President Joe Biden has called for an assault weapon ban and the closure of background check loopholes, after the seventh mass killing this year in the US left 10 dead.
A Banksy original offering an "image of hope" during the pandemic has sold for a record £16.8m, auction house Christie's has said - with the proceeds going to health charities.
The prime minister has hailed the "courage, discipline and patience of the nation" one year after he first announced a lockdown to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
The UK has recorded another 112 coronavirus-related deaths in the latest 24-hour period, as the number of people to have had a first vaccine dose passes 28 million.
A single mother who wants doctors to keep treating her brain-damaged daughter is preparing to take her case to the Supreme Court, according to a campaign group.
