Current polls in Japan show nearly 70% of the population do not want the Olympics to go ahead.

Lockdown inactivity may have left people with weaker muscles - there are simple solutions.

As fighting escalates, the social network has become a platform for airing grievances.

Aicha, 17, was making the journey from Ivory Coast to Europe for the "chance of a better life".

Mitzi says she has "climate trauma" because of the typhoons that have repeatedly flooded her home.

The BBC's Ros Atkins explains the decision to dismiss the congresswoman from her party leadership role.

A grey whale called Wally is lost in the Mediterranean - far away from its home in the Pacific. Why?

With travel limited, millions are joining e-pilgrimages to a cave famed for its miraculous healings.

Members of indigenous groups in Chile will be represented in the constitutional convention.

"It's a huge honour for me... It's like the biggest thank you I can give."

A selection of powerful images taken around the world this week.

In at least one case a child was kept on a coach for four days, waiting to join his family.

The six-wheeled robot has made the hazardous descent to the surface of the Red Planet, China announces.

Also scrapped is a Trump plan for a sculpture garden to US heroes, such as Whitney Houston.

The US president and his aides wish to avoid being drawn into this graveyard of US-led peace initiatives.

Appeals to Israeli and Palestinian leaders for calm have so far failed to produce a ceasefire agreement.

A UK task force arrived in the West African country last year as part of a UN peacekeeping mission.

Newcomer Michael Chandler tells critics he deserves a UFC title shot but admits he is the "beneficiary of some interesting circumstances".

The pursuit of a striker was expected to be a focus for Manchester City this summer, but do they already have the answer in Ferran Torres?

Many of the intended passengers on the repatriation flight were barred after positive Covid tests.

Israel has used its elaborate system of air defences to counter missile and drone attacks.