Multiple people killed and others missing after explosion at military munitions plant

Spain has deployed a further 500 soldiers to battle wildfires that have spread across parts of the country in scorching conditions – taking the total number of troops to 1,900.

An 80-year-old woman in Japan sent money to an online fraudster who told her he was an astronaut stranded on a spaceship – and needed the cash to buy oxygen.

British journalists have called on Sir Keir Starmer to protect their Gazan counterparts and press Israel to allow international reporters into the war zone.