The King has reiterated the UK’s commitment to Ukraine, telling the nation “we stand with you” as he spoke of his hopes for a lasting peace that safeguards its “security, sovereignty and prosperity”.

Tourists and staff members were evacuated this week by helicopter from flooded camps to other areas in the Kruger National Park on South Africa.

Robert Jenrick has insisted his defection to Reform UK was “uniting the right”, as he said he had put the country before his allegiance to the Conservative Party. In an interview with the BBC, Mr ...