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China's coronavirus outbreak continues to spread fear through world markets, with oil prices falling to their lowest point in three months and the FTSE 100 losing more than 2% in early Monday trading.

Brent crude fell by $1.36 a barrel, or 2.2%, to $59.33 (£45.32) by the early hours of Monday, having earlier dropped to $58.68, its lowest since late

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Antarctica faces a growing threat from fishing and mining as its ice melts and the world's population swells, an expert has warned.

Klaus Dodds, professor of geopolitics at Royal Holloway, University of London, said climate change could erode Antarctica's special status as the last great wilderness, leading to increasing pressure to exploit its

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When the helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others came down on a hillside and burst into flames in the upmarket California neighbourhood of Calabasas, a true sporting icon was lost.

Kobe was one of few athletes worldwide known simply by his first name.

He was a five-time NBA champion, an 18-time NBA all-star, and widely

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Michael Jordan has led the tributes to fellow NBA legend Kobe Bryant after his death in a helicopter crash at the age of 41.

Fans of the LA Lakers hero from across the worlds of sport, entertainment, politics and beyond have expressed their shock at his sudden passing, as well as current and former basketball greats.

Bryant was one of nine people kil

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NBA legend Kobe Bryant has been killed in a helicopter crash along with his daughter and seven other people - as they reportedly headed to a children's basketball tournament.

The 41-year-old, who played for the LA Lakers throughout his glittering 20-year career, died after the aircraft crashed on a steep hillside in thick fog.

Bryant and his

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Survivors of the Holocaust will gather in Auschwitz on Monday to mark the 75th anniversary of the camp's liberation.

They will be joined by world leaders and dignitaries including the Duchess of Cornwall and the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to remember the 1.1 million people who were gassed or shot by the Nazis there during the Second World War.

'They threw babies alive into the oven': Survivors mark Auschwitz liberation anniversary
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