The US Supreme Court has blocked President Joe Biden's plan to cancel or reduce student loan debt for millions of Americans.

The prosecution has opened its case in the Kevin Spacey trial with claims the actor was a "sexual bully" who "delights in making others feel powerless and uncomfortable", and whose "preferred method of assault" was to "grab" other men "aggressively in the crotch".

England captain Heather Knight believes "cricket has come very far but it's also got a long way to go" following the publication of a damning independent report into the sport this week.

Michael Douglas has led tributes to Oscar-winning American actor Alan Arkin, who has died aged 89.

In October last year, Tetiana Bodak was away from her home in southern Ukraine attending her mother's funeral.

France will suspend all bus and tram services at night, amid ongoing riots over a police shooting.

A senior Tory peer has taken a swipe at the City watchdog over its timetable for approving the merger of two prominent London stockbrokers.

Emmanuel Macron has urged parents to keep teenagers at home to limit rioting in French cities - but is facing a backlash over attending an Elton John gig as the disorder took hold.

A firm in Iceland is pioneering cutting-edge technology that turns CO2 into stone - promising a boost to the global fight against climate change and its devastating consequences.

This week on the Backstage podcast, Claire meets her hero Harrison Ford, who talks about his final outing as Indiana Jones (and tells her where to stand).