Over the past week, the Taliban has claimed huge swathes of territory and many key cities across Afghanistan.

Sacrifices of UK soldiers in Afghanistan are being undone by a hasty US pull-out

 If Denmark win tonight, the party in Copenhagen will be especially big. The Danes have been reminded that life can be fragile, and its joyful moments precious

England v Denmark: How the Danes took their national team to their heart

Spending the last month in Nottingham, as the city hauled itself through lockdown, Geraint Vincent didn’t expect to find optimism, but it was hard to ignore.

Nottingham's spirit shows Covid crisis can make us stronger

The people of Nottingham have talked to ITV News about how they have struggled with the coronavirus lockdown.

Throughout the last month of lockdown in Nottingham, ITV News has been in touch with people who are along the edges of society.

The private struggles of Nottingham's residents in a public lockdown

Reports of romance fraud have risen by 26% from 2019, with victims' losses in the year to 2020 amounting to more than £66 million. 

'He took me for every penny I had': Romance fraud on the rise 

The unrest which engulfed Minneapolis in the wake of Floyd’ s death means that a lot of grocery stores in this part of town remain closed.

Minneapolis store near where George Floyd died calls for unity amid turmoil

"This is more than just promotion or a way to get your sales up. This is way more than that, this is people actually having to go to bed knowing that their children were killed, daughters and mothers, and nieces and sisters."

BLM: 'This is about people going to bed knowing their children were killed'

Joe Ringhoffer is squarely at odds with the wave of protests which has crashed across this country since the killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis almost four months ago. 

Can America's southern states shake off their racist past?

Breonna Taylor was fatally shot by Louisville Metro Police Department officers. Her aunts condemn the criminal justice system for its "corruption, and racism".

Breonna Taylor's aunts on their wait for justice: 'I don't think they care'

The easy sophistication of this great state sits uncomfortably alongside a public health crisis which it has handled poorly.

California financially and emotionally battered by rising Covid toll

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The sunshine state relaxed the lockdown and opened things up too widely and too quickly, critics say.

Donald Trump visits Florida to win voters despite coronavirus spike

Germany mines and burns coal on a scale seen nowhere else in Western Europe, but is targeting net zero carbon emissions by 2045

Germany's climate contradictions: the coal-mining nation with 'net zero' goals

The Housing Ombudsman has called for a "culture change" in a report compiled in the wake of a series of ITV News reports into the state of social housing.

'There needs to be change': Damning housing report after ITV News investigation 

The living wage, a minimum rate of pay for adults older than 23 years old, will increase by £0.59.

UK living wage set to rise to £9.50 in upcoming Budget

Cumbrians, still recovering from the disastrous 2015 Storm Desmond, are terrified of more floods impacting their communities.

The county where they’ve moved a river to try to prevent flooding this winter

It comes after the monarch last week had her first overnight hospital stay in eight years.

Queen misses church after hospital stay a week ahead of Cop26 duties

Former Dyfed Powys Police Chief Inspector Phil Davies has been suspended as a member of the UK Priority Delivery Groups.

Countryside Alliance National Wildlife Crime Unit membership under review

'This report will say the target may be hit in 2022 or more likely in 2023, but that it hasn't been met in 2020 or 2021,' writes Robert Peston.

Climate change report will show $100bn target both hit and missed

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A 911 emergency call has revealed more about the circumstances under which a woman was fatally shot on set after actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun.

Geraint Vincent

ITV News Correspondent