An MI5 alert about a suspected Chinese agent targeting British MPs shines a rare light on shadowy and hard-to-prevent efforts by authoritarian powers to subvert UK democracy.

Home Secretary Priti Patel has distanced herself from Chancellor Rishi Sunak as she threw her full support behind Boris Johnson over the Downing Street garden party row.

A man who was arrested over the 2012 murder of a British family and a cyclist in the French Alps has been released and has been "ruled out" as a suspect, prosecutors have said.

Rishabh Pant scored a brilliant unbeaten ton for India on day three of the deciding Test against South Africa at Newlands, but the hosts made major strides towards winning the series after closing on 101-2 in pursuit of a 212 victory target.

Prince Andrew has had all of his military titles and royal patronages taken away - and will no longer style himself "His Royal Highness".

On 13 January 2012, the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia capsized off the coast of Tuscany after hitting a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea.

A man who was arrested over the 2012 murder of a British family and a cyclist in the French Alps has been released and has been "ruled out" as a suspect, prosecutors said.

Prince Andrew's accuser is not motivated by the prospect of a "purely financial settlement", her lawyer has said.

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