Rescuers are racing to save the survivors of a group of 270 whales beached off Tasmania's west coast.

Fears of a second coronavirus wave sent stocks lower but European shares open with small gains.

BBC Reality Check debunks claims about Covid tests, a death in police custody and the pandemic's origins.

Tammy Beaumont says she feels she has been playing for her place after starring in England's 47-run T20 victory over West Indies.

One in five species of maple is threatened in their natural habitats, an extinction study says.

Basketball legend Michael Jordan and three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin form a single-car Nascar Cup Series team, with Bubba Wallace as its driver.

Ren Zhiqiang went missing earlier this year after writing an essay said to be critical of President Xi.

Gareth Bale could stay at Tottenham for longer than the season-long loan the club have agreed with Real Madrid, says his agent.

Every morning at 7am when the second hand TV was switched on, the village internet went down.

Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden says he "just wanted to communicate" when he removed his face mask in the side's win against New Orleans Saints.

Sports are told not to expect fans to be able to return to watch live events in England until the end of March at the earliest.

Leaked documents show Standard Chartered moved funds that may have been linked to terror financing.

West Brom manager Slaven Bilic is charged with "improper conduct" during Saturday's defeat against Everton by the Football Association.

Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove says the message for England is changing as infections surge.

Gold from a refiner used by criminals to launder drug money has entered supply chains for smartphones and cars.

"She was a very eccentric and flamboyant person," writes her son Frank in tribute to the 98-year-old.

Mark Chapman has apologised to the late Beatle's widow, Yoko Ono, for his murder in 1980.

The victim, a nine-year-old girl, was kidnapped and attacked in Villiers in western France.

The men were found guilty of starting Pakistan's deadliest industrial fire, killing some 260 people.

The US space agency (Nasa) formally outlines its $28bn plan to return astronauts to the Moon by 2024.

The move comes after other world powers rejected President Trump's demand to reinstate UN measures.