Ministers are considering efforts to join an existing free trade agreement between the US, Mexico and Canada - or to strike a series of mini-deals with America - after Boris Johnson appeared to admit a standalone UK-US free trade deal was not an imminent prospect.

Joe Biden is "personally trying to move things along" in the case of Harry Dunn's alleged killer, Boris Johnson has said as he met with the US president in the White House.

The government has confirmed a deal with a key US firm to restart carbon dioxide production after a shutdown that had sparked a food supply crisis - but it will cover only one of its two UK sites.

The desperation of those in Afghanistan is heart-rending.

As the UK starts rolling out booster jabs, health experts have raised concerns about diverting resources from developing countries with much lower vaccination rates.