Former US vice president Mike Pence says the presidency belongs to ‘the American people and the American people alone’

Lugansk People’s Republic information centre channel inaccessible for ‘violating YouTube’s community guidelines’

At least 160 Afghan civilians and 13 US troops were killed

New legislation applies to all adults except pregnant women and those with medical exemption

Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger are regarded as adversaries of the ex-president

Four of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s close advisors resign following ‘partygate’ fiasco

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticises European and US positions on the crisis

France president Emmanuel Macron is holding talks with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky to de-escalate tensions

Moscow’s ties with Beijing ‘developing progressively’, says president

Koo Sze-yiu apprehended this morning for ‘incitement to subversion’ ahead of planned anti-Beijing demonstration

The deceased family’s attorneys say that Amir Locke ‘legally possessed a firearm’ and had no past criminal record

Washington believes Moscow is planning to film fake Ukrainian attack to provide pretext for invading its pro-West neighbour

Both leaders to agree on joint statement reflecting ‘common views’ on security and other issues