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A judge has banned Spain's ex-football chief Luis Rubiales from going within 200m of footballer Jenni Hermoso. Prosecutors asked for the restraining order as the national court in Madrid considered a criminal complaint of sexual assault and coercion. Appearing in court for the first time, Mr Rubiales denied sexually assaulting Ms Hermoso by kissing her on the lips after Spain's Women's World Cup win. Ms Hermoso's lawyer was adamant it was a "non-consensual kiss".

Scientists have grown an entity that closely resembles an early human embryo, without using sperm, eggs or a womb. The Weizmann Institute team say their "embryo model", made using stem cells, looks like a textbook example of a real 14-day-old embryo. It even released hormones that turned a pregnancy test positive in the lab. The ambition for embryo models is to provide an ethical way of understanding the earliest moments of our lives.

Russian officials have accused Ukraine of launching a drone attack on the business district of its capital Moscow. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine, but officials in Kyiv have never formally acknowledged launching attacks on targets in Moscow. Unverified footage on social media appeared to show thick grey smoke rising into the night sky over the city.

Sara Sharif's father and stepmother claim they are willing to co-operate with UK authorities in a video - their first public contact since her death. The 10-year-old's body was found at her home in Woking, Surrey, on 10 August. Police want to speak to her father Urfan Sharif, his partner Beinash Batool and brother Faisal Malik in relation to the death. They are known to have travelled to Pakistan from the UK on 9 August and police have been unable to locate them.

At least 16 people have been killed in a missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Kostyantynivka. President Volodymyr Zelensky, who blamed Russia, said those killed were "people who did nothing wrong" - and warned the death toll could increase. Kostyantynivka, in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, is near the front line.

Ukraine cyber-operators are being deployed on the front lines of the war, duelling close-up with their Russian counterparts in a new kind of high-tech battle. "We have people who are directly involved in combat," says Illia Vitiuk, the head of the Ukrainian Security Service's (SBU) cyber department. Speaking inside the heavily protected SBU headquarters, he explains how his teams mix the skills of hackers and special forces - getting inside Russian systems, working alongside snipers and deploying the latest technologies. The department uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) visual recognition systems to analyse information gathered from aerial drones (alongside intelligence from human sources, satellites and other technical sources) to provide targets for the military.

Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast's stock market valuation has soared above Ford and General Motors (GM) on its first day of trading. The shares sale on the Nasdaq valued VinFast at $85bn compared to Ford's $48bn and GM's $46bn. It comes as motor industry giants and newer manufacturers fight for a slice of the booming EV market.

Donald Trump has been criminally indicted four times, and will have a series of trials to attend in 2024 as he runs again for the White House. Dates have been proposed for the first court appearance and trial of the former US president over accusations that he interfered in the outcome of the last election in the state of Georgia. Prosecutors said his arraignment will take place in September, and the trial will begin in March if a judge approves.

One of the largest cities in Canada's far north is being evacuated amid warnings that a wildfire could reach it by the weekend. The 20,000 residents of Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories, have been given until noon Friday (18:00 GMT) to leave. Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden has said he will visit the Hawaiian island of Maui following devastating wildfires. And a major wildfire on the Spanish island of Tenerife has led to the evacuation of five villages.

Military chiefs from the West African regional bloc Ecowas are meeting to discuss the deployment of a standby force for possible military intervention to restore democracy in Niger. The gathering is taking place on Thursday and Friday in the Ghanaian capital, Accra. At least 11 of the bloc's 15 member states back a military deployment to reinstate the democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, after diplomatic efforts failed to yield any positive result. Niger's coup leaders have warned they will defend themselves against any intervention.

The Taliban marked the second anniversary of its return to power yesterday with a public holiday. But few Afghans, both women and men, have much to celebrate. The Taliban, recently stopped most Afghan female staff from working with aid agencies, closed beauty salons, barred women from parks and curtailed their travel in the absence of any male guardian. In March, the UN said that “Afghanistan under the Taliban remains the most repressive country in the world regarding women’s rights.” The fall of Kabul on 15 August 2021 followed the US decision to pull troops out of the country by September that year. Newsnight correspondent Yasminara Khan explores the situation in the country today.

More than 60 people are feared dead after a boat carrying migrants was found off the coast of Cape Verde in West Africa. Thirty-eight people, were rescued, with footage showing them being helped ashore on the island of Sal. Almost all those on board the boat, which was at sea for over a month, are thought to have been from Senegal.

One of the largest cities in Canada's north is being evacuated amid warnings that a wildfire could reach it by the weekend. The 20,000 residents of Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories, have been given until noon Friday (18:00 GMT) to leave. As of Thursday morning, the fire was within 16km (10 miles) of the city. Canada is having its worst wildfire season on record, with nearly 1,100 active fires burning across the country as of Wednesday.

Four people have been arrested and charged with manslaughter in France after a boat carrying migrants sank in the English Channel. Six men drowned when the boat went down near Calais, as they attempted to reach the UK. More than 50 other people were rescued by French and British coastguards. Most of those on board are believed to have been from Afghanistan. Rescue workers said it was the seventh time that week that they had pulled people from the water. At least two of those detained are reported to have links to human trafficking networks. The English Channel is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. More than 17,000 migrants have arrived in the UK so far this year after crossing the Channel in small boats. Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Tom Symonds.