Nation facing 1.4 million ton shortfall as UN estimates that around half of the population is in need of extra suppliesNorth Korea has issued an international appeal for help to combat food shortages after drought and floods led to a poor harvest, worsening the impact of UN sanctions.Pyongyang has told Read more
The probe was due to fire a pellet into the surface of the asteroid to try to capture dustA Japanese spacecraft has successfully touched down on a speeding asteroid 300m kilometres from the Earth as it attempts an audacious manoeuvre to collect samples and bring them back for scientists to Read more
Dozens of Tory MPs want May to delay EU departure if deal cannot be reached Via: Brexit: May urged to take no-deal option off the table or face major rebellion
Sport minister Mims Davies wants to restrict all gambling in UK to adults, including lotteriesPeople aged 16 or 17 could be banned from buying scratchcards under plans being discussed in Whitehall.The sport minister, Mims Davies, told the House magazine she wanted to change the law so under-18s could not gamble. Read more
• Northern Irishman round in eight-under par to lead by a shot• Hatton four shots off pace with Woods signing for level 71Renewed perspective continues to pay off for Rory McIlroy. The sense that victory is tantalisingly close for the Northern Irishman was renewed on Thursdayin Mexico City, where a Read more
Residents of Japanese island will vote on Sunday about controversial plan to move US military baseVoters on the Japanese island of Okinawa will vote this weekend in a referendum on the relocation of a US military base. They are expected to overwhelmingly reject it, but the government has indicated it Read more
‘Lack of research and ease of availability of these products from major retailers is alarming and may potentially be harming the consumers’s dentition’ Via: Tooth-whitening kits sold in Boots and Superdrug may damage teeth, dentists warn
Canon law was ‘out of date’ so let’s make it work, says reforming reverend Pete Broadbent Via: Churches no longer required to hold services every Sunday
Renu Begum tells home secretary she hopes 19-year-old can ‘be helped back into the sister I knew, and daughter my parents bore’ Via: Shamima Begum: Family disowns Isis bride's 'sickening' statements but asks Sajid Javid to help bring her son to UK
‘You would think it was a farmer, but then there was also a parrot’ Via: 'Sheep, parrot and deer' spotted being driven around in Vauxhall Zafira