The UK is not “locked into” a winter of higher flood risk despite recent wet weather, officials have said, but urged people to plan for all eventualities.

The Government is expected to unveil billions in investment deals at its first International Investment Summit on Monday.

The first valves at four of a total of 21 sites, which operate like giant gates, have opened along the seven metre-wide tunnel.

An Israeli air strike has killed at least 20 people including children at a school-turned-shelter in central Gaza, according to local hospitals. Sunday night’s strike also killed two women in Nuseirat ...

Four Israeli soldiers were killed in a Hezbollah drone attack on an army base next to the city of Binyamina, according to the military. A statement said the strike on Sunday evening also severely ...