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The Prince and Princess of Wales contrasted the emotions associated with Monday's funeral with the joyous revelry of the Platinum Jubilee just three short months ago.

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Breaking news - Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that 300,000 reservists will be drafted into the army in a partial mobilisation, as he warned West he was not "bluffing" over nuclear weapons.

Royal Navy helicopters have fired new missiles for the first time as UK and US combined forces in an exercise called, Atlantic Thunder. HMS Westminster, a Wildcat helicopter and three RAF Typhoon jets put on a formidable display of firepower alongside US allies, exploding a specially prepared ex-US Navy warship in the North Atlantic.

Vladimir Putin has secretly approved a law that will send a further one million men to fight in Ukraine, a Russian newspaper reported on Thursday. If true, the target is more than three times higher than the 300,000 number that had previously been circulated and is likely to exacerbate fears of conscription among ordinary Russians that have seen mass protests and people massing at borders to leave the country.

The lights went out early at Paris' famous landmarks, the Eiffel Tower. The iconic tower shut off its dazzling lights as part of an initiative to save electricity. It is normally illuminated until 1 a.m.

King Charles III led his siblings in holding a vigil for their mother, standing guard on all four sides of her coffin as she lay in state in Westminster Hall on Friday evening.