After eight months of grinding urban warfare, Iraqi government troops have captured the ruined mosque at the heart of Islamic State's de facto capital Mosul, and the Iraqi Prime Minister declared the group's self-styled caliphate at an end.

Italy has threatened to stop vessels of other countries from bringing migrants to its ports. The warning came as Italy's EU representative, Maurizio Massari, warned in a letter to the bloc the situation had become "unsustainable". And Michael Bond, the creator of the beloved children’s character Paddington Bear, has died aged 91.

Computer systems from Ukraine to the United States were struck on Tuesday in an international cyberattack that was similar to a recent assault that crippled tens of thousands of machines worldwide. And The largest and most powerful ship ever built for the Royal Navy set sail on Monday.

The Supreme Court yesterday allowed parts of President Donald Trump's travel ban to go into effect and will hear oral arguments on the case this fall and Exactly 20 years ago a magical world of wizards and witches was introduced to muggles everywhere when J.K. Rowling published her very first Harry Potter book, The Sorcerer's Stone. J.K. Rowling joined many fans in wishing Harry Potter a very happy birthday on Twitter.

The number of deadly tower blocks with combustible cladding rises to 11 as at least 600 are covered in material similar to that which clad Grenfell Tower and North Korea has called the US president a "psychopath" - a criticism some have levelled at the leader in Pyongyang.