Israel has said the international community should have grave concerns about the election of Iran's new president-elect, Ebrahim Raisi.

Five construction workers have died after a school building site collapse in the Belgian city of Antwerp.

The number of deaths related to Covid-19 has passed 500,000 in Brazil, the second-highest in the world, as experts say the outbreak could worsen amid slow vaccination and the start of winter.

Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi is to be Iran's next president after a partial vote count gave him an unassailable lead.

The UN has issued a rare call to halt arms sales to Myanmar in response to this year's violent military coup.

A 32-year-old pilot has confessed to the killing of his young British wife, Caroline Crouch, police say, in a crime that shocked Greece.

Iranians are voting to elect a new president, with all but one of the four candidates to succeed Hassan Rouhani regarded as hardliners.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said his country needs to prepare for both "dialogue and confrontation" with the US, and "especially to get fully prepared for confrontation".

Nato leaders meeting for a summit in Brussels have warned of the military threat posed by China, saying its behaviour is a "systemic challenge".

The final stage of easing lockdown restrictions in England is to be delayed until 19 July.