The US space agency's Juno probe puts itself in orbit around Jupiter, ready to undertake a survey of what lies beneath the giant planet's obscuring clouds.

The mother of a British man who allegedly snatched a police officer's gun at a rally for Donald Trump says she worries her son may try to take his own life.

An elderly man told care home staff his dementia patient wife "had suffered enough" after shooting her at point blank range, a court hears.

Former Conservative chancellor Ken Clarke has been recorded calling the Tory leadership contest a "fiasco" and making disparaging comments about the candidates.

The share of businesses that feel pessimistic about the future of the UK economy doubled in the week after the Brexit vote, research seen by BBC Newsnight suggests.

Australia's opposition leader calls on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to resign after a cliff-hanger election failed to deliver a clear winner.

The number of victims of identity fraud rose by 57% last year with thieves targeting social media for people's information, fraud prevention service Cifas says.

A one-day teachers' strike over school funding will close schools and disrupt lessons in England.