Woman dies after setting herself on fire after row with mum over boyfriend

The 20-year-old woman in Sri Lanka poured kerosene over her body and set it alight after arguing with mum who had hidden her mobile phone to stop her calling her boyfriend

‘Forgiveness is the seed of peace’ – the twins who survived torture at Auschwitz

Eva Kor and her sister Miriam were the subjects of horrific medical experiments at Auschwitz-Birkenau, and were among 1,500 sets of twins exposed to disease, disfigurement and torture

Extraordinary life of Alexandre Dumas was even more exciting than his novels

Alexandre Dumas is celebrated with a Google Doodle that tells the story of The Count of Monte Cristo – one of his most famous novels

North Korean troops ‘to kill anyone near Chinese border to stop Covid-19 spread’

Until recently North Korea officials have denied having any cases of coronavirus but in a u-turn last month, dictator Kim Jong-un admitted it “could have entered” the country after all

Family told to pay £180 fine on dream holiday or ‘sleep under a bridge’

Mum Tina Trott says she and her two sons, 13 and 11, were threatened with eviction after their week-long stay in Palermo, Italy, turned sour when sand clogged the hotel’s pipes

Man mauled to death by polar bear before animal is found dead in car park

The man, who has not been named, had been inside his tent at a campsite in Svalbard and was seriously injured by the animal at around 4am. He later died in hospital

The 14 destinations you don’t need to quarantine either there or on return

Brits looking to travel abroad this summer face a maze of red tape, as countries are added or removed from the UK quarantine list at short notice, creating further chaos

Major police operation at Berlin school with ‘students barricaded inside’

Students ‘barricaded’ inside classrooms at the Max Taut Schule in Berlin, Germany, were reportedly banned from talking, were crying and afraid after an alarm was triggered

China fires 2 missiles ‘in warning to US’ after spy plane seen in ‘no-fly’ zone

China claims the move was in retaliation for the flying of a US spy plane off its north coast during a live-fire naval drill by the Chinese armed forces

Boy born with extra thumbs ‘proud’ as they make him better at games than pals

Faizan Ahmad Najar does not let the extra digits hinder his daily activities – in fact, he is proud of them, saying they give him an advantage over his friends in several activities