Max Verstappen took up his perennial place at the head of the timesheet in first practice for the Italian GP at high-speed Monza - but Ferrari finished right behind to begin the biggest weekend of their year in encouraging style.

Black Sea grain exports are likely to be discussed when Vladimir Putin meets Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks on Monday.

Two Moroccan tourists on jet skis have reportedly been shot dead after straying into Algerian waters.

More than 500 crimes relating to stealing and damaging ULEZ cameras have been committed in the last five months, the Metropolitan Police have revealed.

Brighton have completed the signing of Ansu Fati on loan from Barcelona.

A relative of Sara Sharif's stepmother has urged her to return to the UK and hand herself in to the police.

The bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease has been found in Poland near the Ukrainian border and on the barge due to house asylum seekers in Dorset.

Comparing the UK economy with its pre-pandemic size has become an almost totemic way of highlighting its sluggish performance post-COVID.

Hundreds of flights have been cancelled in Hong Kong and the neighbouring Chinese province of Guangdong ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Saola.