US President Obama says prospects for a Mid-East two-state solution are "dim", but says his relations with the Israeli leader are not a problem.

The UK government has not shown why it needs to spend £50bn building the HS2 rail link between London and the North, says a House of Lords committee.

MPs say it's "inexplicable" the NHS in England spends more on bariatric surgery than well-established measures to prevent obesity.

The government's "failure" to let MPs debate EU legislation is "deplorable", a cross-party Parliamentary committee says.

The Criminal Cases Review Commission, which reviews miscarriages of justice, should be "bolder" and refer more cases to the Court of Appeal, says a group of MPs.

A search and recovery operation resumes in the southern French Alps after Tuesday's crash of a Germanwings plane, killing all 150 on board.

The findings of Lord Penrose's inquiry into contaminated NHS blood supplies in Scotland are due to be published.

At least three Britons died in the Alps air crash that killed 150 people, UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says.