Almost all warnings and indicators that a wider war is coming are flashing red and it is "breathtaking" that the UK government is failing to better prepare, a top academic has warned.

Massive Attack musician Robert Del Naja is among more than 200 people arrested at a mass Palestine Action demonstration in central London.

A 19-year-old woman has died after being attacked by a dog at a house in Essex, police say.

Two teenagers have died after a car fell off a bridge and crashed into a minibus on the motorway below.