Italy has declared a state of emergency in the regions worst affected by Wednesday’s earthquake, which killed at least 268 people.
A police hunt is underway to find the whereabouts of a boy who was reportedly seen ‘taken into a van’ in Surrey on Thursday afternoon.
The US Olympic Committee has been forced to apologise for the behaviour of two US swimmers who fabricated a story about being robbed at gunpoint in Rio.
Brazilian police have arrested the head of the European Olympic Committees, Patrick Hickey, over illegal Olympic ticket sales.
An Iranian of dual nationality has been arrested by Iranian authorities on suspicion of spying for the British intelligence services, Iran’s state news agency reports.