As Notting Hill Carnival rolls into town for another year, stunning archive pictures have been unearthed which show Europe's biggest street party through the years.
Commuters were forced to walk along train tracks to St Pancras station after overhead cable problems left them stuck in a tunnel for two hours on Friday evening.
Commuters travelling in east London have faced chaos after a Central Line failure left "babies and elderly people stuck" underground for up to an hour.
Brazilian troops backed by military aircraft have begun operations to help battle a record number of fires in the Amazon, which have prompted anti-government protests as well as an international outcry.
A white man who fatally shot an unarmed black man during a dispute over illegal parking in handicapped spots in the US has been convicted of manslaughter.
Nasa is investigating an allegation that an astronaut accessed the bank account of her estranged partner from the International Space Station, it has been reported.
Boris Johnson and European Council President Donald Tusk have clashed at the start of the G7 summit over who would be to blame in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
The Duke of York has said that "at no stage during the limited time I spent with" disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein "did I see, witness or suspect any behaviour of the sort that subsequently led to his arrest and conviction".
A British father has been hailed a "hero" after he is said to have died protecting his family when a hotel guest barged into their room and attacked him.
