Ethiopian troops have taken "full control" of the Tigray region's capital Mekelle, the government has said.

The UK and France have reached a new agreement to tackle migrants crossing the Channel with more officers patrolling beaches and "cutting edge" surveillance technology deployed, the Home Office has said.

Protesters in Paris have clashed with police as thousands of people demonstrated across France against a proposed new law that would ban the filming of police.

Iran's nuclear ambitions have been at the core of fears over a heightened risk of conflict in the Middle East for more than a decade.

A funeral worker who took a selfie next to the open casket of Argentine football icon Diego Maradona as his body lay in state in Buenos Aires has been fired and begged for forgiveness.

The EU's chief negotiator has resumed Brexit talks with his UK counterpart as the deadline to strike a deal moves ever closer.

French President Emmanuel Macron has said footage showing Paris police attacking a black man was "unacceptable" and "shameful".

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said it needs "more than a press release" about the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in order to evaluate trial results.

Iran's supreme leader has called for the "definitive punishment" of those behind the assassination of one of the country's prominent nuclear scientists.

South Korea is willing to share its test and trace expertise with the UK if it asks, an official has told Sky News.