To mark the anniversary of King Charles’s accession to the throne, gun salutes were fired at midday in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast. Bells also were rung at Westminster Abbey at 13:00 to mark the occasion. The King spent the day in Balmoral and attended a church service on the day that also marks a…

Sylvester Stallone and Pope Francis playfully shadowboxed during a visit to the Vatican by the actor and his family. The Rocky star was received by the pontiff who told him he “grew up with [his] films”. Stallone jokingly responded “we box” and threw a few light air jabs, which the Pope then returned.

By James Gregory BBC News A sighting of escaped terror suspect Daniel Khalife is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police. Mr Khalife was reportedly seen walking away from the BidFood van near the Wandsworth roundabout, shortly after his escape from HMP Wandsworth. The Met is offering a reward of up to £20,000 for information that…

By Robert Plummer BBC News India’s Tamil-language film industry is in mourning for popular actor and director G Marimuthu, who died of a heart attack on Friday. Marimuthu, who was in his late 50s, collapsed at a TV studio in Chennai and was pronounced dead on arrival at a nearby hospital. He was one of…

ReutersCopyright: Reuters A new Georgia grand jury report shows one current and two former US senators were nearly indicted over their involvement to turn the 2020 election in Donald Trump’s favour. However, they were not on the final list of 18 co-conspirators indicted alongside Trump last month. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue – Georgia’s senators…

A Georgia special grand jury recommended charges against former US senators, who prosecutors did not ultimately indict. The panel was investigating Donald Trump’s alleged efforts to reverse election results in the state. The jury had voted to recommend indictments against former senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue and South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham.None were charged…

Elon Musk says he refused to give Kyiv access to his Starlink communications network over Crimea to avoid complicity in a “major act of war”. Kyiv had sent an emergency request to activate Starlink to Sevastopol, home to a major Russian navy port, he said. His comments came after a book alleged he had switched…

By Michael Ertl BBC News Rescuers in central Greece are trying to reach hundreds of people trapped by floods that have left villages submerged and seven people dead. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said Greeks face “a very unequal battle” with nature. Rivers have burst their banks and homes and bridges have been swept away…

By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent Tackling climate change needs a rapid transformation of the way our world works, travels, eats and uses energy, according to an important UN review. This is the first “global stocktake” to examine the efforts of countries to reduce planet-warming emissions since the Paris agreement was signed in 2015. While progress…

A Turkish cryptocurrency boss and his two siblings have been jailed for 11,196 years each for defrauding investors of millions of dollars. Faruk Fatih Ozer, 29, fled to Albania in 2021 with investor assets after his Thodex exchange suddenly collapsed. He was extradited back to Turkey in June and found guilty of money-laundering, fraud and…