A timescale for the race to replace Ed Miliband as Labour Party leader is to be drawn up by the party's National Executive Committee.

The Bank of England cuts its 2015 growth forecast from 2.9% to 2.5%, as governor Mark Carney unveils his quarterly inflation report.

Private letters sent by the Prince of Wales to Labour ministers on subjects ranging from Army equipment to the dominance of supermarkets are published after a legal battle.

Russia delays for about a month the return of three astronauts on the International Space Station after the recent failure of its supply spaceship.

David Cameron is to set out new powers aimed at tackling radicalisation, saying the UK has been a "passively tolerant society" for too long.

North Korea's Defence Minister Hyon Yong-chol has been executed, says South Korea's spy agency - according to media reports.

Rescue work is to resume after the latest deadly earthquake in Nepal, as thousands of scared residents spend the night in the open.

Economic migrants rescued from the Mediterranean while trying to reach Europe should be returned home, Home Secretary Theresa May argues.