PM and Corbyn trade blows as election campaign cranks into gear
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn have traded blows as they prepare to hit the election campaign trail for the pre-Christmas poll.
The Prime Minister blamed the Labour leader for the failure to fulfil his "do or die" promise to deliver Brexit on Halloween.
Mr Corbyn is to slam the "corrupt" British system of doing business.
In his first major speech of the countdown to the election, Mr Corbyn will hit out at the "tax dodgers, “bad bosses” and big “polluters”
Enormous fire engulfs historic castle in Japan
A huge blaze has ripped through the historic Shuri Castle in Japan.
The World Heritage site on the southern island of Okinawa was almost totally destroyed in the enormous fire.
The castle had been scheduled to be included as a stop on the 2020 Tokyo Olympic torch relay route.
It was the seat of the kings of Ryukyu for more than 400 years.
US 'on alert for revenge attacks' after ISIS leader's death
The US is on alert for possible revenge attacks by extremists following the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
General Frank McKenzie, the head of US Central Command, over said the raid on the ISIS leader’s compound on Saturday.
He said it would be a mistake to conclude that ISIS had been totally defeated after their leader died during Saturday’s operation.
The terror group will remain “dangerous” and it is suspected they will attempt some kind of “retribution attack,” he said.
But the general assured the US is “postured and prepared for that”.
His address came as the Pentagon released the first government photos and video clips of the night-time operation.
Facebook urged to follow Twitter and banned political ads
Facebook has been urged to follow fellow social media giant Twitter in banning political advertising from its platform.
Twitter’s chief executive Jack Dorsey announced yesterday that the company would stop all such advertising on its service, worldwide.
He argued promotion should not be "compromised by money" when there is a risk of spreading misleading information.
UK MPs have since called on Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg to “follow suit”.
Mr Zuckerberg’s firm was criticised earlier this month after it revealed it did not fact-check ads by politicians or their campaigns.
England's World Cup final team named by Eddie Jones
Eddie Jones has named an unchanged England side for the team’s Saturday’s World Cup final against South Africa.
George Ford has been retained at fly-half and Kyle Sinckler fit to start.
The only change is on the bench, where the injured scrum-half Willi Heinz is replaced by Ben Spencer, who will make his World Cup debut having been a late call-up this week.
South Africa have made one change, with the fit-again Cheslin Kolbe replacing Sbu Nkosi on the right wing.
On this day...
1517: Martin Luther nailed his 95 'theses' to the church door at Wittenburg, inadvertently sparking the Reformation which split the Church.
1940: The Battle of Britain ended. The RAF lost 915 aircraft, the Luftwaffe 1,733.
1958: Dr Ake Senning implanted the first internal heart pacemaker, in Stockholm.
1971: A terrorist bomb exploded at the top of the Post Office Tower in London.
1984: Mrs Indira Gandhi, prime minister of India, was shot dead by two Sikh members of her bodyguard in New Delhi.
