The US and the EU express concern at reports of a build-up of separatist reinforcements in eastern Ukraine after a day of shelling in Donetsk.

Police detain at least 14 people in Mexico City after attacks on government buildings during protests over the suspected murder of 43 students.

An informal vote on independence for the Spanish region of Catalonia has shown more than 80% in favour, officials say.

Nearly 40% of under-25s who have weight-loss surgery in the UK are classified as super-obese, according to new figures.

MPs are due to vote on whether the government should sign up to a range of law and order measures drawn up by the European Union.

The mother of the man who murdered a woman in an act of cannibalism claims the attack could have been prevented if he had medication to treat his paranoid schizophrenia.

Unlawful killing verdicts are recorded at an inquest into deaths of three members of the al-Hilli family in the French Alps in 2012.

New global rules to prevent banks that are "too big to fail" from being bailed out by taxpayers have been announced.