A crime scene is in place and officers are working to establish what happened

Construction is well underway as each concrete slab weighs about 140 tonnes

A 21ft bronze Shakira has been unveiled in her Colombian home town, with the singer thanking sculptor Yino Márquez for his ‘enormous artistic talent’. Take a tour of other towering examples of the genre

Since 2014, millions of Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other minorities have been locked up in China and subjected to torture and forced labour. Some of those released talk about trying to rebuild their lives in neighbouring Kazakhstan

4 people have been arrested

A 22-year-old woman was stabbed to death on Christmas Eve

It used to be cold enough in winter for the entire river to freeze over in London

The year has been dominated by the Israel-Gaza and Ukraine wars, and protests around the world. But there have been moments of joy, too – from Elton John’s Glastonbury show to Vanilla the chimp’s first taste of freedom. Photographers r ...

London is home to more than half of homeless people in England, as 1 in 51 residents are without a permanent place to live

Police are hunting for the knife attacker with a crime scene in place

Images might have helped AI systems produce realistic sexual imagery of fake children; the database was taken down in response

The Belgian physicist and industrial musician on replacing maths with pictures, why he’s now working in industry – and why we all need to understand subatomic physics

A 21-year-old man was rushed to hospital after the attack last night but died this morning

The fashion company says it has now pulled all pictures from an advertising campaign about a jacket.

Way back in 2017, Hathaway was considering playing Barbie for Sony pictures, with Alethea Jones circling to direct. The Oscar-winner says now, in hindsight, it’s a “lucky thing” t…

Bernardo Pantaleon, 30, was found shot dead in a Phoenix park

The microscopic world hidden within an unassuming autumn leaf has been announced as the winner of the Royal Society publishing photography competition 2023

Celebrities including Pamela Anderson and Gwyneth Paltrow graced the red carpet in London.

Since 2005, Brazilian photographer André François has been capturing pandemic, earthquake and other health responses in remote communities across the world