Georgina Stubbs

During a visit to Qatar, Dominic Raab said Britain would not recognise the Taliban but underlined the need to engage directly with the group, adding they would judge them by their "actions, not their words".

Tornadoes spawned by the storm ripped through parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and New York declared a state of emergency after severe flash flooding.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has told British MPs on the Commons' Foreign Affairs Committee that the central assessment of the UK government was that Kabul was 'unlikely' to fall in 2021.

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency captures six crew members making their own pizzas – and trying to stop them floating away.

About one million people have been left without power after the Category 4 storm slammed into the US state on August 29.

Thousands of police officers are being given riot training in the run-up to the COP26 summit in Glasgow, Scotland, in November.

Antony Blinken left open the possibility of the US resuming some level of diplomacy with the Taliban depending on how they conduct themselves in establishing a government in Afghanistan and adhering to international pleas for the protection of human rights

The group captured the key southern hub after days of clashes.

It follows the Taliban capturing another three provincial capitals in the south of country, including Helmand, as the insurgents press a lightning offensive that is gradually encircling the capital, Kabul.

A Panamanian-registered ship ran aground in a northern Japanese harbour and was leaking oil, but there were no injuries among the 21 crew and the oil leak was being controlled with no signs it had reached shore, Japan's coastguard said. The 39,910-tonne vessel, the 'Crimson Polaris', was carrying wood chips.

There have been fires in Siliana, Kasserine, Bizerte, Kairoua and Jendouba. Tunisia has recently recorded temperatures of up to 49 degrees Celsius

The capitals of Badakhshan and Baghlan provinces to the northeast and Farah province to the west, as well as a military base in Kunduz, have fallen. They now control two thirds of the country.

A slice of the Prince and Princess of Wales’ wedding cake has sold for £1,850 at auction – more than 40 years after Charles and Diana tied the knot. The large piece of cake icing and marzipan base features a sugared onlay of the royal coat of arms, coloured in gold, red, blue and silver. It was given to Moya Smith, a member of the Queen Mother’s household, who preserved the topping with cling film.

Thousands crammed into coronavirus vaccination centres in the Philippine capital Manila, defying social distancing restrictions, after false reports spread that unvaccinated residents would be deprived of cash aid or barred from leaving home during a two-week lockdown.

Belarus Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya has detailed the events that led to her fleeing from Tokyo to Poland. The 24-year-old said men from her team had ordered her to return to Belarus, feigning injury. She said the men warned her that she could "get some problems" in her home country if she refused to return. She sought protection from Tokyo 2020 staff before boarding a flight to Warsaw.