Breaking news: Ukraine and Russia have made significant progress on a tentative 15-point peace plan including a ceasefire and Russian withdrawal

How liveable will earth be in 2070? Up to a third of the projected global population of 9bn could be exposed to temperatures on a par with the hottest parts of the Sahara, according to research by scientists from China, US and Europe

Donald Trump’s debt totals at least $1.1bn. Should he win re-election, about $900m of it will come due during his second term

Jamil Anderlini: If societal breakdown can happen in Hong Kong, it can happen anywhere. And it will take decades to build it back up

Opinion: At least 1m people in Britain are estimated to have lost their jobs since March. Dominic Cummings is not one of them. That’s all you need to know about this week in British politics

After the Taliban entered Kabul, business owners took down pictures of women from beauty salons, tailor shops and plastic surgery centres for fear of being punished by the militants. Some TV channels replaced soap operas with Islamic shows

The Catalan election results make it clear: the independence movement has won. Now comes the hard part

Colombia produces more cocaine now than it did in the early 1990s when drug cartel leader Pablo Escobar was at the height of his notoriety