View image in fullscreenLondon, UKRunners approach the one-mile mark during the 2026 TCS London Marathon on SundayPhotograph: Benjamin Gilbert/PAShareView image in fullscreenBelfast, UKA forensic investigator in Dunmurry in Northern Ireland after reports of a car explosion outside a police station. Homes in the area, which is on the outskirts of Belfast, were evacuated and members of the public were advised to avoid the scenePhotograph: Niall Carson/PAShareView image in fullscreenDamascus, SyriaAtef Najib, a cousin of the ousted regime leader Bashar al-Assad,