Vladimir Putin is "highly likely" to be planning a move on Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has told Sky News - as she warned Russia that "nothing is off the table" when considering further Western sanctions.

Flood barriers have been breached and "danger to life" warnings have been issued as the extreme weather hitting the UK shows no signs of easing.

The family of a young British man murdered in Cyprus are meeting Foreign Office officials later in their long-running battle for justice.

No taxpayers' money was spent on food or drink consumed at Downing Street events being probed by the Metropolitan Police as part of its "partygate" inquiry, the government has insisted.

Scientists have accidentally recorded the most complex human organ as it shuts down - providing an insight into what might happen in the moments before we die.

A chunk of Mars, a kennel that survived a hit from outer space and the only meteorite to have caused death are just some of the items going under the hammer in a space auction.

The governor of the Bank of England has warned that large wage rises and price-setting to reflect surging inflation would "slow activity in the economy and increase unemployment".

A new taskforce has been established to tackle disparities in maternity care experienced by women from ethnically diverse communities and those living in deprived areas.

Filmmaker Richard Curtis has warned that the pensions industry should be "put on red alert," as a new report says billions of UK savers' money is driving deforestation.

The risk of catastrophic wildfires could increase by 50% by the end of the century, UN experts have warned.