China's top leadership has admitted "shortcomings and deficiencies" in the country's response to the deadly coronavirus outbreak.
A man has been shot dead by police in south London after he attacked people on a busy high street.
Former European Council president Donald Tusk says Brussels feels "empathy" towards an independent Scotland joining the European Union.
A man has died of the coronavirus in the Philippines in the virus's first confirmed fatality outside China.
Countries around the world have closed their borders to arrivals from China, as officials work to control the rapid spread of the coronavirus.
The UK has officially left the European Union after 47 years of membership - and more than three years after it voted to do so in a referendum.
Two people from the same family have tested positive for coronavirus in the UK, the chief medical officer for England has announced.
The new coronavirus has been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization, as the outbreak continues to spread outside China.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hail the "dawn of a new era" on Friday, as the UK prepares to leave the European Union after 47 years.
The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak has risen to 170, and a confirmed case in Tibet means it has reached every region in mainland China.
Russia's unmanned Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon after spinning out of control, officials say.
Donald Trump has confirmed that he will not take part in Republican presidential debates with his rivals in the race for the White House.