Islamic State militants have rampaged across the northern Cabo Delgado Province for more than seven years. The government says the situation has stabilized. Residents tell a different story.

Los Angeles county sheriff says death toll expected to rise, with firefighters racing to contain Palisades fire Full report: international crews arrive to battle raging wildfires Politicians quibbling as LA burns: Gavin Newsom’s latest beef with Trump Details emerge about the LA fire victims A preliminary estimate by AccuWeather put the damage and economic losses…

Colour-coded output from smartwatch device would be easy for public to read They remain some of the most complex diagnostic procedures carried out by doctors. To take an electrocardiogram, or ECG, they first have to attach 10 or more electrodes to a patient’s chest, arms and legs to measure the heart’s electrical activity. Then, once…

In the isolated settlement of Kapisillit, Greenlanders tell the BBC’s Fergal Keane Donald Trump is welcome to visit – “but that’s it”.

Diplomats have advised the UK prime minister to have a face-saving response just in case he comes low down on the list at the inauguration Donald Trump may invite ­populist rightwing leaders from Europe such as Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán to the White House before Keir Starmer, senior UK ­diplomats believe….

Constable Rosie Prior and a motorist were fatally struck by HGV that also hit a teenage boy, who was left with serious injuries, say police A North Yorkshire policewoman has died after she was struck by a lorry while helping at the scene of another crash on the side of a highway. Constable Rosie Prior…

Keir Starmer accuses opposition leader of spending ‘a lot of time on social media over Christmas’ When Kemi Badenoch used prime minister’s questions this week to echo Elon Musk’s demands for a new inquiry into sexual grooming gangs, the MPs behind her were trying to interpret the intentions of their fledgling leader. Was it a…