Minnie Stephenson , News Correspondent

Wildfires are blazing from Sardinia to Siberia – floodwaters are surging through China, India, the Philippines.

Rescuers in central China have been using bulldozers and dinghies to help evacuate people from areas submerged by floodwaters after days of torrential rain.

Tens of thousands of people are gathering for a four-day music festival in Suffolk and that’s something that hasn’t been able to happen for a very long time. Latitude Festival is going ahead as part of the government’s events research programme and thanks to all the rigorous Covid testing, the organisers are claiming it’s “close…

Plenty of 20-year-olds have spent months in their bedrooms recently, but singer Josie Proto has had a more productive lockdown than most.

Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Cuba to protest against the desperate economic crisis, in the country’s biggest demonstrations for decades.

“Everyone in policing feels betrayed”: the Met Commissioner said today, after police officer Wayne Couzens pleaded guilty to the murder of Sarah Everard – snatched from the street in South London as she walked home from a friend’s house in March.

It is perhaps an unlikely song to accompany Englands’ run to the Euro 2020 final on Sunday.

Bobby Gillespie is back with a new album, alongside the French singer songwriter Jehnny Beth.

We have been talking to one Afghan refugee, now a doctor, about his experiences of working on the NHS frontlines.

The ultra-conservative judge Ebrahim Raisi has been declared the winner in Iran’s Presidential election. But key rivals were barred from standing, turnout was the lowest ever and millions of ballots were spoiled.

A toxic mix of power and sexual exploitation: the lead singer of alternative rock band Garbage, Shirley Manson, claims the music industry is riddled with sexism, misogyny and abuse.

But as people gathered, scientists were sounding the alarm about the threat from a third wave of infections.

The housing charity Shelter says hundreds of thousands of people are worried about being forced out of their rented homes as the ban on evictions during the pandemic in England comes to an end today.

MPs and ministers have congratulated Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds, after they got married in a private ceremony in Westminster Cathedral. It’s understood the couple won’t be taking an immediate honeymoon – while Downing Street said they were planning a larger celebration with friends and family in the summer. It comes at the end of…

For almost 40 years Charlie Hanson has been one of the leading producers in British comedy and television. He’s made programmes for a wide range of broadcasters, including Channel 4.