Emmanuel Macron has said France will withdraw its ambassador and end all military cooperation with Niger following a coup. “France has decided to withdraw its ambassador. In the next hours our ambassador and several diplomats will return to France,” the president said. He added that military cooperation was “over” and French troops would leave in…

By Andre Rhoden-Paul BBC News A 13ft (4m) alligator has been killed after it was spotted in Florida with the remains of a woman in its jaws, police have said. A witness told local media he saw the alligator in a Largo canal clutching a lower torso in its mouth. Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said…

A capsule carrying precious samples from asteroid Bennu landed on Earth on Sunday. Nasa scientists hope the material could give hints to how life here began. BBC Science editor Rebecca Morelle explains why the samples are so important. Read more: Nasa hails ‘awesome’ recovery of asteroid sample

Jailed Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza has been moved to a maximum-security prison in Siberia, several weeks after he was taken from a Moscow detention centre. He was placed in an isolation cell at the Omsk penal colony, his lawyer says. Mr Kara-Murza, who has survived two poisonings since 2015, was jailed for 25 years…

By Aoife Walsh & Joe Inwood BBC News The Ministry of Defence is offering soldiers to support armed police in London after dozens of Met officers stood down from firearms duties. More than 100 officers have turned in permits allowing them to carry weapons, a source told the BBC. Police said the action was being…

There were celebrations in the Nasa control room as a capsule containing samples from the asteroid Bennu touched down in the Utah desert. Scientists hope that this material could contain hints as to how life on Earth began. The spacecraft, Osiris-Rex, has remained in space after releasing the capsule containing the samples.

A man has died and his friend has been injured during a bull-running festival in eastern in Spain, authorities say. The man, 61, was gored in his side during the event in the town of Pobla de Farnals in the Valencia region on Saturday. He underwent emergency surgery but died on Sunday. His friend, 63,…

The first group of ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh have arrived in Armenia, days after the enclave was seized by Azerbaijan. They entered shortly after local officials announced plans to move those made homeless by the fighting. Azerbaijan captured the area inhabited by some 120,000 ethnic Armenians early this week and says it wants to re-integrate…

A painting found in storage has been identified as a rare work by a celebrated 17th Century female artist. Artemisia Gentileschi was the greatest female painter of her generation and won acclaim during her lifetime, the Royal Collection Trust said. The work – Susanna And The Elders – was stored for more than 100 years…

The Philippines has accused China of installing a “floating barrier” to stop fishing boats from entering a disputed area in the South China Sea. The Philippines’ coast guard said the 300m (1,000ft) obstacle was preventing fishermen from working in a lagoon in the Scarborough Shoal. China claims more than 90% of the South China Sea…