The new law will acknowledge the emotional distress pet theft can cause, ministers say.

The 30-year-old, who lost his arms from an electric shock, dominated the Games pool with four golds.

Mr Suga had been appointed to the role just a year ago following the resignation of Shinzo Abe.

The foreign secretary says the UK will give £30m in aid to countries bordering Afghanistan.

Videos circulating online show panicked shoppers running out of a supermarket in Auckland.

Typhoons last year badly impacted vital crops, as well as drought and heavy monsoon rains this year.

Great Britain win golds in canoeing and athletics and pass the 100-medal mark on day 10 at the Tokyo Paralympics.

Fifa is investigating racial abuse aimed at England players during Thursday's 4-0 win over Hungary in a World Cup qualifier in Budapest.

Mexican welterweight boxer Jeanette Zacarias Zapata, 18, dies five days after being knocked out in a fight.

AstraZeneca agrees to deliver 200 million doses by next spring, ending the threat of court action.

The leak turned a tributary of the River Congo red and also killed many fish, a minister says.

Lewis Hamilton headed title rival Max Verstappen in a bizarrely truncated first practice session at the Dutch Grand Prix.

Lennon and McCartney get a writing credit on the star's new album, which came out at midnight.

Residents in the US north-east assess the scale of the devastation caused by Tropical Storm Ida.

Forty years after their last album, a new generation of fans is hungry for the pop legends' music.

Three boys are sentenced to 10, nine and eight years over the "brutal" death of one of their peers.

The rapper, whose real name is Dylan Mills, is due to go on trial in February next year.

The US economy added just 235,000 jobs in August, according to the Bureau of Labour Statistics.

Actor is heartbroken at the loss of his wife, who was a vocal coach on films including The Witches.

Before and after satellite images of the devastation caused by Storm Ida in the north-east US.

Sevilla defender Jules Kounde is furious with his club for not selling him to Chelsea, whose plans to sign Erling Braut Haaland suffer a setback.