Russia says no, but Ukraine and South Korea point to a deepening relationship between Pyongyang and Moscow.
Emergency crews remain at the scene in Newcastle, with people being warned to avoid the area....
A Russian whale watcher is found alive, along with two dead relatives, two months after he set off....
Residents in key states describe constant ads, neighbourhood sign wars and high anxiety ahead of the 2024 election....
Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall says trials of the idea have produced "dramatic results"....
Experts call for an urgent review of obesity treatment services amid booming demand for weight loss jabs....
The letter, sent on Sunday, amounts to the strongest known written warning from the US to its ally....
British photojournalist Paul Lowe was found fatally stabbed on a hiking trail in California....
A border crisis and the Gaza war have hit home in this key state for Democrats....
Officials say Mikhail Pichugin was found with the bodies of his brother and his 15-year-old nephew....
The BBC’s Mohanad Hashim, in Sudan for the first time since the war began, sees what has happened to his childhood neighbourhood....
The North has warned the South of "horrible consequences" if another drone crosses the border....
The BBC finds gang warfare in jails is rife, and lack of space makes it difficult to keep rivals apart....
The nurse was described as "lacking the natural warmth" and empathy needed to care for children....
Could the US election result threaten support for Kyiv?...
The Witches of Bucha, as they call themselves, help protect Ukraine's skies from Russian drones....
A public inquiry examining the death of Dawn Sturgess has heard evidence from the former Russian spy....
The UK is losing out because of cuts to the World Service, the BBC's director general warns....
The South Caucasus nation of Georgia has a huge used car market, with many vehicles finding their way over the border....
The BBC visits a key city under attack by Russia and finds eroded morale among its few remaining residents....
Kyiv's human rights ombudsman has written to the UN, after reports that Russia executed Ukrainian PoWs....
Viktoriia Roshchyna had been detained last year while reporting in Russian-occupied Ukraine....
Wigan Warriors become the first side in the Super League era to win all four trophies in a single season, beating Hull KR in a tight Grand Final at Old Trafford....
After winning an unprecedented quadruple in the Super League era, are Wigan Warriors the greatest ever side?...
Wigan Warriors seal the quadruple and become the first side to win all four trophies in a season as they beat Hull KR in the Super League Grand Final....
Donald Tusk said Russia and Belarus were encouraging migration into Poland in a bid to destabilise the EU....
The ex-Wallabies captain was given a five-year sentence for embezzlement in France, local media say....
Giora Eiland tells Jeremy Bowen that Israel should tell Palestinians to leave northern Gaza before sealing it off as a way of pressuring Hamas....
The Russian opposition leader's posthumous memoir traces his final years, including his captivity....
A shipping company shelving a major investment and Russian hackers attacking UK ambulance services feature in the papers....
Three venomous scorpions have been found in parcels in the UK in the last month, expert Chris Newman says....