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The UK has rejoined the EU's flagship scientific research scheme, Horizon, the UK government has announced. UK-based scientists and institutions can apply for money from the £81bn (€95bn) fund from today. The UK has been excluded from the scheme for the past three years, because of a disagreement over the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Russia says it has downed ‘several’ Ukrainian drones overnight, with one drone reportedly being intercepted close to Moscow. At least two more were intercepted over the southern Rostov region. It comes after at least 17 people, including a child, were killed in an attack on a busy market street in Ukraine's "peaceful city" of Kostyantynivka.

The manhunt for escaped prisoner Daniel Khalife continues, with all UK police forces and border points on alert for the 21-year-old who escaped from HM Prison Wandsworth on Wednesday. Khalife is charged with terror offenses including "collecting information which might be useful to an enemy". It is understood the “enemy” referred to in the charge is Iran. He is also alleged to have left fake bombs at a military base while serving in the Army and was due to stand trial in November.

The boss of Johnny and Associates, Japan's biggest pop talent agency, has resigned after finally admitting the sexual abuse committed by its late founder, Johnny Kitagawa. Julie Fujishima resigned on Thursday during a public apology to her uncle's victims. Her departure comes a week after a major inquiry found Kitagawa had "extensively" abused young idols at his pop agency over a six-decade career. He died in 2019, having always denied wrongdoing. He never faced charges.

The US has announced it will send controversial weapons to Ukraine as part of more than $1bn (£800m) in military and humanitarian aid. Russia condemned the move to equip US Abrams tanks with shells strong enough to pierce conventional tank armor. They are made of depleted uranium - a by-product of uranium enrichment stripped of most radioactive material. Overnight, suspected Ukrainian drone attacks were reported in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and near Moscow.

For almost a decade a civil war has been grinding on in Yemen, pushing the Arab world’s poorest country to the brink of collapse. There has been less violence since a ceasefire last year but there is no sign of a deal to end the conflict. The BBC first featured Ahmed, an 11-year-old boy who is blind, two years ago when he was teaching a class in a bombed-out school close to the front line. Orla Guerin and her team returned to the city of Taiz to find out how he was getting on.

Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott on why he believes he is the best choice to beat Joe Biden and the need to unite the country

Alex Murdaugh's defense attorney Jim Griffin on if he believes there was jury-tampering on 'The Story.'

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un plans to travel to Russia this month to meet President Vladimir Putin, a US official has confirmed. The two leaders will discuss the possibility of North Korea providing Moscow with weapons to support its war in Ukraine, the official said. The exact location of the planned meeting is not clear. The possible meeting comes after the White House said it had new information that arms negotiations between the two countries were "actively advancing".

People were finally able to leave the Burning Man festival in Nevada on Monday after wet conditions eased. Heavy rain had caused a mud bath, with rainfall near the end of last week thought to have been the heaviest since the event began more than 30 years ago. Drone footage shows huge queues of people heading away from the festival.

Fox News contributor Tom Shillue goes over this week's leftovers and 'Gutfeld!' panelists react to the Biden admin launching its 'one-stop shop' for declassified information about UFOs.

Rep. Russell Fry, R-S.C., discusses the impeachment inquiry into President Biden, the differences with the Trump impeachment, and the White House ramping up its legal team amid the Hunter Biden probe. #foxnews

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., joins ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to discuss the Prime Act, which encourages the sale of local meat for American farmers.

Sara Carter and Curtis Sliwa discuss the disaster at the border during the Biden administration on ‘Hannity.’

Panelists Gregg Jarrett and Matthew Whitaker break down concerns over the Biden family business dealings on 'Hannity.'

Fox News’ Marianne Rafferty joins ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to report on Jimmy Buffett’s unfortunate passing, recapping some of his best life moments.

Fox News co-host Will Cain reacts to the Democratic Party targeting the former president on 'Jesse Watters Primetime.'

Fox News contributors Leo Terrell and David Webb react to reports the NYPD plans to use drones to monitor outdoor Labor Day weekend parties on 'Hannity.'

Mohamed Al Fayed, the former Harrods boss whose son Dodi was killed in a car crash alongside Diana, Princess of Wales, has died aged 94. Born in Egypt, he built a business empire in the Middle East before moving to the UK in the 1970s. However, he never realized his ambition to gain a passport for his adopted country. Mr Al Fayed had remained largely out of the public limelight in the past decade.

The first Moon rock samples, brought back to Earth by the Apollo missions in the 1960s and 1970s, taught scientists a lot about the celestial body. More than fifty years later though, there's still a lot that we don't know. BBC journalist Sanjana Bhambhani explains the Moon’s biggest unsolved mysteries.

India has launched Adita-L1 in what is the country's first observation mission to the Sun, just days after it made history by becoming the first to land near the Moon's south pole. Adita-L1 lifted off from the launch pad at Sriharikota on Saturday at 11:50 India time (06:20 GMT). Over the next four months, it will travel 932,000 miles from the Earth - 1% of the Earth-Sun distance - where it will be able to orbit the Sun at the same rate as the Earth. From this vantage point, Aditya-L1 will be able to watch the Sun constantly - even when it is hidden during an eclipse - and carry out scientific studies.

India’s supreme court is currently hearing an important case about the legality of the revocation of Indian-administered Kashmir’s special status in 2019. Since the change which gave the Indian national government political control of Kashmir, journalists allege the administration is carrying out a systematic and sinister campaign of arrests and intimidation aimed at silencing the press in the region. The BBC has spoken to more than two dozen journalists for this investigation. The Indian government says there is absolute press freedom in Kashmir. Our South Asia correspondent Yogita Limaye reports from Srinagar.

Newsnight has been told by leading clinicians across health trusts in the UK that they are seeing a sharp increase in nitrous oxide users under 25 with serious health issues. Nitrous oxide is often known as laughing gas or ‘nos’, and the legalities around its use are complex. It is currently placed within the Psychoactive Drug Act 2016, which stipulates that it is illegal to supply the drug for recreational purposes, but possession is not illegal. However the Prime minister is committed to banning the substance as a class C drug by the end of the year, which will make possession a crime. Now medical professionals have written to the Policing minister Chris Philp saying that making possession of the drug illegal was "unlikely to translate to health benefits in our patients," and that “fear of arrest could increase harm” as people may delay coming to hospital.

Typhoon Saola has made landfall in southern China, after having given Hong Kong a glancing blow. Although it has reduced in strength, Saola is bringing fierce winds and heavy winds to Guangdong province, where tens of millions of people are sheltering indoors. Saola has caused extensive disruption to transport, business and education. In Hong Kong, the typhoon left trees ripped up and debris on streets.

Newsnight has covered the fate of Afghans who worked for, or with, the UK government in Afghanistan and then were evacuated here to safety under the government's ARAP and ACRS schemes when the Taliban returned to power. Yesterday was the government's self-imposed deadline for all those still in "bridging hotels" to be moved into permanent accommodation. At the end of March, the Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer accepted there were still 8000 in hotels, and insisted that by yesterday there would be none. So where are we now? Well the government has told us they will have the figures in a few week's time, but Newsnight has learned that there are still Afghans in the ARAP scheme in hotels across the UK. Emir Nader reports. Produced by Maria Polachowska.