McDonald's has said it will permanently leave Russia after more than 30 years and has started to sell its restaurants.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has criticised health officials and ordered the army to help distribute medicine, as a wave of Covid cases sweeps through the country.

Britain's Ministry of Defence says Russia has lost about a third of its ground combat force since the war began in Ukraine at the end of February.

Ukraine has "likely won the battle of Kharkiv", according to think-tank the Institute for the Study of War.Military analysts say Russia was prevented from encircling Ukraine's second city - and has now given up on attempts to do so.