The "exceptional decision" follows a pact between Australia, the US and UK, which scuppered a French deal.

New manager Sarina Wiegman says England want to "make the fans proud" during her first match in charge.

Fencing has been erected at the US Capitol to prevent chaos similar to the 6 January pro-Trump riot.

As Australia, the UK and the US seal a security pact, the EU does not quite know where to look.

Brazilian legend Pele is "recovering well" from a recent operation, his daughter says. after media reports he had been readmitted to intensive care.

Allan Saint-Maximin's fine equaliser lifted the pressure on Newcastle boss Steve Bruce as his side earned a point against Leeds.

Durst was convicted of killing his best friend Susan Berman in 2000, and is likely to die in prison.

The former president, whose decades-long rule sparked massive protests, has died aged 84.

How the only female whirling dancer in Afghanistan made it out of Kabul.

Ros Atkins looks at the ethics of Western countries rolling out Covid booster jabs while millions globally remain unvaccinated.

Canada's skyrocketing housing costs have become a key election issue this year.

A selection of powerful images from all over the globe, taken this week.

Young people have never known another leader, and many worry for the future as old certainties shift.

The mother of the youngest victim of Mexico's metro crash takes on some of the country's richest people.

A new school curriculum means challenging tasks end up being performed by parents not their children.

Police say the 30-year-old man raped and killed a child in the city of Hyderabad last week.

Bouteflika led Algeria for 20 years, but his bid for a fifth term led to huge protests in 2019.

Muriel Gardiner's courage fighting fascism in Austria inspired an Oscar-winning film. Who was she?

Thousands of migrants are camping under a Texas-Mexico border bridge, in squalid conditions.

Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in the disappearance of Gabby Petito, has gone missing.

"Everything looks very dark," a schoolgirl tells the BBC as schools reopen for boys but not girls.