivated the crowd in Chicago as Michelle told supporters “hope is making a comeback”.

A booking photo shows the former president stony-faced after he was processed at an Atlanta jail.

The latest figures come amid concern over a recent small rise in cases linked to the Indian variant.

Downpours are hitting saturated ground in the south, and residents have been evacuated from hundreds of homes.

Family and friends pay tribute to those who died at Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival in Houston.

Liam Spencer and Stephanie Stitt were metres away from the explosion outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital.