Belarus holds tightly-controlled elections

The people of Belarus have been voting in parliamentary and local elections, but the opposition leader has described the vote as a ''farce”, with expectations that only parties backing leader Alexander Lukashenko will win.

European Union Agriculture ministers will gather in Brussels today as angry farmers continue to protest across the continent for less regulations and greater protection from international competition.

The US military says it and the UK have launched a new wave of attacks on Houthi positions on the Red Sea coast. Since the renewed conflict in Gaza, Houthis have launched missile attacks on commercial shipping travelling off the coast of Yemen.

And Cassie Kinoshi the jazz-band leader and saxophonist has composed new work that pays tribute to the women musicians during World War II in Britain.