{A man has been arrested after a large fire severely damaged the Houses of Parliament in the South African city of Cape Town.}

{South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has handed himself in to police to begin serving a 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court.}

{African heads of state have paid tribute to former Tanzanian President John Magufuli at a state funeral in the capital Dodoma.}

{Tanzania's President John Magufuli has died aged 61, the country's vice-president has announced.}

{President Joe Biden has said he is hopeful that America can "mark independence" from Covid-19 on 4 July if people get vaccinated.}

{More twins are being born than ever before but the world may now have reached peak twin, researchers say.}

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spent the night in intensive care at a central London hospital after his coronavirus symptoms worsened.

A man from London has become the second person in the world to be cured of HIV, doctors say.

A French company has been found liable for the death of an employee who had a cardiac arrest while having sex with a stranger on a business trip.

US President Donald Trump has sacked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, replacing him with the director of the CIA, Mike Pompeo.