Donald Trump has doubled down on his approach to China, criticising Beijing over the South China Sea and relations with North Korea. Photograph: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images. Tom Phillips in Beijing. Monday 12 December 2016 03.22 EST First ...

Donald Trump has doubled down on his approach to China, criticising Beijing over the South China Sea and relations with North Korea. Photograph: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images. Tom Phillips in Beijing. Monday 12 December 2016 03.22 EST First ...

This was a slog, a result ground out against ruggedly obdurate opposition, but Chelsea may end up gaining more satisfaction from prevailing in those awkward circumstances than from some of the more comfortable strolls they have enjoyed over a nine ...

Troops have been deployed to the streets of Banjul, the capital of the Gambia, after the autocratic president, Yahya Jammeh, unexpectedly rejected his defeat in an election last week and called for a fresh vote. Jammeh had initially accepted the result ...

Troops have been deployed to the streets of Banjul, the capital of the Gambia, after the autocratic president, Yahya Jammeh, unexpectedly rejected his defeat in an election last week and called for a fresh vote. Jammeh had initially accepted the result ...

Adama Barrow has called on the Gambian diaspora to 'come home and develop this nation'. Photograph: Thierry Gouegnon/Reuters. Ruth Maclean in Banjul. Saturday 10 December 2016 02.00 EST. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email

Adama Barrow has called on the Gambian diaspora to 'come home and develop this nation'. Photograph: Thierry Gouegnon/Reuters. Ruth Maclean in Banjul. Saturday 10 December 2016 02.00 EST. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email

The quake struck near the Solomon Islands in the early hours of Friday. Photograph: Oliver Forstner/Alamy. Reuters. Thursday 8 December 2016 13.51 EST. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more sharing options; Share on ...

Nintendo's legendary platformer runs and jumps on to smartphones on 15 December, but will it spring to new heights or plumb the depths? Super Mario Run will be released on 15 December. Stuart Dredge · @stuartdredge. Thursday 8 December 2016 00.30 ...

Nintendo's legendary platformer runs and jumps on to smartphones on 15 December, but will it spring to new heights or plumb the depths? Super Mario Run will be released on 15 December. Stuart Dredge · @stuartdredge. Thursday 8 December 2016 00.30 ...

Nintendo's legendary platformer runs and jumps on to smartphones on 15 December, but will it spring to new heights or plumb the depths? Super Mario Run will be released on 15 December. Stuart Dredge · @stuartdredge. Thursday 8 December 2016 00.30 ...

Gonzalo Higuaín takes aim to open the scoring in a comfortable 2-0 win for Juventus. Photograph: Giorgio Perottino/Reuters. Agencies. Wednesday 7 December 2016 17.59 EST. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more sharing ...

Arsenal's Lucas Pérez celebrates scoring his side's third in the 4-1 win at Basel in Champions League Group A. Photograph: Zemanek/BPI/Rex/Shutterstock. Dominic Fifield · @domfifield. Wednesday 7 December 2016 09.41 EST. Share on Facebook · Share ...

Matteo Renzi has said he will resign as Italian prime minister, but Italy has a history of political upheaval. Photograph: Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images. European Union. Italian referendum result is unhelpful for EU, but not a fatal blow. Matteo ...

Nathan Aké celebrates scoring Bournemouth's winner against Liverpool with his team-mates. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters. Premier League. Bournemouth battle from behind to stun Liverpool with Nathan Aké winner. Fetching the scores…

When the dust settles on a tempestuous match, the finger-pointing stops and the bans are handed out, perhaps this will be the occasion when Chelsea made it clear their title aspirations are authentic. They rode their luck at times – discounting the own ...

The Cuban revolutionary's funeral procession is retracing in reverse his route to seizing power in Havana. Amid genuine grief mourners also hope for change. Cubans gather to watch the motorcade carrying the ashes of late Cuban leader Fidel Castro is in ...

Arsenal's Arsène Wenger said: ' It was one of those nights where you look like you could play two hours without scoring a goal.' Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images. Dominic Fifield at Emirates Stadium. @domfifield. Wednesday 30 November 2016 18.32 ...

A military vehicle transports the ashes of Cuba's late president Fidel Castro, starting in Havana and ending in Santiago. Photograph: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters. Associated Press in Havana. Wednesday 30 November 2016 10.57 EST. Share on Facebook ...

John Brennan said ditching the deal 'could lead to a weapons programme inside of Iran that could lead other states in the region to embark on their own programmes'. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA. Matthew Weaver. Wednesday 30 November 2016 03.37 ...