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The UK financial system is at increased risk from artificial intelligence (AI), the Bank of England has said.

There has been a marked increase in global energy prices amid fears of a prolonged resumption to hostilities between the US and Iran.

Jurassic Park and Peaky Blinders star Sam Neill has died aged 78.

More than 2,700 people in England and Wales died from heat-related causes during May and June's record hot spells, experts estimate.

Japanese authorities have captured a bear following a multi-day search that saw nearly 100 schools close.

For only the third time in its history, the British electricity system operator has warned of tight supplies in the summer months.

A British woman who was taken to hospital after a wildfire swept through southern Spain has become the 13th person to die in the tragedy, officials in the Andalusia region have said.

With Andy Burnham seemingly heading unchallenged to Number 10, the spotlight is on him and his closest allies for clues about their policy agenda.

Vapes will be sold in plain packaging, and enticing flavour descriptions will be banned under a proposal to stop e-cigarettes being marketed to children.

The number of Britons in their 50s who take part in bowel cancer screening remains critically low, the NHS has warned.

A new vaccine to combat a strain of Ebola spreading across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will soon be tested on adults in the UK, under plans announced today.

Communities have been left stranded, vehicles swept away and roads under two metres of water as severe flooding hit parts of China.

The Gloucestershire cheese rolling contest's most successful ever competitor has been beaten by a German YouTuber. 

A person was reportedly killed in the US state of Maine during an encounter with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

A man suspected of murdering his wife and two children in the UK has appeared in court in South Africa, as their causes of death have been revealed.

Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko has stepped down as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy begins a reshuffle of Ukraine's government.

Wally Funk, the oldest woman to travel into space, has died aged 87.

A former Spanish prime minister has come under fire for saying France's World Cup team had "no French players".

The long-awaited Hillsborough Law has been hit by delays, backlash and a U-turn but is expected to clear an important hurdle in the Commons on Tuesday.

A Qatari tanker has been hit as it travelled through the Strait of Hormuz, suffering significant damage, Qatar's foreign ministry has said.

Personal Independence Payments (PIP) are "not fit for purpose" and can create barriers to work, while the assessment process can be "dehumanising", a new report found.

A former church deacon and youth group leader has been convicted of sexual offences against four young men over a period of more than 40 years.