Excessive fog in Lucknow forced the abandonment of the fourth T20I between India and South Africa at the Ekana Stadium on Wednesday, with officials calling off the match after six inspections failed to show any improvement in visibility.

The UK has agreed to pay £570m in 2027 to rejoin the EU’s Erasmus+ student exchange programme, almost double the annual amount it contributed before Brexit, as London and Brussels seek to deepen cooperation under a wider reset in relations.

Varun Chandra, the prime minister’s influential business adviser and a central figure in recent UK-US trade deals, has been passed over for the role of UK ambassador to Washington, with Sir Keir Starmer instead opting for a career diplomat in...