Covid has slashed life expectancy in four-fifths of industrialised nations and erased a decade of progress in extending Britons' lifespans, according to a major report which lays bare the pandemic's impact

Relations between the US and Iran worsened after Iranian military claimed it warned off two American drones that flew over waters where the middle eastern country was holding war games this

Two doses of Pfizer's Covid vaccine is safe, effective and produces a strong immune response in five to 11-year-olds, according to trial data.

Researchers from the drug giant, working in tandem

French right-wing presidential contender Eric Zemmour widens gap over Marine Le Pen in election opinion poll – but survey shows overall victory for Macron

• Right-wing Eric Zemmour improved his position in a