In a speech on Friday, he will begin to set out his vision for government, before becoming prime minister next week.

The London mayor is to be joined by broadcaster June Sarpong and former union chief Christina McAnea in the Lords.

Fifa is "assessing the match reports" before deciding whether to punish Argentina after players held a banner in support of their country's claims to the Falkland Islands.

Iran says US strikes hit bridges in the country in an apparent escalation, while the US boards a ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

All UK nations have experienced recent heatwave conditions but in southern England, the heatwave has now continued for 13 days. Sarah Keith-Lucas looks at how unusual this spell of heat is, and when we might see it easing.

An NHS trial over 10 years followed nearly 3,500 men who received focal therapy, a less invasive treatment.

The government says it wants to update "outdated" marriage laws to give couples in England and Wales more choice.

The uncle of a man being held on suspicion of murder tells the BBC his legs "went like jelly" when he heard his nephew had been arrested.

Smoke from more than 800 blazes has affected cities from Toronto to New York, as well as the US Midwest.

It will be illegal to sell high-caffeine beverages to under-16s from April next year, but soft drinks with lower caffeine levels will not be affected.