Liverpool reached the Champions League final after riding their luck to contain a fired-up AS Roma in a 4-2 defeat at the Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday that sent them through 7-6 on aggregate. The five-times European champions, who will face holders Real Madrid in the May 26 final, suffered a nerve-shredding second half as the Italians pinned them back and ...

Benny Andersson has said he doesn’t think Abba have “anything to prove” with their new material. The band announced last week they have recorded two new songs, which will be released later this year. “I don’t feel that we have to prove anything,” Benny told BBC News. “I don’t feel we have to think about, ‘Oh, what if it was ...

There are reports that three Americans detained in North Korea have been relocated to a Pyongyang hotel and are receiving good food and medical care. The reports could suggest the three may be released as a gesture of good will, amid preparations for a meeting between leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump. Mr Trump has said the US ...

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged Donald Trump not to walk away from an international deal designed to prevent Iran acquiring nuclear weapons. Speaking to the BBC, Mr Guterres said there was a real risk of war if the 2015 agreement was not preserved. Mr Trump has been a strong critic of the accord, in which Iran agreed to ...