Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman once boasted that he could kill then-King Abdullah, a former senior security official has alleged.

The EU's current proposals to reform the Northern Ireland Protocol "don't go far enough", the UK's Brexit minister has said, as he set a December deadline for the two sides to find a solution.

Levels of planet-heating greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached record highs again last year, UN scientists have warned just a week before global climate negotiations begin.

Sudan's interim prime minister and at least five senior government officials have been detained by military forces, according to reports.

Sudan's top general has declared a state of emergency and dissolved the country's transitional government - as the prime minister's office said a "complete coup" was under way.