BBC World Service - Newsday

China floods: people trapped on subway trains

Flash floods in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou.

Pedro Castillo is declared president-elect of Peru - promising a new brand of socialism

Pedro Castillo promises to level up the economy for the country's poorest

Claims of electoral fraud by his right-wing rival, Keiko Fujimori, were rejected

England's remaining Covid restrictions have been removed despite a spike in cases

"We're literally at the top of the leader-board for the number of new cases each day"

We get reaction from delighted nightclubbers and an aghast public health expert

A resident of a Liege explains how they've been told to evacuate their homes

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has vowed the government will help the victims

Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken of the fear, despair and suffering of those affected