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The UK's jobless rate has ticked up to 5% and the pace of basic wage growth has eased further as the country faces down a fresh energy-led price shock.

The world's most valuable company has reported another series of record-breaking and expectation-defying results, easing fears, for now, of a slowdown in the AI boom.

Elon Musk has revealed plans for a stock market flotation of SpaceX that looks set to raise a record sum and could make him the world's first trillionaire.

TikTok and YouTube have been criticised by the communications watchdog for "failing" to take steps to protect children "despite overwhelming evidence of harm".

Rachel Reeves' Great British Summer Savings, a family-friendly bundle of VAT cuts for kids' meals and leisure attractions, and free bus travel to get to there, is reminiscent of a previous Treasury wheeze intended to lift spirits in a troubled summer - think Eat Out To Help Out, without social distancing or gnawing anxiety.

Marco Rubio said there are "some good signs" that a deal to end the Iran war could be in sight - but added that he doesn't "want to be overly optimistic".

The King has tried his hand at playing a ukulele and baking cakes during royal engagements with the Queen on the final day of their visit to Northern Ireland.

The UK government has watered-down sanctions on Russia, allowing diesel and jet fuel from Russian crude oil to enter the UK if it is refined in other countries.

The government has moved to distance itself from reported efforts to introduce price caps on key supermarket products, such as eggs, bread and milk, in return for the easing of some regulations.

The UK will provide up to £20m to help contain an Ebola outbreak suspected of killing more than 130 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.

Tech giant Meta has laid off 10% of its workforce - as chief executive Mark Zuckerberg warns that "success isn't a given".

The government has published its long-awaited guidance on how the Equality Act should be implemented in relation to single-sex spaces.

In 2012, Africa's oldest surviving political party expelled South African opposition leader Julius Malema for "bringing the party into disrepute" and "sowing internal divisions". Fourteen years on, he has shown he can still throw the African National Congress (ANC) into disarray.

Fears are growing that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is gathering momentum, as a treatment centre is set alight by an angry crowd.

Another flotilla has attempted to breach Israel's naval blockade of Gaza.

A robot has become so good at playing table tennis that at times it defeated elite human players, in what has been hailed as "a longstanding milestone for AI".

MPs have written to Channel 4 and Ofcom with "serious concerns" about their response to the allegations of rape and sexual assault on Married At First Sight UK.

Tui Group has ended its sponsorship of Married At First Sight (MAFS) UK and its Australian spin-off, after contestants on the show made allegations of rape and sexual assault.

Air conditioning will soon be "unavoidable" to protect many Britons from unbearable summer heat, a top climate adviser to the government has said.

Three people have been jailed for insurance fraud after claiming their cars were damaged by a bear - only for the assailant to be somebody dressed in a bear costume. 

The English Football League (EFL) has labelled Southampton "deplorable" for pressuring a junior member of staff to spy on Middlesbrough – blaming manager Tonda Eckert for "spygate".

Manchester City star Phil Foden and Chelsea's Cole Palmer are among the players set to miss out when England manager Thomas Tuchel names his 26-man squad for the World Cup, according to multiple reports.